The market is flooded with weight loss supplements that make weight loss look like an easy thing. You see a perfect bodied young man or woman giving credit to this pill or that pill. I believe there are some merits to some of the weight loss pills on the market but this article is about using supplements in a different way.
I am not going to talk about taking a pill to lose weight but about using supplements to control your hunger. The supplements I am speaking of are Meal replacement powders (MRP's) and meal replacement bars. These are sometimes referred to as protein powder, protein shakes, diet shakes, diet bars, protein bars, food bars, food shakes, low carb bars, low carb shakes and the list goes on and on. What these supplements were originally designed for was as a meal replacement. Usually you replace a meal or two a day with one of these delicious meal replacement powders or meal replacement bars and then you eat sensibly the rest of the day.
The problem I see with this plan is that it does not control your hunger and then you end up making bad choices for your meals and snacks. I do really well with my eating choices until I become too hungry; at this point I will usually eat anything that gets in my path.
I have found that I can control my hunger by using a nutritionally packed meal replacement shake or meal replacement bar. (A word of caution; I am speaking of high quality meal replacement shakes or meal replacement bars, not sugar packed candy bars stuffed with a few vitamins and then marked up in price and sold as an energy bar.
As I said before, I get very hungry and then make bad choices. I typically eat every three hours, so I must be very careful about my choices. By eating a meal replacement bar or drinking an MRP, I can control my hunger for those three hours. I am not suggesting that you eat every three hours. That just happens to be my natural schedule. If I make bad choices every three hours you can imagine what the outcome might be. When I sit down to eat a meal, I am usually just three hours past a meal replacement powder and not overly hungry. This means that I can eat until comfortable and sometimes even eat cheat foods.
If you are the type of person that eats "three squares" a day then you might want to use your meal replacement powders in the following way:
Breakfast: Meal replacement powder or Meal replacement bar
Lunch: Meal replacement powder or Meal replacement bar
Dinner: Sensible dinner with plenty of fresh vegetables.
If you are like me, and eat about every three hours try this:
Breakfast: Meal replacement powder or Meal replacement bar
Snack: Half a meal replacement bar
Lunch: Sensible lunch with plenty of fresh vegetables
Snack: the other half of the meal replacement bar or shake.
Dinner: Sensible dinner with plenty of fresh vegetables.
If you are the type of person whose weakness is snacking then try carrying a meal replacement bar and taking a bite of it every now and then when the urge for a snack hits you.
Meal replacement powders are extremely portable. Find a shaker cup and a water fountain and you have the perfect meal in seconds! I take two shakes with me to work and very rarely travel in my car without a meal replacement bar.
Shop around to find the perfect meal replacement bar or shake for you. I suggest purchasing small quantities and experiment with the tastes before you order large amounts. Some simply do not taste well at all.
Meal replacement bars and shakes can be very cost effective when you compare them to the cost of eating out.
I wish you the best of health!
Bill Herren
Bill Herren is the webmaster for weightloss-articles.com Everything weight loss related! Weight loss success stories, product reviews, exercise articles, weight loss recipes, and diet articles. All Free and all designed to help you lose weight!
http://www.weightloss-articles.com
family-safe home cleaners Northbrook ..When we hear all the success stories of the gastric... Read More
Some of you will not like what I have to... Read More
Choosing the right diet type is the most important decision... Read More
Do you know anybody who does not wish to get... Read More
The Liver The function of your kidneys is to filter... Read More
FINDING THE PERFECT DIETArriving at the Perfect Diet is no... Read More
I personally lost 60 pounds in 2003. Here are some... Read More
There are several theories on the origins of Valentine's Day.... Read More
I don't know about you, but I absolutely love bread... Read More
Ephedra has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of... Read More
1. Increase your fiber intake. The body needs a lot... Read More
What a great world we live in. You want something,... Read More
When you're taking Phentermine, you should go to the emergency... Read More
The underlying principles of low carb diets are based on... Read More
For many years, herbalists believe that Cayenne is the most... Read More
Green Tea Also Has Anticancer PropertiesGreen tea, which has been... Read More
I'm sure you have heard it before, but one of... Read More
Many women want to be slim. Maybe you're one of... Read More
At around ?350 pounds a treatment, Lipo-Dissolve the so called... Read More
The only absolute truth in the area of exercise and... Read More
Q: "I'm wondering if you can help me. I'm not... Read More
One Reality TV show, The Swan, thrives on makeovers. Often... Read More
Low carb diets can be classified as food plans that... Read More
Some (not so) Silly Diet Tips and Why They're NotAt... Read More
1. Persistence!Violate this step and you'll never achieve permanent results.... Read More
residential cleaning services Deerfield ..Losing weight is a lifelong commitment. It takes patience and... Read More
When it all comes down to losing or gaining weight,... Read More
Fighting obesity has become one of the most important issues... Read More
Life is great, isn't it? Stop and just look around... Read More
You can overcome the desires of your sweet-tooth by incorporating... Read More
Many celiacs lose weight before they are diagnosed; indeed it... Read More
Finding the clinic that performs liposuctions in Newport Beach is... Read More
It's the American Dream: "If I could just lose a... Read More
Although every dieter knows that keeping food records is a... Read More
If you are trying to lose weight, the holidays literally... Read More
Are you sick of the hype? Wondering what diet products... Read More
Weight loss specialists will tell you that attitude has a... Read More
In many cases conventional dieting wisdom simply doesn't work for... Read More
What does it take to lose weight?When it comes to... Read More
Green tea has been highly valued in Asia for centuries... Read More
In the early nineties I had the opportunity to work... Read More
Among the most popular forms of dieting is the South... Read More
It seems everyone is looking for that magic bullet -... Read More
More and more people are starting to recognize that they... Read More
Have you ever worried about something so much it paralyzed... Read More
Today, Ephedra is an herb of controversy. It contains ephedrine,... Read More
Who really wants to lose weight? None of us, right?... Read More
1. The lower the calories eaten per day, the harder... Read More
Twenty years ago, I did not expect to accomplish what... Read More
If you're like me, you probably wish that there was... Read More
Weight Loss |