Eating Slower Can Help in Your Weight-Loss Plan

Ever have those times at work or at school where you literally have five minutes to scarf some food down and then go? I know I have several times! When I think about it, what I ate during those five small minutes is not healthy at all. Usually the food I have is a prepackaged, convenient piece of food that I don't even have to heat to eat. Additionally, I eat that food like I'll never eat again and then about an hour later I'm hungry and usually craving chocolate or sweets to give me that energy to get through those last few hours of work or classes. Then, I started to gain weight and in the course of one year I gained a full twenty pounds that was difficult to drop. In our busy lives, it is hard to find time to exercise so I thought to myself, is there something I can do to better myself without hitting the gym? I don't have time for a gym! I'm a stay-at-home mother of a one year old very energetic child and when I did work, I barley had the energy to put a healthy dinner on the table. I found some very interesting research on how we can better ourselves with just some common sense and a minimal amount of effort. After I had our son, I started to literally drop the weight and I was so grateful yet I did not exercise very much. I just didn't have the energy so here's what I did to help me lose the weight.

Perhaps the biggest lesson I learned is to not eat fast! I used to eat my food in 3 bites and then I would still be hungry. My mother-in-law told me that there is something to be said about eating slowly and that your stomach feels fuller when you eat slower than if you scarf your lunch down. Also, drinking water is the best thing we can do for ourselves. Water is a natural booster and is arguably more effective than those sugar filled caffeine drinks.