The outcome of your fat and weight loss program together with your aerobic/exercise/workout regimen ultimately depends on your food choices. Every calorie you eat contributes to produce a cumulative result. It is a long drawn out process towards a healthier lifestyle. The necessity of having a written plan and schedule prevents costly regressions and ensures that you are not left at the mercy of circumstances, impulses and cravings. There are no reasons for failure only excuses and lack of will.

Food quality does not fall neatly into two categories of good or bad. It covers a wide spectrum of choices but can be made easier if you make the best food choice from the different types of foods available under any circumstances. Although you may not be able to eat the best type of food at any given circumstance, it assures you that you can make h best choice all the time.

Guidelines in Making your Food Choice

-Choose Foods with High Thermic Values. Proteins and fibrous complex carbohydrates are the two food types with very high thermic values. Making these two food groups an essential part of your daily nutrition ensures that your metabolism will function at its optimal level and provide you the necessary nutrients required by the body.

-Avoid Fat Producing Foods and Food Combinations. Certain foods and beverages promote fat storage and are more likely to be converted to fat than others. These are:
• Foods with high fat content (pork sausages, bacon, baby back ribs, etc…)
• Foods with high refined sugar or refined carbohydrates content (cakes, brownies, muffins, ice cream)
• Alcohol
These foods and beverages all have high calorie content but nutrient empty and have a very low thermic value compared to lean proteins and complex carbohydrates.

Avoid the worst possible food combinations:

• Fat + Sugar. Combining fat and sugar elevates fat, sugar and insulin levels in the blood simultaneously. The fat and sugar combination is a sure way to regaining body fat! Eaten together, these food types are contributing factors in the development of nearly every major disease.
• Alcohol + Sugar. The second worst food combination is alcohol and sugar. Alcohol mixed with high sugar content drinks literally supply thousands of calories in one sitting. Moreover, alcohol inhibits fat burning.

-Choose Natural Foods with High Nutrient Contents. Get maximum nutritional value from every calorie of food you eat by choosing nutrient dense foods. As much as possible, make your choice natural food instead of boxed, canned, refined and processed foods. Some examples are brown rice, vegetables, fruit potatoes, fruit and oatmeal.