Energy Dense Foods
Dieting, especially very low calorie diets, always made me feel hungry and deprived. In fact, some days I felt overwhelmed by the hunger. Feelings of hunger and deprivation often set me up for failure.
When I learned the facts on obesity and finally lost my weight, I realized that I continued to eat a large quantity of food. I never felt hungry and I stopped thinking about food all day long as I did in the past on very low calorie diets.
What was the difference?
I eat low energy dense foods. Every obese person on a diet knows this. We hear, “eat more fruits and vegetables”, “bake, broil or boil meats”. While that was really good advice for the 25 years I tried to lose weight permanently, it never made much sense. Understanding the meaning behind this helped me make better food choices.
Energy density is the amount of calories supplied in food. The lower the density, the lower the calories. Density is measured in relation to water which has 0 calories. Foods such as fruits, vegetables and fish have high water content and low energy dense levels.
If you want to eat more and lose weight like I did, try choosing low energy dense foods.
To permanent weight loss success!
Georgene
Tags: Energy dense foods, obese, very low calorie diets, water, weight loss
