Nutrients are the powerhouses behind your calorie intake.
Losing weight with the help of a calorie counter is one of the best and healthiest ways to shed extra pounds. The hard part can be actually sticking with a set calorie goal. Most of us eat many more calories in a day than we would guess, simply because we are terrible at guesstimating portion sizes and calorie content. A really simple and easy way to stick with your calorie goal while still feeling like you’ve had enough to eat is to add in foods with a higher nutrient content but a lower calorie count.
You can use your food tracker to find fruits and vegetables that are low in calories and fat, but high in fiber and vitamins. The benefit of adding fruits and vegetables to your diet is that they can help fill you up on fewer calories than other types of food can. You can also bulk up various dishes and meals by adding more vegetables without adding more calories. This will allow you to have the portion size that you feel comfortable with while reducing the overall calorie load of your meal as a whole.
When you’re adding more nutrients to your diet you are giving your body the things that it needs to sustain itself properly, which is really useful if you are also trying to up your activity level with tools like an exercise tracker. Whenever you are increasing the number of calories burned and the work that your body does, you are going to be using more nutrients than you would with a sedentary lifestyle. Increasing the amount of nutrients that your body receives will allow you to increase your activity level without depleting limited resources.
Your weight loss journal can be an incredibly valuable tool, and if you are successful at incorporating more nutrient rich foods into your diet, you may very well find that you are eating less junk food overall. This is partly because the vegetables fill you up quickly and partly because your body will stop craving unhealthy foods in the first place. Most food cravings are a result of a nutrient that is lacking, when you are giving your body a sufficient supply of nutrients, you will stop craving the unhealthier options and you could even start to crave those nutrient rich vegetables and fruits.
Weight Loss Plateaus and Your Food Tracker
A plateau can be especially demoralizing because it involves a slow down or stop of weight loss even when you are continuing to keep to your calorie and exercise goals.
An Exercise Tracker Works To Keep Your Weight Loss on Track
By adding in exercise to burn more calories, you can speed up your rate of weight loss and control how much weight you lose over time.
Things You Can Do To Successfully Meet the Calorie Goals in a Mobile Calorie Counter
It’s important to have strategies in place to deal with the challenges that you may face when you are trying to successfully stick to a reduced calorie diet.
