Healthy Weight Loss

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Healthy Weight Loss
Healthy foods and weight loss

Eating a healthy, balanced diet should be top on your list, especially if you're looking to lose some weight. You know you should avoid processed foods, but you need to remember that some of nature's whole foods, although pure and untainted, are so high in calories that eating too much can cause you to gain weight. Here are five foods you should enjoy in moderation when it comes to eating a healthy diet.

1. Nuts - a wonderful source of quick protein before a workout or as an afternoon snack, nuts and seeds are bursting with nutrition, but they are also tipping high in the calorie department. Instead of just blindly grabbing handful after handful, enjoy these salty snacks one ounce at a time. Get a visual and see what an ounce of nuts actually looks like. The same goes for peanut butter — avoid spooning straight from the jar
2. Orange juice - is one of nature's most refreshing beverages, and it's made from oranges so how can it be bad? You can quickly gulp down a 163-calorie 12-ounce glass, and if you enjoy a glass every morning, it's easy to see why the pounds are starting to increase on your bathroom scale. Skip the liquid calories and enjoy a fiber-rich medium orange for 62 calories instead.
3. Avocado - Getting your fill of healthy fats is essential to your diet, and creamy avocado is an excellent source. Even though you could easily scoop out all 322 calories of entire avocado in minutes, it's best to enjoy this fruit in smaller amounts. Definitely don't give up this super healthy food! Dice a quarter of an avocado on your salad or mash it on your sandwich, so you can reap the benefits of the healthy fats without affecting your waistline.
4. Pure Maple Syrup -A naturally occurring sweetener, it's tough to sit down to a stack of flapjacks without pouring on pure maple syrup. This may be shocking, but a quarter-cup serving will run you 200 calories! That's almost more than the pancakes themselves. Instead of dousing your breakfast plate in nature's luscious syrup, mix two tablespoons with vanilla Greek yogurt and smear that on your stack, so you can enjoy the maple flavour without all the calories.
5. Brown Rice - A healthy whole grain full of fiber and protein, brown rice also tends to be high in calories. One cup of cooked rice contains 216 calories and 45 grams of carbs, so if you eat a larger portion, or eat it often, like pasta, it can cause you to gain weight.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
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