Fat burning foods, a hot date and the little black dress.

Your mind races desperately, ... which fat burning foods will get you into your little black dress ??

Work is over, you know you should cook yourself a good meal, but what ? Afraid of the pasta, you go for a lean steak with a light salad and dressing, but there's this question on your lips "Will this really help me to lose weight ?"

The Foods To Chose For A Fat Burning Menu

Get out the little black dress, because I'm going to tell you what I look for in a fat burning foods menu. Once you know what to look for, suddenly the reality of losing weight won't seem like a remote possibility.

Time of Day	Rough Menu To Lose Weight*
Breakfast	A steaming bowl of oatmeal, sliced banana with one glasses of water, one glass of milk
Morning Tea	1/4 cup of meusli with low fat (not no fat) creamy yogurt, two glasses of water
Lunch	Melt-in-the-mouth salmon, tender asparagus, a sprinkling of shredded low fat (not no fat) cheese, crusty bread roll with two glasses of water
Afternoon Tea	Apple and pear fruit salad
Dinner	A thai beef stir fry with 3 servings crisp vegetables, two glasses of water

*The example menu above is not intended to be applied to your individual situation. This menu may not be applicable to your situation if you are not exercising regularly or have a pre-existing medical condition.

Sounds good doesn't it. Do you want to know why I chose these foods. It wasn't because they magically burn fat or even that they taste good - although that is a plus, it's because they each offer particularly valuable nutrients to a nutritional program designed for fat burning and weight loss.

By themselves without exercise, these foods can't burn fat - but they do give your body the fuel and nutrients it needs to exercise, spend calories and eventually lose weight.

Weight Loss Food Choices

This is as personal as you are, eat the foods that you like - that's important, but take note of which types of foods will encourage your body to burn fat when you exercise.

There are a number reasons for choosing the example menu above.

1. High water content and low energy density per gram of food. Fruit and vegetables are obvious choices because they are filling, give your body valuable vitamins and minerals and lower calories per gram of food.
2. High fibre intake
3. Includes breakfast
4. Includes foods from each food group
5. Includes some fat - believe it or not, your body needs a little each day
6. Is high in water intake (no calories in water)
7. Gives you plenty of energy and protein sources for some serious toning and body sculpting. (If you lose weight, especially if you lose it quickly there is an increased chance you'll be left with sagging skin - not a great look. A weights regime targeting muscle growth will ensure your body looks toned and taut.

Empowering Yourself By Choosing To Eat Widely

The truth is that eating widely within each food group and in every food group will do one of two things. It will set you free from the food nazi's (which I'll talk about later) and it will supercharge your body full of vitamins, minerals and nutrients that it needs to restore balance which in many cases is what is missing in overweight individuals.
Eating is fun, it's pleasurable. When you make your own decisions about which foods pass between your lips mean that you are truely taking control of your weight problem.

What Does The Matrix and Fat Burning Foods have in common ?

At the very basic level, the entire concept of fat burning foods implies that there's a diet secret that you missed, and that others have instinctively picked up. Many weight loss fat burning foods e-books trade on this.

There is an "element of control" at work here, when you are made to feel that a certain food is "bad" and a certain food is "good".

In many ways we are all exposed to a kind of food nazism. Sugar is bad, fat is bad, carbs are bad, protein is good, you get the idea.

There are certainly foods that are great to eat if you want to lose weight, but chasing a particular food hoping that it will help you to burn fat is based on fantasy. Many other websites push lists of fat burning foods which encourage the concept that there are certain foods that will "burn fat". I believe that this concept is contributing to many individual's weight loss failure - may be even yours.

So if you've been caught in the "system", you've got something in common with Keanu. Eating foods over a long period of time based on the above criteria is more likely to encourage slow and healthy weight loss, and get you into your little black dress when you've got that hot date.

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