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What is Your Diet Type?
Tips for Pasta Lovers, Carb Dieters & More
Pasta Lover - When a Low Carb Dieter sees a Pasta Lover, they see a White Vampire. Pasta is full of carbs, calories and holds little nutritional value. But it's still tasty, particularly when it's dressed in meatballs and tomato sauce!
Weight Loss Tip: Opt for wheat pasta over white pasta to increase nutritional benefits.
Here are some savvy meal planning tips for Italian dining:
1. When dining out, request a singing waiter. Generally, that's guaranteed to kill your appetite. On the other hand, if the singer is great, then focus on that rather than your plate.
2. Order a side salad with dressing on the side. (Side salad - dressing on the side.) This will help fill up that empty hole before the fatted Italian calf arrives.
3. Order water with a wedge of lemon OR
unsweetened tea OR diet soda.
4. One cup of most pasta contains about 200 calories, so go easy on the pasta.
5. When ordering pasta, opt for tomato-based sauces rather than the creamy ones. You'll save 3/4 or more in calories and fat.
6. Look for 'heart-healthy' options on the menu. If you are on a calorie restricted diet, 'low carb' is generally NOT low calorie or low fat.
7. Sad but so, depending on how the restaurant prepares that sliver of cheesecake that you're pondering ordering for dessert, it may contain more than the calories you consumed during your meal. Opt for a dessert coffee instead or better yet, fresh strawberries with a tiny dollop of topping. Sorbet is also a very diet-wise choice.
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Low Carb Dieter - The Protein Eaters! Carb dieters generally seek fast weight loss and a healthier diet. However, low carb dieting does have risk, and may not be for you if you suffer from diabetes, heart disease, or require a special diet. Teens should NOT venture into the Low Carb Diet Playing Field as there have been reports of teens dying while on carb restricted diets.
Weight Loss Tip: If you're low carb dieting and aren't certain what you should eat, a friend of mine who experienced great success on her low carb diet plan said, "If it's white, don't eat it."
Meat & Potatoes Dieter - The dieter is generally a male and enjoys simple food faire, yet food that is filling.
Weight Loss Tip: Slap your spud with no calorie butter spray than with butter. Roast or grill meat rather than frying. Avoid batter.
Trendy Dieter - This is the dieter who follows the diets that are most popular.
Weight Loss Tip: Most popular diets are fad diets. Fad diets are generally unhealthy and rarely render lasting weight loss results. Fad diets may be harmful to your health with permanent side effects.
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