Eat for a healthy weight
These 5 foods will help keep it long-term
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Of course, once you have reached your weight loss goal, you want to keep it off. The following foods help to avoid the infamous yo-yo effect.
#1: Almonds
It makes sense in two ways to integrate almonds into your diet even after you have successfully lost weight. On the one hand, nuts are the perfect snacks because they satisfy the feeling of hunger and keep you full for a long time. On the other hand, almonds contain proteins and unsaturated fatty acids, which ensure that your muscle mass is retained despite losing weight.
#2: Berries
Berries are always a good idea for a mid-morning snack or that sweet temptation most of us crave after dinner. Whether strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or blackberries: the small fruits have numerous nutrients, few calories and are irresistibly delicious. And they can be supplemented with other ingredients at will.
#3: Whole Grains
Although many diets make a living from not eating carbohydrates, studies have shown that a low-carb diet does not make sense in the long term. It is therefore better to integrate complex carbohydrates into the diet in the form of whole grain products. Also because whole grains provide a lot of dietary fiber, which is good for the intestinal flora and can protect against colon cancer.
#4: Lemons
If you want to maintain your weight, you should make lemons your absolute favorite fruit. The juice of the citrus fruit not only gives every dish a very special flavor, but also boosts the metabolism. In addition, the lemon is one of the best suppliers of vitamin C and strengthens the immune system. By the way: Even a glass of lemon water in the morning can work wonders for losing weight. There are more lemon recipes here.
#5: Tomatoes
Tomatoes not only taste good in almost every dish, they also have hardly any calories and are therefore ideal as a snack. But the vegetables can do more than just taste good: they contain a lot of potassium, which is dehydrating and flushes toxins out of the body. In addition, tomato recipes contain a number of vitamins, minerals and fiber that have already helped you on your way to your ideal weight.