How you control your food intake depends on your personality.
Episode #5: Ways to Control Your Food Intake
The ability to control your food intake determines your success at losing weight and building muscle. What and how much food you eat will either support or hinder results. Has your nutritional intake has been preventing you from reaching your goals? Here are the two main methods you can use that will make a difference you can see in the mirror.
“Intentional (mindful) eating is really powerful, because you’re able to consume a certain amount of calories without having to think about the numbers.” — David Minishian
Method #1: Counting Calories
Monitoring your calorie intake helps you quantify how much food you are consuming and can increase the likelihood that you will reach your goal. However, implementing this approach accurately and effectively includes a learning curve as you need to become familiar with how many calories are in a serving for each food group. Recognizing the number of calories and servings in a portion will enable you to correctly balance your plate to either increase or decrease your caloric intake. By manipulating the proportion of your meals, you can have more control over your results. What method works best for you, whether choosing to count every calorie or estimate via serving sizes, depends on your personality.
Method #2: Mindful Eating
Mindful eating emphasizes the practice of listening to your body. Becoming familiar with your body’s cues allows you to make better nutritional decisions. We eat for reasons beyond satisfying our hunger, but hunger and nourishment are the only necessary reasons to eat. When you can recognize the difference between hunger and thirst, various levels of fullness, and the reasons for cravings, mindful eating will help you intuitively learn what you need to consume.
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David Minishian, MPH
Fitness and Nutrition Coach
David is the owner and head coach at Sculpt Fitness in Long Beach, CA. He leads the mission at Sculpt to educate, equip, and empower the local community to make the best decisions for their health. For over 10 years he has coached exercise and nutrition, helping clients create sustainable lifestyle to build the body they want. When he's not training, coaching or cooking, David is on an adventure with his wife and kids or teeing up his next shot on a golf course.