This post is about the #1 Mistake when starting the Paleo diet (that keeps you hungry all day) – and how to avoid it.
If you learn and use the concepts that I am about to show you, your first weeks on Paleo eating will be without feeling hungry and having cravings.
Instead you will feel full and energized and secure about how to eat.
When you start on your Paleo diet you know that you should exclude grains and dairy products.
So when preparing your meals you use meat or fish and vegetables.
If you are anything like me you might be doing a big mistake right here that will get you hungry very soon after the meal.
And you might end up eating too much fruits or other stuff that can risk you not losing weight.
Why Eating the “Normal” Amount of Meat and Fish Doesn’t Work – And What to Do About It
The common sense approach when preparing a meal is to use the normal amount of meat or fish that one usually has for a meal and then add a lot of vegetables as a substitute for the grain-products such as rice, pasta and bread.
That is a big mistake a lot of people make that will lead to them getting hungry very soon after the meal.
However the foods you exclude from your dinner, like pasta or rice and bread, are really energy-dense food. Vegetables and fruits contain mostly water and fibers so they can’t really substitute all that energy you just lost.
You need to get more of the energy of your meal from meat or fish and fat, because these products are much higher in energy.
So you actually use much more meat or fish for a Paleo meal than you are used to.
In the beginning it can be a bit difficult to know just how much meat or fish you should use so I recommend that you prepare your dinner with at least the double amount of meat or fish, maybe even the triple amount, that you are used to so that you can actually eat as much as you want until you feel satisfied and keep staying satisfied after every meal.
Also remember to add fat, such as coconut fat or olive oil to your meal since a lot of fat comes from dairy products that you are no longer eating.
How to Get Satisfied from Your Paleo Meal: The Success Formula
The success formula for getting and staying satisfied from your Paleo meal and avoid feeling hungry and having cravings is to do these steps:
- Prepare your dinner with at least the double amount of meat or fish that you are used to, so you can eat as much as you want. Eating that much food might feel strange when you want to lose weight however remember that you actually leave out the energy-dense grain products that are really the source of your body storing fat. And the best thing is that eating lot of proteins that you get from meat and fish actually helps you burn fat.
- Make sure your meal contains fat; you can use olive oil on your vegetables, it can be from fatty fish such as salmon or mackerel, and you can make a sauce of coconut milk or your own mayonnaise. For some people it might feel awkward to eat fat when wanting to lose some weight, but the truth is that when you eat fat your body will not store any fat.
- Watch how long you stay satisfied after a meal and if you get hungry have some nuts such as macadamia or walnuts which are high in fat.
Here’s what to do right now to make sure you get and stay satisfied and avoid feeling hungry and having cravings; print out the article, read it again and underline your three biggest takeaways and then go get some nuts right now!
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