Weight loss is all about moderation, deciding to eat only carbohydrates or only proteins will not only not help you loose weight, it’s an unsound practice for your body health.

Don’t go out and buy TV dinners and all sorts of other processed foods, the more processing involved in creating the food, the further it gets from natural and the worse for you it is. Eat whole foods whenever you can. Have your fresh vegetables, Good quality meats, etc. Don’t eat the manufactured protein bars, they contain too many things your body not only doesn’t need, it also doesn’t want it, things such as artificial sweeteners or high fructose corn syrup, etc. Try to eat items from each of your food groups in a balanced fashion. If you are calorie counting, known what your a allotment is and split it as equally as possible between your food groups.

Know what your portion sizes are. Generally speaking, restaurants serve more per item than your portion size should be. If you must go out, split your dinner up and take a portion of it home. Again, it’s not so much about what you eat as it is the amount of each item you eat.

Look at the ingredients of the food you are eating. Make sure you are avoiding such things as high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or trans fat, monosodium glutamate and any artificial sweeteners. All of these items can interfere with your weight loss. Artificial sweeteners can trick your body into thinking it’s actually getting sugar and it will react accordingly.

Most of us have really no idea how much food we are eating. We just eat when we feel like it or when the clock tells us to eat. We don’t pay attention to our body and when and how much it wants to eat. Our brain rules over our stomach in this case. A way to deal with that is to notate when you eat, the types of food you eat and the quantities. In doing this you will get a better idea what your intake is and where you can cut things out. It might just surprise you how much garbage food you eat.

Make your diet realistic, make it something you can live with rather than something you have to put up with. If it’s something you are making yourself do, you’ll likely not be able to stick with it for the long term. This should be more of a life time eating habit change rather than a short term dietary torture. Allow yourself some goodies, if you don’t you may end up being resentful of your diet and eventually drop it.