Eat and What Not to Eat Easter Not To Enlarge

The snow begins to melt, the buds begin to slowly make out, the spring breeze is felt, the temperature is hot and sunny, the children leave bicycles, parents walk with the family, the maples begin to flow, the shack heated sugar syrup, sugaring is reached, in short, all those old memories and well inked deep within us. All these images, these smells, these new arrivals will inevitably make us think at Easter.


When we think of Easter, which is a Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after his passion, full of childhood memories are back tête.Pâques is a festival that always happens on Sunday, which also marks the end of Lent and lasts for 8 days but unfortunately (in my view), Easter has become much more a commercial holiday that celebrates a religious celebration.


In short, during the Easter season, the festivities are in honor and family meals and buffets are very present. The food is in large amounts, sweets, candies, chocolate and taffy are foods greatly appreciated during this time of year as in adults than in children.


However, people who care about their health, their line, their physical appearance and / or weight feel anxiety variable during this religious festival because they know very well that they will be exposed to many temptations enticing food, but want to eat also want to eat well, to enjoy the moment with the family while putting the odds on their side to lose weight without depriving.






How not to get fat How to Lose Weight or Easter?


Certainly one country to another and even from one region to another, food traditions are different so I want to say that here, food traditions listed are those in Quebec in particular. I know that this time, like at Christmas, although a time of family gathering and celebration, many people are afraid to accept invitations from both sides to not only grow, to continue to lose weight and / or have more control over their diet.


However, in my opinion, this view of life and food is too drastic, even if you want to lose weight, dieting or be in any other process of weight loss, you must yield to the occasion, enjoy all these beautiful moments and just be happy instead of feeling of fear and stress. After all, not eating enough can also make you fat instead of make you lose weight.




Foods to Eat and Eat to Lose Weight is Not


There are certain foods or foods you can eat "will" but here it does not mean to eat as much as you can, as much as your stomach allows, but foods that are healthy, wholesome, nutritious , low in fat and / or sugar and / or calories and help you lose weight. Like any food, it must be consumed in moderation, but they are positively healthy to consume without this make you fat. These are the foods that you should focus on your plate throughout the festive Easter meal.


Here to help you understand, I will refer to traffic lights on the road, green representative "go", yellow means "caution or slow down" and the red meaning "stop, stop."


The green light foods are consumed more in quantity than the food in the amber and red. These are foods that should take



 Fruits

 Fruit is another food group very important when someone wants to lose weight or at least not grow as they are low in calories, sugars and fats and are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, good carbohydrates, dietary fiber and some good fats (olive and lawyers). You can eat during or after your meal turns out to be the best healthy dessert par excellence. Like vegetables, increasingly, families are susceptible to having a healthy diet, even if they are, try to give more fruit during or after a meal to a dessert not too sweet, refreshing and light. But even if a cake or pie is made with fruit, please, do not think that these foods are healthy so far.





 Green light


    Fresh fruit (eat the peel, where every fiber is found)
    Canned fruit in juice or water
    Homemade fruit salad
    Stewed fruit homemade or store-no sugar added





 Fire Orange


    Canned fruits in light syrup
    100% fruit juice real fruit
    Homemade fruit jam (with little sugar)
    Dark Chocolate Covered Fruit





 Red light


    Candied fruit
    Canned fruit in syrup
    Fruit jams
    Fruit in syrup or caramel (as such)
    Fruit in chocolate (preferably dark chocolate is a healthier choice)
    Breaded or fried fruit



 Cereal Products 100% Whole Grain

 Grain products, although they have a poor image and perception of many people who want to lose weight quickly, are very healthy for health and for weight loss because they are rich in dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and good carbs . However, to reap as much profit to be preferred grain products that are 100% whole grains because they contain more dietary fiber, something that will help you lose weight faster. Avoid adding fats (commercial sauces, butter, margarine, oil, sour cream, fat cheese, bacon) or sugar (jam, whipped cream, maple syrup, etc ...) otherwise, these food will make you fat.





 Green light


    100% grain bread or whole wheat
    Pasta 100% whole wheat
    Potato (with skin on for more fiber)
    Brown rice
    House sandwich (egg, ham, chicken, tuna) or 100% whole grain wheat
    Breakfast cereal with less than 12 grams of sugars and more than 4g of fiber per serving
    Wholemeal flour (whole wheat)
    Millet, barley, oats, rye, spelled, etc. ..
    Bagels, tortillas, English muffins and pita bread 100% whole wheat or grain
    Chewy Granola Bars





 Fire Orange


    White bread
    Potato puree
    Potatoes cooked in a pan
    White pasta
    White rice
    Cereals with less than 14 g of sugar and less fiber 4g
    Homemade lasagna
    Homemade spaghetti
    Stew house
    Sandwiches houses
    Bagel, English muffin, tortillas, pita bread white
    Pancakes or waffles
    Chinese noodles
    Potato salad home





 Red light


    Stuffed potato (cheese, sour cream, bacon)
    Increasing
    Muffin
    Donut
    Biscuits
    Commercial pasta dinners (lasagna, spaghetti, macaroni)
    Grains more than 14 grams of sugars and dietary fiber without
    Cereals for Children (in the vast majority of the time, very high in sugar and calories)
    Commercial granola bars (the vast majority are not healthy)
    Potato salad trade



 Meat and Alternatives


During the celebration of Easter, the most consumed meat is ham, pies, legumes, eggs, dried bacon and chicken (or turkey). These meats are naturally healthy for health but rather what we do that make sure that in most cases, these dishes become rather unhealthy, low-nutrient, high calorie, fat, trans fat , saturated fat, low in protein, minerals, etc. ...






Green light



    Ham to less than 4% fat, lean ham
    Ham, baked, roasted, baked in the oven on a grill or stew
    The houses sandwiches of ham, egg or chicken (with little mayonnaise, margarine and bread 100% whole grain preferably)
    Hard-boiled eggs, boiled, steamed, boiled or cooked in a nonstick skillet with some fat
    Lean ground beef or extramaigre
    Legumes simmered
    Chicken cooked in the oven, on a pin, in the slow cooker (do not eat the skin)
    Other lean red meats (roast beef or pork, ham, venison, moose, deer)
    Fish (trout, salmon, mackerel, herring, sole, walleye, pike, pollock)
    Seafood (shrimp, scallops, prawns, mussels, oysters, etc ...)
    Tofu



 Fire Orange


    Lean ground meat mid-
    Liver
    Kidneys
    Greaves home
    Homemade pasta sauces (spaghetti, lasagna with meat)
    Filet mignon
    Against net-
    Pork Chop
    Duck
    Commercial humus
    Omelette
    Nuts



 Red light


    Bacon
    Sausage
    Ham fat
    Breaded or fried meats
    Chopped meat standard
    Skin of the poultry
    Ears "Christ" (dried bacon and fried)



 Other Foods


Since there are foods that do not fit into any food group, it is best to list them here because these foods are simply to be avoided because they have a zero energy value, are high in empty calories, fat, sugar, cholesterol, trans fat, saturated fat, sodium, etc..



    Maple syrup (syrup, butter, taffy, etc. ...)
    Sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup
    Pancakes and waffles Trade
    Butter
    Oil
    Fat
    Shortening
    Candy
    Easter chocolate
    French fries
    Dressings Trade (prefer those light or fat free)
    Mayonnaise (preferably those that are lightweight and made with olive oil)
    Beer and wine (1 drink for women and 1-2 drinks for men)
    Liquor



 My Personal Opinion


I hope that the evidence presented above will help you make healthier choices regardless of season or birthday that you celebrate. I find this so sad to see many people felt a great stress or choose not to attend events as festive, fun and inclusive, for fear of eating, to derogate from their diet, to grow, to be exposed to food temptations, for fear of losing control.


Even if you are concerned about your health, your diet, your online and / or your weight, it must still you continue to have a family and social life, to allow you special treats from time to time , to fully enjoy the present moment with your friends and family members, you stop short of being too hard on yourself.


In the Easter holiday, we think inevitably small chocolate Easter eggs, I would advise you not to eat any chocolate that same day and then restrict you for days, but I would advise you to eat more sparingly occasionally. Thus, you will not waste your gifts, you give yourself small pleasures and will lose weight more easily, otherwise your "rage" of chocolate will always increase and one day you will end up eating two shelves full of chocolate, this which is not much better. You can eat chocolate eggs at Easter without fear of gaining weight, after all, this is not a small coconut that will make you fat.


By eating normally like everyone else but preferring the green light foods on your plate and adding a fun food which you eat in moderation, you will be proud to have seized that moment up and eating relatively quite healthy.