Look up and down the aisles of your local grocery store and you'll find thousands of foods designed for dieters. From frozen meals to fat-free cookies, all claiming to be good additions to your weight-loss plan. Choosing what to eat on a diet can be as important as deciding how much to eat. Pick simple varieties with flavors you love, and you'll be more likely to incorporate them into a healthy food plan.
Step 1
Buy fresh foods instead of processed products. Simple ingredients like fruit, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats can be combined into hundreds of healthy meals. Buy the makings of a meal instead of an already prepared dish.
Step 2
Read food labels and choose foods with fewer ingredients. Frozen broccoli that only contains broccoli is more versatile, as well as healthier, than broccoli with cheese sauce included.
Step 3
Concentrate on foods with lower energy density. Foods with more water and fiber, like fruits and vegetables, have fewer calories per bite than proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Lower energy density foods will fill you up faster, while lowering your daily caloric intake.
Step 4
Search for foods with big flavor. Add spices and herbs to make otherwise bland meals more exciting. Freshly made meals with interesting spices will help keep you from feeling as if you're eating "diet" food.
Step 5
Add variety into every week's food choices. Eat two different vegetables at lunch and dinner and at least one fruit at breakfast. Vary the colors so that you eat a rainbow of produce each week. Shift your proteins around so that you eat beef, poultry, fish and seafood and eggs each week. Try a new food every week, to keep your menu interesting.
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