7. Eat Your Vegetables
Veggies tend to be weight-loss friendly. Why? Most are low in calories — and all offer filling fiber, which helps to tide you over and decrease those urges to snack. Plus, “the water content of vegetables increases the volume of the food,” says Shahzadi Devje, RD, CDE, MSc, a certified diabetes educator in Toronto. This helps to keep you fuller for longer. But some are even better than others.
Here are seven vegetables that are particularly helpful for weight loss:
- Spinach
- Broccoli
- Spaghetti squash
- Brussels sprouts
- Green peas
- Cauliflower
- Sweet potato
Make sure that you have a pile of mixed vegetables the size of your fist at every meal. Filling up with nutrient and fiber packed veggies that are low in calories will keep you healthy and feeling full.