Healthy eating what to have for dinner

The total calories account for about 30% of the whole day. Give priority to low-glycemic and less-processed foods with high satiety. Eat them 2-3 hours before going to bed and you will be 70-80% full. There is no need to cram in dishes you don’t like to eat for the sake of “health”.

Many friends around me have fallen into this trap before. They either thought that dinner should be minimalist and only ate a cucumber until they were so hungry that they tossed and turned in the early morning and couldn't fall asleep. Or they thought that after get off work, they should treat themselves anyway, with hot pot and barbecue to the fullest. When they woke up the next day, their faces were swollen like sourdough buns and they couldn't even put on a ring. A while ago, I helped a girl in the same department adjust her diet. She used to have fried skewers and steamed buns downstairs for dinner when she was busy with projects. After that, she would sit on the sofa and watch dramas until twelve o'clock. She gained 7 pounds in two months and kept suffering from gastroesophageal reflux.

Speaking of this, some people must ask, can we eat carbohydrates for dinner? Nowadays, there is a fierce quarrel between the two groups on the Internet. One side says that cutting out carbs for dinner will help you lose weight quickly, and you can lose ten pounds in half a month. The other side says that not eating carbs will cause hair loss and affect your aunt, and the gain outweighs the loss. I tried not to eat any carbohydrates for dinner for a week, and only ate boiled vegetables and chicken breasts. I fell off the scale really fast. I lost 4 pounds in a week. But on the sixth day, I worked overtime until nine o'clock to catch up on a project. I was so panicked that I couldn't even hold a mug, and my eyes were a little dizzy. Later, when I asked a nutritionist I knew well, I found out that there is no standard answer to this matter. If you have eaten enough rice and noodles during the day and have not planned any exercise at night, it is perfectly fine to replace the polished rice and white flour with half a stalk of corn, small pieces of yams and other miscellaneous potatoes. But if you have to work overtime or go to the gym to exercise at night, there is no problem in eating less than half a bowl of rice. It is better than being so hungry that you can't help showing off two packets of potato chips.

If you get off work late and don’t have time to cook, don’t worry. There is no need to order a light salad that costs thirty or forty yuan a piece. I worked overtime until 8:30 last week, so I randomly picked out a sugar-free hot soy milk and a tea egg from the convenience store downstairs, and then picked out three bunches of oden radish, kelp, and shiitake mushrooms. It cost less than ten yuan. After eating, I walked home in twenty minutes. My stomach was warm and not bloated, and I didn’t have to worry about sleeping.

Oh, by the way, don’t believe the extreme statements of “you can’t eat fruit for dinner” or “you can’t eat meat for dinner”. Last week I was greedy, so I ate half a box of blueberries, a cup of unsweetened Greek yogurt, and two slices of additive-free braised beef for dinner. After all, healthy eating is a long-term matter. As long as the total calories do not exceed the standard, and you occasionally change your favorite food, it will be easier to stick to it. It is much better than trying to get rid of it after three days and having a big barbecue.