7 Filling Recipes To Help You Lose Weight
If you’ve made it a goal to plan healthy, balanced, nutritious and delicious dinners to lose weight and improve your health – without being hungry – here are some original and simple filling recipes.
By using these meals as a starting point, you can create many other recipes that are full of flavor and nutrients, free of flour and harmful fats.
Dinner is the key to losing weight
If we want to lose weight easily without having to feel hungry, we need to focus on our dinner. Dinner is the meal that will most likely cause us to put on and accumulate fat in our stomach region. We do not normally burn the calories we consume during the last meal of the day, and as a result, our bodies convert all that energy into reserves.
For that reason , we should choose dinners with raw or cooked vegetables, accompanied by easily digestible proteins and healthy fats. This combination of nutrients increases the metabolism so that we can burn more calories while helping us to rest well and recharge our energy overnight.
To be able to do that, we need to eat dinner early, at least 3 hours before we go to bed. If we are very hungry before going to bed, we can get a cup of tea, a glass of vegetarian milk (oatmeal or almond milk) or even an apple or pear.
And if we skip dinner?
Those people who choose to skip dinner or to follow low-calorie diets make an unnecessary sacrifice. It will not only help them lose weight, but also have a rebound effect when they start eating again. Their body will reduce energy consumption to a maximum and begin to meet all the reserves possible at meals as a survival mechanism.
The key is to choose the right foods, eat moderately and not go crazy in calories. The end result will be an effective weight loss without suffering. In just one week, we can begin to notice positive results.
7 filling recipes for the whole week
Monday: Creamy vegetable and pea soup
Cold or hot, creamy vegetable soups that are in season make up one of the best dinner options because they are very filling and healthy. We can prepare them with our favorite vegetables and, whenever possible, along with a serving of legumes that can provide extra protein and fiber.
Peas are one of the best legumes we can eat for dinner. They are easy to digest and have a delicious taste.
2. Tuesday: Gazpacho and poultry
Gazpacho or a soup of mixed vegetables (tomato, cucumber, paprika, garlic), is great for hot nights or when we need a boost of vitamins and minerals. We can take advantage of the light body of the soup to get a serving of chicken or turkey, baked or grilled. It is a perfect combination and we can easily digest it. This dinner is also a good option after training.
Wednesday: Salad and hummus
Chickpeas are very nutritious legumes. But many people have trouble digesting them, especially at night. It is valuable why we recommend hummus, a cold chickpea dip that we can pair with a salad.
4. Thursday: Fish and grilled pineapple
Fish is a low-fat animal protein, making it a great option for weight loss recipes. We can bake it in the oven along with some pineapple slices. We end up with a light, delicious dessert that is ideal for digesting the fish.
Friday: Quinoa and guacamole
Quinoa is a protein-rich grain that is better suited for dinner recipes than other grains like rice. For this menu, we suggest pairing it with a good guacamole. Guacamole will provide us with a good amount of vitamins, minerals, fiber and healthy fats.
Saturday: Chickpea pizza
Do you love pizza? Treat yourself to Saturday night, but make the dough with chickpea flour. You end up with a much healthier recipe that is more appropriate for losing weight. Healthy, filling recipes can also be delicious!
7. Sunday: Green smoothie and omelet
On Sunday we can get over all the excess food from the weekend with a delicious and cleansing green smoothie with French omelet.
These simple and filling recipes give you energy and vitality.
