10 Tips to make Dieting Easier

By cutting too many calories you will lose your lean muscle along with the fat, and be a lot more hungry than necessary. Focus on creating a small calorie deficit that gradually strips the fat away while maintaining your lean muscle and keeping your hunger levels relatively controlled. Maintain a small calorie deficit of about 15-20% below your maintenance level.

You can't out-train a bad diet. If you eat too much, you'll gain weight. If you eat too little, you'll lose muscle and slow down your metabolism. So if you're trying to lose weight, focus on eating less and exercising more — not the other way around. One pound per week is ideal because it can be achieved without too much effort, but it's still fast enough to notice results quickly (a few weeks).

This will also ensure you maintain lean muscle, plus protein is much lower in calories than the other two macronutrients, fats and carbs.

Protein helps to build muscle mass, which can increase your metabolism and help you burn more calories. Aim to get 20-30% of your calories from protein in order to maintain or build muscle mass.

Eating fat doesn’t make you fat, this is an old myth. Fat is necessary for maintaining healthy testosterone levels and it also leaves you feeling fuller and more satisfied in between meals by slowing down the rate of gastric emptying.

Fat is the most energy-dense macro nutrient, and it’s also a powerful source of satiety. That’s why low-fat diets often lead to hunger and overeating, which in turn can cause you to gain weight.

Fiber absorbs water in your digestive tract and expands in your stomach to increase feelings of fullness and satiety. Just like fat, fiber also slows down the rate of gastric emptying.

Fiber is the indigestible part of plant foods. It helps with weight loss because it makes you feel full, and it can help lower cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels. You should aim to get 14 grams of fiber per 1,000 calories in your diet, which is about 25 grams per day for most adults on a 2,000-calorie-per-day diet.

This is overlapping with point 4 because vegetables are high in fiber, but they are also very low in calories.

Vegetables are low in calories and rich in vitamins and minerals. They also contain fiber, which helps you feel full longer. Try to eat at least five servings of vegetables each day.

This will make you feel fuller, especially if you drink a few glasses with your meals.

Some people seem to manage their hunger better by increasing their cardio to allow for more calories, but others are fine with doing minimal cardio and having lower calories. Find what works fro you

We know what happens when you restrict yourself from something you love…you crave it even more. So allow yourself to enjoy some of your favourite foods to avoid those cravings.

Sleep deprivation can increase your appetite due to a decrease in leptin levels and an increase in ghrelin levels, which are two key hormones that regulate hunger

This is a pretty simple one, but research has shown that eating your meals at a slower place helps you to feel fuller and more satisfied off of a smaller volume of food.

Now these ideas will not completely remove your food cravings, but by using a combination of them (all if possible) you can make it much much easier for yourself.