The term "balanced diet" implies a consumption of all the necessary elements for the life of the organism. This protein, fat and carbohydrates. Only need to properly combine them together and stick some timing in the diet.
Many wonder how to have everything and lose weight. It would seem that this is impossible. However, there is a method to meet the needs of the sweet and fatty foods, and thus lose weight. One of the basic rules of a balanced diet - simple carbohydrates (sugar, bread, cakes, most fruits, potatoes, etc.) - just before 12 pm. What to eat for breakfast can afford oatmeal with a banana or a little fried potatoes. During the day, the extra calories derived from fat, carbohydrate rich food, necessarily used up.
Lunch in a balanced diet should be full. There is present and the first and second. Only the amount of fat should be minimal, and only proteins combined with complex carbohydrates (cereals, vegetables). For example, the first can be cooked chicken soup with vegetables and fresh greens. On the second - Steam cutlets of beef, lean pork, poultry or fish with a side dish of brown rice or buckwheat. Try to reduce or eliminate sugar from food. If desired, you can replace it with a spoon of honey, but they should not be carried away.
Evening meal make as easy. When preparing food, do not use fats. Do not combine proteins with carbohydrates. For dinner, a balanced diet is perfect cottage cheese, vegetables, buckwheat, lean meat and fish. All meals should be cooked by steaming or cooking. If you have the desire to eat in the evening cutlet not combine it with anything, eat without garnish. Dining need not later than four hours before bedtime. That is, if you go to bed at 12 at night, the last meal should be at 8pm. After that - only water (without gas - it stirs up an appetite) and green tea.
If during the day wanted a snack, eat a cucumber or cabbage. Fruit should not be carried away, they are low in calories, but a lot of carbohydrates that contribute to weight gain.
Adhering to a balanced diet, you can lose weight very well, especially if you add exercise.