Making healthy food choices, especially if you're hungry can be difficult.

Making healthy food choices is not easy. Everywhere you turn, there’s new info on what is or isn't good for you. It never stops.

So what I’ve put together is some of my favorite tips for choosing foods that you can use to reach your weight loss goals.

Just start paying attention to what you eat and get into a running or walking program. I’m sure my healthy food choices will work as well for you as they did for me. Just stick with’em.

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Our "Healthy Food Choices" tips for cooking at home or eating out.

1. Switch to water all the time (or at least most of the time) and lose the calorie-free "diet" or regular sodas, fruit punch, sweet tea or any other sugar-sweetened drink. Water is the miracle liquid that flushes out all the bad stuff from your system, so drink it. A lot.

2. Start including dried beans (like kidney or pinto beans) and lentils into your meals. These are high in protein and low in fat.

3. Look for lean meats; like cuts of beef and pork that end in "loin." Such as pork loin and sirloin. Always remember to remove the skin from chicken and turkey.

4. Switch to non-fat dairy such as skim milk, non-fat yogurt and non-fat cheese. Stick with it and your body will begin to show you the difference.

5. Make fish a consistent choice (at least 2-3 times every week.) Fish is your friend, especially salmon.

6. Always choose whole grain foods over processed grain products. Try brown rice with your stir fry or whole wheat spaghetti with your favorite pasta sauce. As a rule avoid it if it’s white.

7. Switch to liquid oils for cooking instead of solid fats that can be high in saturated and trans fats. Remember that fats are high in calories. If you're trying to lose weight, more fat is the last thing you need.

8. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits (organic if you can.) Mix it up from the rainbow of colors available to keep it interesting. Stick to the non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, carrots, broccoli or green beans, your body's gonna love it.

9. Make high calorie snack foods and deserts like chips, cookies, cakes, and full-fat ice cream something you do once in a blue moon. Not the norm.

10. Eat 5 times a day. (the key to losing weight.) Eat 5 small, healthy meals a day and watch the portion size. Remember I said small meals.

By learning to make healthy food choices — whether you're cooking at home or eating out — you can enjoy flavorful foods and continue burning fat and losing weight.

Smiles…Gigi

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