Exercise and diet always go hand in hand. The way you eat consistently influence your weight and with the healthy diet and right food you can not only lose your extra pounds and bulky belly fat but also nourish your body with great vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. The right food and healthy choices will make you feel more satisfied with the brownie point of good health. Keeping the points of dieticians in view, here are some of the best foods for you to cut down the excess fat and to slay summers in your favourite shorts or swimsuit. We promise: These foods taste delicious and will keep your metabolism revved up!

• Eggs: Eggs are considered one of the nature’s most beneficial foods, filled with proteins while free of carbs and sugar. It’s highly suggested for weight loss, particularly when eaten in breakfast. Eggs are great to satiate hunger and keep your energy levels up till the next meal time. People who take eggs in their breakfast eat significantly less at their next meal, and in the following 24 hours, than those who eat breakfast like bagel. If you are in a hurry, you can just ramble and mix the egg with tomatoes and cook it in olive oil. And yes, not forget to have a cup of antioxidant rich green tea to further race your metabolism.
• Grilled Veggies: A plate full of grilled vegetables is a summer time must-have. Always keep a stock of onions, bell peppers, carrots, eggplants, asparagus and garlic in your fridge and whenever you feel that mini huger attack, cut slices of it, grill and serve yourself with a mini plate of colourful food. You can also use them to make dishes like:

• Grilled vegetable with a dash of oregano
• Grilled vegetable pitas
• Grilled vegetable ricotta and fresh herb pasta 

If you are too lazy to get out of the bed and cook something, then here is the recipe with no recipe i.e. salads. Salads are an easy, quick, healthy meal that does not even require a recipe. Just get up, give the quick rinse to vegetables; slice, dice, toss and mix, add a handful of toasted nuts with some lemon and ginger and you have your meal ready in minutes.

• Lentils: Although lentils are categorized as pulses, it still can help in weight loss because of its quality of fullness due to protein and fibre. Believe it or not, lentils contain soluble fibre that not only slows down digestion and absorption but also leads to the release of hormones that signal fullness. Weight loss diets that include few pulses resulting in significant weight loss than those that did not.   

• You can also use it as: Make sprouts out of green lentils, add corn, tomatoes, red onions, a few jalapeños, herbs and seasoning. If you wish to add little cumin and feel free to omit it according to your taste.

• Oats: Start your day with a bowl full of oats with nuts and milk to see the magic. By eating homemade oats bowl, you will feel fuller and less hungry than after eating cereal. Oats provides more protein, more fibre, and less sugar than the cereal. Nonetheless, it has soluble fibre called beta-glucan and is probably responsible for the result in lower number on weighing machine.
• Chilled soups: Try it and it will definitely become one of your favourite low-calorie dishes. Chilled soups like gazpacho or cucumber that have lots of chunky vegetables are a great way to start your meal with. Researches show that a low-calorie, broth-based soup at the beginning of the meal will fill you so that you can eat less at the main course.
• Fruit-based desserts: Let not the cravings or summer vacation or a sweet tooth wreak havoc on your weight loss efforts. Ditch high-calorie desserts and opt for the naturally sweet treats that are harmless and satiate the desire of sweets as well. Here is something you can make:

• Pineapple with sesame and flaxseeds.
• Grilled white peaches with blackberries and honey
• Cherries kebabs topped with few dark chocolate
• Grapes pancakes

This summer doesn’t starve you with a crazy diet. Instead, lighten up your weight loss diet with the above mentioned low-calories foods. Lose those extra inches with the well balance and nutrition diet and as a bonus, forget about portion control as you are consuming fresh fruits and vegetables.