The surest way to success is to make small changes. Think in terms of manageable baby steps, like swapping the full fat milk in your morning coffee for skimmed milk. There are lots of little changes you can make �C in your diet and your daily routine �C that will add up to a lot of weight loss over the long haul.Take a look at our 25 tips below for eating healthier, fitting exercise into your busy day and revamping your daily routine. Start by picking five changes that you re sure you can tackle and practise them this week. Then try another five next week (click the print link above to print this out for easy reference).Not every idea is right for everyone, so experiment and see what works for you. Lots of little changes can yield big weight loss results �C and a healthier new you!Eating TipsGood things come in small packages. Here s a trick for staying satisfied without consuming large portions: Chop high calorie foods like cheese and chocolate into smaller pieces. It will seem like you re getting more than you actually are.Don t give up dips. If you love creamy dips and sauces, don t cut them out of your food plan completely. Just use low fat soft cheese and mayo instead of the full fat stuff.Get water-wise. Make a habit of reaching for a glass of water instead of a high fat snack. It will help your overall health as well as your waistline. So drink up! Add some zest to your six to eight glasses a day with a twist of lemon or lime.Herb it up. Stock up your spice rack, and start growing a small herb garden in your kitchen window. Spices and herbs add fantastic flavour to foods without adding fat or calories.Slim down your soup. Make a big batch of soup and refrigerate it before you eat it. As it cools, the fat will rise to the top and can be skimmed off the surface.Go American and doggie-bag that dinner. At restaurants that you know serve large portions, ask the waiter to put half your main course in a take away box before bringing it to your table. Putting the food away before you start your meal will help you practise portion control.Listen to your cravings. If you re craving something sweet, eat something sweet �C just opt for a healthier nosh, like fruit, instead of a high calorie one. The same goes for crunchy cravings �C for example, try air-popped popcorn instead of high fat crisps. It s just smart substitution!Ease your way into produce. If you re new to eating lots of fruits and vegetables, start slowly. Just add them to the foods you already enjoy. Pile salad veg into your sandwiches, or add fruit to your cereal.Look for high fat hints. Want an easy way to identify high calorie meals? Keep an eye out for these words: au gratin, parmigiana, tempura, alfredo, creamy and carbonara, and enjoy them in moderation.Don t multi-task while you eat. If you re working, reading or watching TV while you eat, you won t be paying attention to what s going into your mouth �C and you won t be enjoying every bite. Today, every time you have a meal, sit down. Chew slowly and pay attention to flavours and textures. You ll enjoy your food more and eat less.Taste something new. Broaden your food repertoire �C you may find you like more healthy foods than you knew. Try a new fruit or vegetable (ever had plantain, pak choi, starfruit or papaya?).Leave something on your plate at every meal. One bite of bagel, half your sandwich, the bun from your burger. See if you still feel satisfied eating just a bit less.Get to know your portion sizes. It s easy to underestimate how much you re eating. Today, don t just estimate things �C make sure. Ask how much is in a serving, read the fine print on labels, measure your food. And learn portion equivalents: One serving of pasta, for instance, should be around the size of a tennis ball.Make a healthy substitution. Learn to swap healthier foods for their less-healthy counterparts. Today, find a substitution that works for you: Use skimmed milk instead of full fat milk; try wholewheat bread instead of white.Bring lunch to work tomorrow. Packing lunch will help you control your portion sizes. It also provides a good alternative to restaurants and takeaways, where making healthy choices every day can be challenging (not to mention expensive).Have some dessert. You don t have to deny yourself all the time. Have a treat that brings you pleasure, but this time enjoy it guilt-free �C be sure you re practising portion control, and compensate for your indulgence by exercising a little more or by skipping your afternoon snack.Ask for what you need. Tell your mother-in-law you don t want seconds. Ask your other half to stop bringing you chocolates. Speak up for the place with great salads when your co-workers are picking a restaurant for lunch. Whatever you need to do to succeed at weight loss, ask for it �C make yourself a priority and assert yourself. Fitness TipsImprove your treadmill technique. When walking on a treadmill, don t grip the rails. It s fine to touch them for balance, but you shouldn t have to hold on. If you do, that might be a signal you should lower the intensity level.Simon says... get fit. Here s an easy way to fit in exercise with your kids: Buy a set of 1lb weights and play a round of Simon Says �C you do it with the weights, they do it without. They ll love it!Make the most of your walks. If your walking routine has become too easy, increase your effort by finding hills. Just be sure to tackle them at the beginning of your walk, when you have energy to spare.Shop til you drop... pounds! Add a workout to your shopping sessions by parking your car as far from the shop as possible, to get more walking in. And try walking up the escalator �C getting to your destination faster will be an added bonus.Walk an extra 100 steps at work. Adding even a little extra exercise to your daily routine can boost your weight loss. Today, take the stairs instead of the lift, or stroll down the hall to talk to a co-worker instead of sending an email or calling. Lifestyle TipsBrush your teeth after every meal and snack. This will be a signal to your mouth �C and your mind �C that it s time to stop eating. Brushing will also give your mouth a nice fresh taste that you ll be disinclined to ruin with a random crisp. At work, keep a toothbrush with a cover and toothpaste in your desk drawer.Clean your cupboard! First, it s great exercise. Second, it s an important step in changing your attitude. Get rid of all the clothes that make you look or feel bad. Throw out anything that s too big �C don t give yourself the option of ever fitting into those clothes again. Move the smaller clothes up to the front to help motivate you. Soon, you ll be fitting into those too-tight jeans you couldn t bear to part with.Take your measurements. You might not like your stats now, but you ll be glad you wrote them down when you see how many inches you ve lost. It s also another way to measure your success, instead of just looking at the scale. Sometimes even when the numbers on the scale aren t going down, the measurements on your body are.
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Chick nailed it. Don t take drugs, it doesn t matter if they say all natural or not, they are not good for you.If you are excessively overweight see a doctor before you do anything, diet or otherwise, but if you are just trying to drop a few extra the key is to burn more calories than you consume.I m the opposite of chick s mom, I love to cook and eat, so I work out 60 minutes 6 times a week to keep the weight off.A couple points to remember;*With age your metabolism slows down, what worked when I was 30 doesn t now that I m 40.*Talk to a doctor and if he releases you for exercise spend a few bucks on a trainer to get you started, if you go all gung-ho, pull something and end up injured for 2 months you will assuredly gain weight while you are down and get discouraged.*Be patcient, if you are doing it right you will not lose 15 pounds a week like you see on TV all the time, measure weight, inches and body fat if you can. That will tell you more in terms of what you are accomplishing.*The fat comes off where it wants, sit-ups will not flatten your tummy, regardless of what people think. Typically the first place you want to lose is the last place it comes off, generally tummy for men and butt and thighs for women.*Don t get discouraged and make it a way of life. Don t set a goal of X pounds and then when you hit it stop diet and exercise, it will come back plus more. If that s what you are planning it s healthier to do nothing.Good luck!!
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Here s a meal plan that should help:Breakfast -Beverage (eg. tea or coffee). use Splenda as a sweetener if needed1 Staple1 FruitMid-Morning Snack-1 FruitLunch-1 StapleFFA (Food From Animals) [protein]LegumesMid-Afternoon Snack-1 FruitDinner -1 StapleFFAVegetables.If you are not sure of examples for foods from each food group, this should help:Carbs(Staples)1 slice breadhalf a bagelhalf a large pita bread1 oz. cereal (eg. 3/4 cup corn flakes, 1/3 cup bran)1/2 cup pasta3 cups pop corn (air popped)6 small crackersFFA (Food From Animals)/Substitutespoultry (eg. roast chicken, turkey breast slices)fishpork chops (tenderloin, loin roast...)sardines (in spring water)tuna/salmon (in water)shrimplean ham/baconegg/egg substitutecheese/veggie cheesesoy milkskimmed milkVeggies1/2 cup cooked veg (eg. carrot, pumpkin, beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, string beans)1 tomato/1cup cucumber1 cup raw leafy beg. (eg. shredded cabbage, lattuce, sweet pepper...)Carbs (Fruits)1/2 grapefruit1small orange1 small ripe banana1 tangerine1 small apple2 plums1 small mango1 small papaya1 slace pineapple1 cup melon1 guava15 medium grapes (1 cup)1 1/4 cup strawberries1 kiwiw fruit20 cherries1/4 cup dried fruit (eg. prunes, dates, raisins)1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce6 oz. unsweetened fruit juice8 oz. coconut waterCarbs (Legumes)1/2 cup dried peas and beans (eg. kidney beands or red beans, dried gungo peas, lima beans, chick peas, split peas...)1/2 cup canned green peas2 tsp. baked beans..Unsaturated Fats1 tsp. veg. oil (eg. canola, soybean, olive..)2 tsp. peanut butter2. tsp low fat salad dressing5 large olives10 peanuts/6 cashews/6 almonds/2 walnuts (handful)2 tsp. pumpkin seeds1 tsp. sunflower seeds1/4 avacado pear1 tsp. soft margarineSaturated fats1 tsp. butter1 strip bacon2 tsp. dried coconut2 tsp. coconut milkMy mom lost 30 pounds in 3 months with this. She did NO EXERCISE.Therefore, if you do this...plus a proper exercise program, you should be able to take off those pounds in time. Also, drink 8-10 cups of water daily.
u can use detox diets to loose weight .The detox diet focuses on getting rid of the harmful aspects of our everyday diet.detox diets will help u to a great extent to reduce weight and be slim.Instead of eating 2 - 3 meals per day, try eating 4 - 5 small meals per day, or 3 meals and 2 healthy snack meals. Food substitutions can help tremendously when trying to reduce calories and speed up the metabolism.source http://www.medifastdetox.blogspot.com\
# 1, u need to get your mind set [ i will exercise and eat right for more than 6 months, and not give up]# 2, u need to eat right [ 3 main meals with little snacks every 2 hours.# 3, u need to work out 5 times a week [run, cardio,yoga,polities,,]# 4, don t weigh your self every day [ u should weight your self every 2 weeks ]# 5 you should lose 2-3 lbs a week[ you will gain it back if you lose more.]i hope this helps you you can go to http://fitnessmagazine.com/ it shows you exercises healthy food u can eat and everything else in between. hope u like it Jamie
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go to the roller rink a couple times a week..roller blade around the neighborhood a couple times a day....umm...bike ride.limit the time you play video games and watch t.v. try to find a sport you like to play,gather some friends and play with them every week.get more than 7hrs of sleep each day.if u get less than 7 you crave more and more food each hour of sleep u dont get (below 7 hrs)
