By Ashley Green
Obesity is a disease that is not caused by a bacteria or virus but a person's own eating habits. It is a disease which is very easy to get rid off just by changing your food habits. Shifting excess kilos is as easy as making a few changes in your eating habits and food mind-set. Here are a few tips that will help you get rid of that bulge.
Free healthy Diet Tips for Weight Loss
1) Even healthy foods like brown bread and rice contain calories. Therefore you need to control portion sizes.
2) Focus on eating more of good things rather than less of bad things. More the good things fill your stomach the less you go for bad food.
3) Include a sufficient amount of legumes or pulses in your diet. They provide the required amount of protein to your body. The only source of protein in vegetarian diet.
4) Go in for low fat mayonnaise, low fat cheese, milk.
5) Cook your own food rather than eating out. In this way you can control your intake of fat and calories.
6) For a healthy heart,
a)Your Diet should have less sodium and more fibre. Go in for less fat diets.
b) Avoid fried foods and prefer baked or microwaved food.
c) Eat whole-wheat bread, whole-grain cereal and long-grain rice instead of white bread, cereals and white rice respectively.
7) Please, never starve yourself. Don't keep yourself Hungry. Starving do not reduce your weight. Instead it depletes you of your necessary nutrition which leads to weakness and other illness.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Fast WeightLoss Diet Secrets
By Justin R. Brown
We all know about fast weightloss diets and their promise of bringing some instant weightloss. However, before one actually opts for any of them, it is important that you always visit a doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. These fast diets are far from the ideal diet and it should be noted that more often than not, they are not balanced and the best way to lose any weight is with a careful well balanced diet.
Before actually opting for those fast diet plans, it is important that you know that weight gain or weight loss is determined by the “calorie equation”. If you burn as many calories as you take in each day, there's nothing left over for storage in fat cells and your weight remains constant. However, if your calorie-intake exceeds your calorie-expenditure, the extra calories are stored somewhere on your body and you gain weight.
The word “diet” generally conjures up the image of meals of lettuce and cottage cheese. However, by definition, “diet” refers to what a person eats or drinks during the course of a day. A diet that limits portions to a very small size or that excludes certain foods entirely to promote weight loss may not be effective over the long term. Rather, you are likely to miss certain foods and find it difficult to follow this type of diet for a long time. Instead, it is often helpful to gradually change the types and amounts of food you eat and maintain these changes for the rest of your life. The ideal diet is one that takes into account your likes and dislikes and includes a wide variety of foods with enough calories and nutrients for good health.
A few helpful hints to doing any of the fast weight loss diets which are so popular these days are given below.
Don't carry out a crash diet for more than three to seven days. Most of these diets are not meant to be kept for extended periods of time. They aren't balanced and not meant to be your permanent way of eating. For example, the Atkins diet says that you can keep it for extended periods of time, but the diet changes once you get passed the first two weeks, so if you want to do that extended version of the diet, look it up and get more details on it.
The week that you are going to keep the fast diet, try not to overexert yourself. Since you will be on a diet, exerting yourself too much might just become too stressful for your body’s system to handle.
Don't go out to dinner with friends and other social activities. This is probably the worst thing you can do because nothing is worst than eating something tiny when your friends are eating a perfectly normal and delicious meal. So, while it can be done, it's easier to just avoid these scenarios and stop yourself from feeling bad over your diet.
If you get very hungry, drink a glass of cold water, it will help to take away the hunger pangs. You could also try sucking on ice to calm hunger pains.
One last thing, once the fast diet ends, don't think it's party time and eat out the house. Once the diet is over, you want to celebrate, but it wouldn’t be right to celebrate it with food!! Start your well balanced diet once you are done with the fast weight loss diet. Do remember, however, that there really is no guarantee that the fast weight loss diet will actually help you shed those pounds! Exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet is the key to losing weight and keeping it off!
We all know about fast weightloss diets and their promise of bringing some instant weightloss. However, before one actually opts for any of them, it is important that you always visit a doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. These fast diets are far from the ideal diet and it should be noted that more often than not, they are not balanced and the best way to lose any weight is with a careful well balanced diet.
Before actually opting for those fast diet plans, it is important that you know that weight gain or weight loss is determined by the “calorie equation”. If you burn as many calories as you take in each day, there's nothing left over for storage in fat cells and your weight remains constant. However, if your calorie-intake exceeds your calorie-expenditure, the extra calories are stored somewhere on your body and you gain weight.
The word “diet” generally conjures up the image of meals of lettuce and cottage cheese. However, by definition, “diet” refers to what a person eats or drinks during the course of a day. A diet that limits portions to a very small size or that excludes certain foods entirely to promote weight loss may not be effective over the long term. Rather, you are likely to miss certain foods and find it difficult to follow this type of diet for a long time. Instead, it is often helpful to gradually change the types and amounts of food you eat and maintain these changes for the rest of your life. The ideal diet is one that takes into account your likes and dislikes and includes a wide variety of foods with enough calories and nutrients for good health.
A few helpful hints to doing any of the fast weight loss diets which are so popular these days are given below.
Don't carry out a crash diet for more than three to seven days. Most of these diets are not meant to be kept for extended periods of time. They aren't balanced and not meant to be your permanent way of eating. For example, the Atkins diet says that you can keep it for extended periods of time, but the diet changes once you get passed the first two weeks, so if you want to do that extended version of the diet, look it up and get more details on it.
The week that you are going to keep the fast diet, try not to overexert yourself. Since you will be on a diet, exerting yourself too much might just become too stressful for your body’s system to handle.
Don't go out to dinner with friends and other social activities. This is probably the worst thing you can do because nothing is worst than eating something tiny when your friends are eating a perfectly normal and delicious meal. So, while it can be done, it's easier to just avoid these scenarios and stop yourself from feeling bad over your diet.
If you get very hungry, drink a glass of cold water, it will help to take away the hunger pangs. You could also try sucking on ice to calm hunger pains.
One last thing, once the fast diet ends, don't think it's party time and eat out the house. Once the diet is over, you want to celebrate, but it wouldn’t be right to celebrate it with food!! Start your well balanced diet once you are done with the fast weight loss diet. Do remember, however, that there really is no guarantee that the fast weight loss diet will actually help you shed those pounds! Exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet is the key to losing weight and keeping it off!
Mineral Supplement: Minerals in Your Diet!
By Ashley Green
The food is the raw material for the body. Minerals are one of the important components of human nutrition. Minerals are grouped under two categories macro (the ones which we need in large amounts) and trace (the ones ne need in small amounts).
Here are some minerals which should be an important part of your diet.
Calcium: It is used for bone formation, muscle movement (cramps may result from calcium deficiency) and burning fat (some studies point towards taking calcium to lose weight).Over consumption of protein leads to calcium loss from the bones.
It is usually found in large quantities in dairy products, sea food with bones, non-vegetarian foods, soy/tofu and green leafy vegetables.
Must Read: Learn how calcium promotes weight loss at http://www.weightloss-health.com/calcium_weightloss.htm
Phosphorus: It is required for formation of genetic material, bones, maintaining the acid base balance, and for metabolism.
It is found in legumes and nuts.
Sodium: Very important to maintain the fluid levels and acid base balance of the body. Perspiration vomiting, loose motions etc tend to upset the acid base balance. People with iodine deficiency can additionally use sea kelp which is also good source of iron
It is found in small quantities in most foods. The best sources are rock salt and sea salt.
Must Visit: Low Sodium Recipes at http://www.weightloss-health.com/low_sodium_diet_recipes.htm
Potassium: It helps maintain the water balance in the body, maintains blood pressure, nerve impulses. People with kidney problems need to be very careful about potassium levels.
Some foods which are good sources are banana, melons,potatoes,tomato and orange.
Zinc: It is responsible for fertility, skin, hair and is part of many enzymes.
It is found in nuts, whole grains, legumes and non-vegetarian foods.
Iodine: It is responsible for being a part of the hormonal system and many hypothyroids may benefit from consuming natural forms like sea kelp.
It is also found in the iodised variety of salts.
Copper: A trace metal found in many foods. It is needed for manufacturing haemoglobin and many enzymes.
Copper is also available when water is stored in a copper vessel overnight and consumed in the morning.
Must Visit: Vitamin Supplement Information: Educate yourself before you buy them at http://www.weightloss-health.com/buy%20supplements.htm
Fluoride: Essential for dental health.
Found in water.
The food is the raw material for the body. Minerals are one of the important components of human nutrition. Minerals are grouped under two categories macro (the ones which we need in large amounts) and trace (the ones ne need in small amounts).
Here are some minerals which should be an important part of your diet.
Calcium: It is used for bone formation, muscle movement (cramps may result from calcium deficiency) and burning fat (some studies point towards taking calcium to lose weight).Over consumption of protein leads to calcium loss from the bones.
It is usually found in large quantities in dairy products, sea food with bones, non-vegetarian foods, soy/tofu and green leafy vegetables.
Must Read: Learn how calcium promotes weight loss at http://www.weightloss-health.com/calcium_weightloss.htm
Phosphorus: It is required for formation of genetic material, bones, maintaining the acid base balance, and for metabolism.
It is found in legumes and nuts.
Sodium: Very important to maintain the fluid levels and acid base balance of the body. Perspiration vomiting, loose motions etc tend to upset the acid base balance. People with iodine deficiency can additionally use sea kelp which is also good source of iron
It is found in small quantities in most foods. The best sources are rock salt and sea salt.
Must Visit: Low Sodium Recipes at http://www.weightloss-health.com/low_sodium_diet_recipes.htm
Potassium: It helps maintain the water balance in the body, maintains blood pressure, nerve impulses. People with kidney problems need to be very careful about potassium levels.
Some foods which are good sources are banana, melons,potatoes,tomato and orange.
Zinc: It is responsible for fertility, skin, hair and is part of many enzymes.
It is found in nuts, whole grains, legumes and non-vegetarian foods.
Iodine: It is responsible for being a part of the hormonal system and many hypothyroids may benefit from consuming natural forms like sea kelp.
It is also found in the iodised variety of salts.
Copper: A trace metal found in many foods. It is needed for manufacturing haemoglobin and many enzymes.
Copper is also available when water is stored in a copper vessel overnight and consumed in the morning.
Must Visit: Vitamin Supplement Information: Educate yourself before you buy them at http://www.weightloss-health.com/buy%20supplements.htm
Fluoride: Essential for dental health.
Found in water.
Vegetarian Diet Tips: Make Your Vegetarian Diet A Balanced Diet!
By Ashley Green
The world has opened eyes to the harmful side-effects of non-veg food like red meat and is now opening arms to Vegetarian Food. A very common myth found among common man is that vegetarian food doesnt provide you with necessary nutrients but a Vegetarian Diet, in no ways, is deprived of necessary nutrients, only if you have a balanced Vegetarian Diet. Make sure you eat a lot of fruits and dont follow particular monotonous meals.
Some Nutrients you dont come across normally in Vegetarian Diets are:-
a) Iron
b) Calcium
c) Zinc
d) Protein
e) Vitamin D
f) Vitamin B12
But you can always have vegetarian source for these nutrients. On a other side of the coin, there are a lots of benefits of Vegetarian Food (incomplete). They are rich in:
. You can Find Iron in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Cashews, tomato juice, rice, garbanzo beans (chick peas) and tofu.
. You can Find Calcium in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Dairy products, fortified soymilk, fortified orange juice, tofu and broccoli.
. You can find Zinc in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Whole grains (especially the germ and bran of the grain), nuts, tofu, leafy vegetables (lettuce, spinach, cabbage), root vegetables (onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, radishes), eggs and dairy products.
. You can find Protein in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Vegetarians must eat a variety of plant foods over the course of a day to get enough protein. Eg: Tempeh, miso lentils, tofu, nuts, seeds, and peas.
. You can find Vitamin D in the following Vegetarian Food items:- fortified cereals (or a small amount of sunlight) and Fortified milk and soymilk
. You can Vitamin B12 in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Tempeh, miso, eggs, dairy products, fortified soymilk and cereals.. Tempeh and miso are foods made from soybeans.
They are low in calories and fat and high in protein.
Know more about Balanced Diet at http://www.weightloss-health.com/balanced_diet.htm
The world has opened eyes to the harmful side-effects of non-veg food like red meat and is now opening arms to Vegetarian Food. A very common myth found among common man is that vegetarian food doesnt provide you with necessary nutrients but a Vegetarian Diet, in no ways, is deprived of necessary nutrients, only if you have a balanced Vegetarian Diet. Make sure you eat a lot of fruits and dont follow particular monotonous meals.
Some Nutrients you dont come across normally in Vegetarian Diets are:-
a) Iron
b) Calcium
c) Zinc
d) Protein
e) Vitamin D
f) Vitamin B12
But you can always have vegetarian source for these nutrients. On a other side of the coin, there are a lots of benefits of Vegetarian Food (incomplete). They are rich in:
. You can Find Iron in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Cashews, tomato juice, rice, garbanzo beans (chick peas) and tofu.
. You can Find Calcium in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Dairy products, fortified soymilk, fortified orange juice, tofu and broccoli.
. You can find Zinc in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Whole grains (especially the germ and bran of the grain), nuts, tofu, leafy vegetables (lettuce, spinach, cabbage), root vegetables (onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, radishes), eggs and dairy products.
. You can find Protein in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Vegetarians must eat a variety of plant foods over the course of a day to get enough protein. Eg: Tempeh, miso lentils, tofu, nuts, seeds, and peas.
. You can find Vitamin D in the following Vegetarian Food items:- fortified cereals (or a small amount of sunlight) and Fortified milk and soymilk
. You can Vitamin B12 in the following Vegetarian Food items:- Tempeh, miso, eggs, dairy products, fortified soymilk and cereals.. Tempeh and miso are foods made from soybeans.
They are low in calories and fat and high in protein.
Know more about Balanced Diet at http://www.weightloss-health.com/balanced_diet.htm
Jennifer Aniston Zone Diet
By Tim Grimsley
Jennifer Aniston uses the Zone diet to control her weight as do other hollywood stars. Some of the other's include Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sandra Bullock. The Zone diet is in fact a very safe and effective way to lose and control your weight.
Some try to compare it with fad diet's but the Zone diet is no fad diet. It has gotten some bad publicity because most people go back to their old eating habits after they have lost some weight. Their old eating habits are the cause of the weight gain.
The Zone diet that Jennifer Aniston uses is intended to be a lifestyle pattern change instead of a temporary diet. The zone diet is in fact a safe eating plan that can be adopted for life if you desire. By making a permanent switch to the Zone diet you can lose and maintain any weight that you desire. On this diet you are still eating from all of the food groups in the food pyramid.
The only difference is you are eating food in different ratio's than what was commonly thought to be correct. You will still have a healthy and balanced diet, the main change is in the amount of carbohydrates that you eat.
Anyone who is serious about permanent weightloss should give this diet a chance. It can really change your life in a positive way. This is a pretty simple diet to understand once you know the basics. You do not need to take supplements on this diet plan, however you can if you want to.
Jennifer Aniston uses the Zone diet to control her weight as do other hollywood stars. Some of the other's include Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sandra Bullock. The Zone diet is in fact a very safe and effective way to lose and control your weight.
Some try to compare it with fad diet's but the Zone diet is no fad diet. It has gotten some bad publicity because most people go back to their old eating habits after they have lost some weight. Their old eating habits are the cause of the weight gain.
The Zone diet that Jennifer Aniston uses is intended to be a lifestyle pattern change instead of a temporary diet. The zone diet is in fact a safe eating plan that can be adopted for life if you desire. By making a permanent switch to the Zone diet you can lose and maintain any weight that you desire. On this diet you are still eating from all of the food groups in the food pyramid.
The only difference is you are eating food in different ratio's than what was commonly thought to be correct. You will still have a healthy and balanced diet, the main change is in the amount of carbohydrates that you eat.
Anyone who is serious about permanent weightloss should give this diet a chance. It can really change your life in a positive way. This is a pretty simple diet to understand once you know the basics. You do not need to take supplements on this diet plan, however you can if you want to.
Why Diets Alone Fail
By Wil Langford
Every year millions of Americans go on a diet and every year millions of Americans lose weight. Sounds like we have a healthy country, doesn’t it? Perhaps you are even one of those people who lost weight. Unfortunately as many people gain weight as lose it, in fact, every year, more and more people, both adults and children are overweight. This alarming and potentially lethal trend has gotten so bad the United States government has even gotten involved in an educational program about portion control.
But here is a sobering fact; many people, including the overweight, know about portion control and caloric intake recommendations, and the value of exercise. Despite their knowledge and the wealth of information available, they still continue to gain weight. What is going on?
As a behavioral therapist I treated hundreds of people who knew what they should do, they just couldn’t make themselves do it for very long. All their efforts started with the best of intentions and they were well meaning people. I heard the same story over and over again. “Wil, I lost weight, only to put it back on and now I am heavier than when I started!” they would tell me. There is even a name for this in our society, it is called “yo-yo” dieting, and it weakens the body and frustrates millions of dieters. Why does this keep happening?
The answer is that eating is a behavior and to change a behavior you have to have all the parts of the dieters consciousness, his or her mind, going in the same direction. The reason is that our behavior and habits are stored in our subconscious minds. The subconscious, according to recent research, controls about 90% of the thought processes in a normal human being. That means that you are only conscious, or aware of about 10% of your thoughts, so making a conscious decision to change your behavior is putting 10% of your will power against 90% of your won’t power. Guess who wins.
The subconscious is the seat of our emotions, often called the feeling mind. People do what they feel like doing more often than what they rationally know they should do. It is the way we work and have for millennia. It is much easier to do what we feel like doing and know we should do. So to make a new behavior a habit we have to start by convincing our subconscious mind that we want to make the change, to add the healthy habit to our subconscious mind. It is called, “behavior modification.” Behavior modification isn’t always easy, in fact, it can be downright hard when a behavior that is being changed or replaced is deeply entrenched with emotional connections to our past or self-image, but it can be done.
Many people are now using hypnosis as a means of talking to their own subconscious mind and introducing changes to behavior. It can be done with self-hypnosis, in fact, many experts say all hypnosis is self-hypnosis because a person will not enter a hypnotic state unless he or she is willing. While self-hypnosis is effective it is easier to learn self-hypnosis with the aid of a good therapist, a clinical hypnotherapist. A good clinical hypnotherapist will start by interviewing a client to learn about the overall health and lifestyle as well as emotional keys and triggers that are lying below the surface, for a dieter, it would be called a Weight Loss Evaluation. Once the interviewing is over the therapist will guide the client into hypnosis and then use specially worded suggestions, called “secondary suggestions,” to plant positive ideas and ideals in the subconscious mind. Connecting those ideas with an emotional trigger allows the subconscious to choose the healthy eating habit rather than trying to force an unwanted change upon it.
The secondary or post-hypnotic suggestions can even be tailored so that a diet, exercise program, or any lifestyle change may be programmed right into the clients mind. The biggest obstacle to enjoying the benefits of hypnosis is fear of the unknown. Many people don’t realize that hypnosis was investigated by the American Medical Association and approved as an effective modality, but it was approved over 50 years ago. You can learn more about the truth about hypnosis by emailing for the free ebrochure, “ Facts, Fiction, and History of Hypnosis.”
Whatever you do, you owe it to yourself, before you go through the struggle of another diet to learn all you can about a method that makes dieting easier and more effective. Like many thousands of people who use hypnosis every year, you may find the next diet is the last one you will ever have to try because you have finally changed the underlying cause of your weight problem, your behavior.
Every year millions of Americans go on a diet and every year millions of Americans lose weight. Sounds like we have a healthy country, doesn’t it? Perhaps you are even one of those people who lost weight. Unfortunately as many people gain weight as lose it, in fact, every year, more and more people, both adults and children are overweight. This alarming and potentially lethal trend has gotten so bad the United States government has even gotten involved in an educational program about portion control.
But here is a sobering fact; many people, including the overweight, know about portion control and caloric intake recommendations, and the value of exercise. Despite their knowledge and the wealth of information available, they still continue to gain weight. What is going on?
As a behavioral therapist I treated hundreds of people who knew what they should do, they just couldn’t make themselves do it for very long. All their efforts started with the best of intentions and they were well meaning people. I heard the same story over and over again. “Wil, I lost weight, only to put it back on and now I am heavier than when I started!” they would tell me. There is even a name for this in our society, it is called “yo-yo” dieting, and it weakens the body and frustrates millions of dieters. Why does this keep happening?
The answer is that eating is a behavior and to change a behavior you have to have all the parts of the dieters consciousness, his or her mind, going in the same direction. The reason is that our behavior and habits are stored in our subconscious minds. The subconscious, according to recent research, controls about 90% of the thought processes in a normal human being. That means that you are only conscious, or aware of about 10% of your thoughts, so making a conscious decision to change your behavior is putting 10% of your will power against 90% of your won’t power. Guess who wins.
The subconscious is the seat of our emotions, often called the feeling mind. People do what they feel like doing more often than what they rationally know they should do. It is the way we work and have for millennia. It is much easier to do what we feel like doing and know we should do. So to make a new behavior a habit we have to start by convincing our subconscious mind that we want to make the change, to add the healthy habit to our subconscious mind. It is called, “behavior modification.” Behavior modification isn’t always easy, in fact, it can be downright hard when a behavior that is being changed or replaced is deeply entrenched with emotional connections to our past or self-image, but it can be done.
Many people are now using hypnosis as a means of talking to their own subconscious mind and introducing changes to behavior. It can be done with self-hypnosis, in fact, many experts say all hypnosis is self-hypnosis because a person will not enter a hypnotic state unless he or she is willing. While self-hypnosis is effective it is easier to learn self-hypnosis with the aid of a good therapist, a clinical hypnotherapist. A good clinical hypnotherapist will start by interviewing a client to learn about the overall health and lifestyle as well as emotional keys and triggers that are lying below the surface, for a dieter, it would be called a Weight Loss Evaluation. Once the interviewing is over the therapist will guide the client into hypnosis and then use specially worded suggestions, called “secondary suggestions,” to plant positive ideas and ideals in the subconscious mind. Connecting those ideas with an emotional trigger allows the subconscious to choose the healthy eating habit rather than trying to force an unwanted change upon it.
The secondary or post-hypnotic suggestions can even be tailored so that a diet, exercise program, or any lifestyle change may be programmed right into the clients mind. The biggest obstacle to enjoying the benefits of hypnosis is fear of the unknown. Many people don’t realize that hypnosis was investigated by the American Medical Association and approved as an effective modality, but it was approved over 50 years ago. You can learn more about the truth about hypnosis by emailing for the free ebrochure, “ Facts, Fiction, and History of Hypnosis.”
Whatever you do, you owe it to yourself, before you go through the struggle of another diet to learn all you can about a method that makes dieting easier and more effective. Like many thousands of people who use hypnosis every year, you may find the next diet is the last one you will ever have to try because you have finally changed the underlying cause of your weight problem, your behavior.
Weight Loss Diet Tips
By Waller Jamison
If you are trying to achieve significant weight loss, diet tips to help you maximize your chances are a useful resource. If you are seriously overweight, the first tip is a trip to the doctor’s office, which will help establish the extent of the problem and the general state of your health, which are important considerations when making decisions about the type of treatment, diet and exercise regime you should follow.
Diet tips should include making a sensible plan, which will involve choosing which diet to follow or which foods to exclude and strategies you will use to deal with cravings and setbacks.
Will you follow a specific diet or just opt for healthy food in quantities which will facilitate weight loss? This will depend very much on your schedule – do you have time to cook and shop for yourself? Your temperament – do you need the occasional comfort food and have you got the discipline to make sure it is only occasional? And of course, your health is another important issue. Generally speaking, your weight loss diet should not be too low in calories or fat and should enable you to shed about two pounds a week.
And what will your exercise programme consist of? If you haven’t exercised for a long time, you’ll need to break yourself in gently. Your doctor will be able to advise you on this and you should also seek the advice of a trainer if you plan to workout or start any rigorous routine.
Get as much support as you can, both from friends and family and who can motivate and encourage you. If you don’t have a local group, you can join an online group.
Choose low fat ways of cooking your food, such as baking, boiling or steaming instead of frying.
Eat little and often. By eating more meals in smaller quantities five or six times a day you will cut out the hunger pangs and so will be less tempted to break your weightloss diet.
Drink plenty of water – it will also help curb your hunger, especially if you have a glass before each meal.
Don’t ever skip meals, because starving yourself will cause problems with your metabolism and will have the opposite effect in the long run.
Perhaps the most important of all the weight loss diet tips is persistence. Weight loss doesn’t always involve steady progress – there will be ups and downs even if you stick to your weight loss diet, but if you keep going, you’ll succeed in the end.
© Waller Jamison 2007
If you are trying to achieve significant weight loss, diet tips to help you maximize your chances are a useful resource. If you are seriously overweight, the first tip is a trip to the doctor’s office, which will help establish the extent of the problem and the general state of your health, which are important considerations when making decisions about the type of treatment, diet and exercise regime you should follow.
Diet tips should include making a sensible plan, which will involve choosing which diet to follow or which foods to exclude and strategies you will use to deal with cravings and setbacks.
Will you follow a specific diet or just opt for healthy food in quantities which will facilitate weight loss? This will depend very much on your schedule – do you have time to cook and shop for yourself? Your temperament – do you need the occasional comfort food and have you got the discipline to make sure it is only occasional? And of course, your health is another important issue. Generally speaking, your weight loss diet should not be too low in calories or fat and should enable you to shed about two pounds a week.
And what will your exercise programme consist of? If you haven’t exercised for a long time, you’ll need to break yourself in gently. Your doctor will be able to advise you on this and you should also seek the advice of a trainer if you plan to workout or start any rigorous routine.
Get as much support as you can, both from friends and family and who can motivate and encourage you. If you don’t have a local group, you can join an online group.
Choose low fat ways of cooking your food, such as baking, boiling or steaming instead of frying.
Eat little and often. By eating more meals in smaller quantities five or six times a day you will cut out the hunger pangs and so will be less tempted to break your weightloss diet.
Drink plenty of water – it will also help curb your hunger, especially if you have a glass before each meal.
Don’t ever skip meals, because starving yourself will cause problems with your metabolism and will have the opposite effect in the long run.
Perhaps the most important of all the weight loss diet tips is persistence. Weight loss doesn’t always involve steady progress – there will be ups and downs even if you stick to your weight loss diet, but if you keep going, you’ll succeed in the end.
© Waller Jamison 2007
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