In order to lose weight you need to follow some basic principles:
1) Eat Less Processed Food:
Processed food contains a lot of hidden fats, sugars and salt - all diet disasters. You want to aim to eat more raw foods i.e. fruit, vegetables, nuts and pulses. Avoid refined carbohydrates and throw out any white foods such as bread, pasta or rice. By eating more freshly prepared food you will eliminate these hidden calories and thus begin to easily lose weight.
2) Beat the Five a day rule:
Studies have shown that you can reduce your risk of a stroke by over 10% if you reach the five a day mark for fruit and vegetables. If you could actually eat more, your risk of a stroke decreases further. Fruit and vegetables are dream foods as they contain very little calories so can be used to fill you up if you are hungry.
3) Indulge your tendency to snack:
As soon as you go on a diet, your snack cravings will probably kick in. The worst thing you can do is to ignore them as they will only become stronger. Instead indulge them. Set up a stock of some healthy snacks such as carrot sticks, cucumber strips, nuts etc and when the urge to snack happens you have a supply ready.
4) Don't put any food on the banned list:
This only makes it more attractive and you will end up with cravings. Instead allow yourself a small treat every day. This means a square of good quality chocolate or a spoon of cake. But be careful. Don't be tempted to eat the whole cake or candy bar in one sitting.
5) Get active:
We often snack on food when we have nothing better to do. One excellent weight loss tip is to get active. If you are out playing tennis, it is rather difficult to be eating a packet of crisps while hitting the ball. Take your dog for a walk it will help you and your pet. Get your friends and family involved and go have some fun.
6) Set small goals and reward yourself for meeting them:
We often set ourselves up for failure by setting impossible weight loss goals. Instead set small goals and give yourself a non food related reward when you hit these targets. A series of small successes will spur you on to greater achievements.
7)Don't be too hard on yourself if you fall off the diet wagon:
It is a setback not a disaster. Start back onto that diet as soon as you can.
8) Drink Water:
You know you need to drink 8 glasses a day so make sure you start today. Don't use fizzy or flavoured waters as they contain hidden calories and can cause bloating.
9) Keep a food diary:
It is impossible to lie about how much food you have consumed if everything you have eaten is written down.
10.) Keep things in perspective:
We know you want to lose weight and these weight loss tips will help. But do keep things in perspective. Don't make yourself miserable in your quest to become slim.
Brian F Mullin is a weight loss coach who writes on the internet about Fat Loss
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