| Looking to lose weight and want to find the best | | | | of chips is never enough, it's best just to avoid these |
| solution? Have you tried every trick in the book and still | | | | foods altogether. If you've spent your entire adult life |
| struggled to lose those unwanted pounds? I have been | | | | trying to eat a little of certain foods and failing, that is |
| in your shoes. You exercise regularly, eat right and | | | | your signal to just forget it and don't even take a bite. |
| managed to lose most of the weight, but it's hard to | | | | 5. Drink more water. |
| lose those last few stubborn pounds. Try the simple | | | | I hear clients tell me, "I hate water." "It's soooo boring. |
| and effective way to tactics to supercharge your | | | | There's no taste!" "I can't drink too much or I'll waste |
| weight loss efforts. | | | | my day in the bathroom." "I know I have to drink more |
| I don't want you to make dramatic changes in your | | | | water. I just keep forgetting about it." |
| lifestyle. Instead, I want to to improve on some of the | | | | You know you need at least 8-10 glasses of water a |
| things that you are doing already. It's hard to introduce | | | | day. You need to understand why water is so |
| new habits is a lot easier to change or modify existing | | | | important. Yes, it fills you up. It controls your appetite. |
| habits. That's exactly what these tips and techniques | | | | Did you know that it also aids in metabolizing fat? your |
| are about. Some of them might not seem so easy, but | | | | liver is busy metabolizing fat and ridding your body of |
| if you can apply at least six of these tips, you will see | | | | toxins. Water helps to get rid of toxins. If you're not |
| a significant change in the next few weeks. Do the | | | | drinking enough water, you have more toxins in your |
| best you can and don't try and do it all at one time. | | | | body, compromising the liver's ability to metabolize fat. |
| These are unique tactics I have developed on my | | | | You need water on hand for fat metabolism. |
| own, and they have helped thousands of clients get | | | | 6. Reduce 100 calories from your diet every day. |
| results. You can view my clients in action with exercise | | | | Make a commitment to cut 100 calories a day from |
| videos and download full color exercise routines, diet | | | | your diet and replace it with an activity that burns 100 |
| plans and ebooks by registering on my websites | | | | calories. It's easier to pinpoint the 100 with the journal I |
| mentioned at the end of this article. | | | | talked about earlier. If you did nothing else, you'd lose 10 |
| 1. Become more positive and receptive to new | | | | lb. at the end of a year. A few activities that burn 100 |
| weight-loss ideas. | | | | cals are 1/2 hr. of walking, 20 minutes of swimming, or |
| Because permanent weight-loss success begins not | | | | even dancing around your living room. |
| with the measuring cup but the mind, take a minute to | | | | 7. Eat fruits and vegetables every day. |
| explore your reasons for wanting to lose weight. Just | | | | These have a powerful effect on sugar cravings. Plus, |
| fitting into a smaller dress size is not enough. What | | | | they're low in calories, fill you up with fiber, and pack a |
| then? That's when the weight creeps back. A healthy | | | | powerful nutritional punch. |
| weight should be a part of your mindset. It's not just | | | | 8. Start training with weights. |
| about looking better or fitting into smaller clothes but | | | | More muscle means more calories burned, even at |
| about being healthier and maintaining a healthy lifestyle | | | | rest. The key to permanent weight loss. |
| of the rest of your life. This is easier said than done. It | | | | 9. Eat more fibre. |
| takes some practice. Ask yourself WHY do you want | | | | Fiber-rich fruits and veggies are great nutritional fare, |
| to lose weight? Can you zero in on a better reason | | | | since they fill you up without adding too much fat or |
| than a smaller dress size? Sure, you want to look | | | | too many calories. But increasing fiber intake could |
| good, but you want to feel good, too, right? That is | | | | actually reduce the amount of calories absorbed by |
| what will keep you motivated for a lifetime. | | | | the body, too. |
| 2. Write everything down. | | | | 10. Spread your calories out over the course of the |
| Take a journal and make a note of how much you | | | | day. |
| exercise, what you are eating, your successes and | | | | The typical American eats light during the day, and |
| your failures.Write down what you eat, and check it | | | | heavier at night. Yikes! By the time you get to dinner, |
| against a calorie counter every night for the next two | | | | your metabolism has gotten sluggish, which means a |
| weeks. For many people, this is all it takes to wake up | | | | greater number of calories will be stored as fat. It's |
| and reverse a lifetime of bad habits. This may sound | | | | even worse if you're not active after dinner. Eat larger |
| silly but it's one of the best weight-loss tactics in the | | | | meals during the day, and have a light dinner. |
| world. I have heard several instances where clients eat | | | | 11. Change Your Shopping Style |
| a healthy salad but sprinkle itwith so much dressing | | | | When I go grocery shopping I can take one look at |
| that you end up with a 500 calorie meal. Once you | | | | someone's shopping cart and make some basic |
| start seeing how many calories there are in what | | | | assumptions about their lifestyle. If you want to lose |
| you're eating, you'll know which foods to cut back on | | | | weight your grocery shopping habits must improve. |
| or eliminate. | | | | Thin starts at the grocery store. Before you hit the |
| 3. Become more active. | | | | checkout lane, review your selections and dump any |
| This is my favorite tip. Exercise is the single strongest | | | | sugary, fatty treats and snacks. Your family may |
| predictor of you ability to lose weight - and keep it off. | | | | complain but they will get used to it. |
| Yes, exercise burns calories, increases your | | | | 12. Mix up your workouts. Crosstraining is the key to |
| metabolism and energy, and develops lean muscle | | | | success. |
| mass. But just as important, exercise catapults your | | | | It is said the definition of insanity is to do the same thing |
| self-esteem, which makes you more likely to do other | | | | over and over again and yet expect the same results. |
| things to take care of yourself, like eat less. Get | | | | The same applies to fitness. You can't expect to do |
| moving means strength training AND aerobic | | | | the same exercise, at the same intensity week after |
| conditioning. | | | | week and continue to see results. The body must be |
| 4. Resist that first bite especially for the foods you | | | | 'shocked' to respond with results. As long as the |
| love. | | | | exercise is unpredictable and varied or manipulated |
| You've heard it before: everything is okay in | | | | every two weeks you will continue improving and |
| moderation. But face it: there are certain foods you | | | | losing weight. |
| simply can't eat moderately. If one cookie or a handful | | | | |