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Eating Tips for Losing Weight or weight loss program |
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Weight loss does not happen by accident. Most people who have maintained a healthy weight are methodical in their approach, are savvy about the calorie count of most foods, plan their menus in advance and do not eat out a lot. It helps to have as a goal to eat THE NEXT meal at home and have it be healthy..in other words, have an immediate short term goal as opposed to an impossible long range goal...each choice of food should be healthy ...try to make each eating choice be a food that counts for
something positive ( ie. it has fiber, it has low calories, it is fresh
fruit or a fresh veggie, it has low fat etc.
Here is a list of more weight loss tips for eating smart and using food to achieve weight loss goals.
 Sweetened soft drinks and other sweet items puts your body on a yo
yo cycle of cravings. AVOID SUGAR and sip green tea instead of coffee to boost metabolism as it has antioxidants.
Eat air popped popcorn for a filling high fiber snack. Put baked chips or pretzels in one serving baggies.
With dairy products, choose only low fat dairy such as 2 percent milk, non fat yogurt, and low fat cottage cheese.
Pack lunches with healthy choices as often as possible instead of eating fast food.
Don't eat while driving or while watching TV.
Drink a glass of lemon flavored water before you eat a meal.
Get enough sleep because lack of sleep makes a person feel hungrier.
Take the stairs when you can..if you have a sit down job..do a set of
twenty or thirty squats every hour in the ladies room to circulate your blood and get your metabolism off the sluggish mode.
Park far away from the office so you will have to walk there..or far away from the mall when going shopping.
Use Low fat or non fat salad dressing ALWAYS..or use a salsa instead as a topping.
Put half your dinner in a Tupperware plate for the next day before you eat the other half.
Don't eat dinner any later than five pm...don't eat anything in the three
hours before you go to sleep.
Don't feel like you have to clean your plate..eat your veggies raw instead
of cooked..Take several deep breaths while you eat and slow down your chewing.Chew each bite twenty times before swallowing.
Throw away any sugary or fatty convenience junk food in your fridge or pantry..re stock with convenience items like protein shakes..baked beans in individual packages..south beach diet individual packs of whole wheat crackers..Mandarin oranges or applesauce in cups..Tuna fish, Progresso hundred calorie soup with chicken or veggies...110 calorie Pria bars.. Air popped popcorn, Roasted almonds..., Pretzels...cans of peas or spinach or carrots..all low calorie, high fiber and low fat and low sugar.
On your weekends..plan activities that do not focus on eating..go bowling.
Eat whole grain bread instead of the refined breads..look for the 40
calorie a slice bread.
Step up and down on a chair while watching the TV..or do squats.
Plan your meals AHEAD of time..plan for the veggies and fruits and
water..then EAT what you planned...
Stand up when you answer the phone..
Make sandwiches with wraps instead of with bread..use cabbage or lettuce leaves.
Jump rope for ten minutes
Keep a food journal of everything you eat and drink...
Cut the calories of fruit juice by adding sparkling water to it and make
it taste more like a spritzer.
Chew sugarless gum to keep from snacking..
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 October 2007 )
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