8 Top Tips For Losing Weight And Keeping It Off! You Will Get Amazed

By Mike John Hall 

 

Are you sick of trying diet after diet and seeing the weight pile straight back on? These eight simple tips will guarantee the next time you lose weight it stays off for good!

1) Don't skip breakfast!
Look at it this way. Assuming you had around 8 hours' sleep the night before and didn't eat right before you went to bed, there's a good chance you'll have just gone at least ten hours without food. Is there any wonder that by skipping breakfast you run the risk of eating junk food by mid-morning (maybe 14-15 hours after you last ate?). No. Eat something healthy like a bowl of low-sugar, fibre-rich cereal, some wholemeal toast or a banana to set your day off on the right footing.

2) It's not that you snack, it's what you snack on!
OK, it's mid-morning, the clock's telling you it's still a couple of hours till lunch and you're famished?
What do you do? The biggest temptation is to find the nearest shop or vending machine and buy something like a chocolate bar, right?
But, with around 300 calories per chocolate bar, that would take approaching an hour of very brisk walking to burn off. All that for a minute-long treat's hardly worth it.
Try some carrot sticks or celery with hummous instead. If it's a sweet treat you're after, have an apple, chopped up, with a little peanut butter.

3) Drink more water!
The next time you get a craving for a treat or think you're really hungry, there's a good chance it could be down to dehydration. Drink a glass of water - you'll be surprised how quickly the hunger pangs disappear.

4) Turn the TV off while you're eating!
By not concentrating on what you're eating, and being distracted while you do so, you're liable to eat up to 40 per cent more than you would do without the distraction.
Eat your meals away from the room with a TV in it, or turn the TV off!

5) Limit your alcohol intake!
I realise this is often easier said than done, particularly after a long, hard day at work or of looking after the kids, but if you can limit your alcohol intake to weekends, say, rather than here and there through the week, you'll reduce your calorie intake by hundreds per week.

6) Record what you eat!
For one week only, right down whenever and whatever you eat. Be as detailed as you possibly can about the quantity and nature of the good you're consuming. At the end of that week look at what you could have done without or what healthier alternatives you could have had in their place.

7) Buy a pedometer!
Pedometers are relatively cheap but can go a long way towards helping you achieve your weight-loss goals. Aim to walk 10,000 steps a day. If that's not possible right now, use the pedometer to find out how far you walk on average per day and resolve to walk a couple of thousand steps further.


8) Use smaller plates!
Studies have proved that the less food people have in front of them the less they'll want to eat.
Use smaller plates to serve your main meals on and see for yourself how you begin to eat - and feel the need for - less food.
You're now in possession of some great ways to get control of your life back and lose weight, and if you act on the information in this short article, you won't look back.

Natural Ways to Lose Weight Effectively Do it Now

By Md S Hoque

People try to lose their weight quickly because excessive weight is the considered as a main reason of various deadly diseases. People follow various ways to lose their weight quickly but losing weight within shortest time is also bad idea. Many people take various drugs or pills to lose weight. Those things may reduce your weight from 20 to 30kgs within 1 or 2 months but it will affect your body badly. For this reason, it will be a wise decision if you try to lose your weight gradually and normally. Now I am going to describe the best natural ways to lose weight.

Eat, Eat and Eat
Are you surprised? are you thinking how you can lose your weight by eating? Don't be surprised. If you want to lose your weight you should eat but you will eat those foods which will accelerate your weight losing process. Some people eat less to lose weight. They eat less two or three days. On fourth day, they become more hungry and eat more. So it is not good idea. You should eat properly but before eating you must make a list of foods which you will eat and which will not. Remove junk foods, foods containing high cholesterol and carbohydrate from your list. Add fruits and vegetables in your list. Fruits and vegetables will provide you vitamin and enough nutrition which keep you strong and reduce your fat. Eat daily at the same time.

Exercise
Many people do exercise to weight loss. They go to gym to burn their unwanted fat but the truth is that 90% people leave gym within 1-2 months. The main reason is that they do no do the exercise disciplined way. You should choose a specific time for exercise and do exercise daily at the same time. Spend 1 hour daily for exercise. Choose 1 or two types exercise and do it daily.

Change Your Habit
Always try to travel by your feet. When you go to a place which is within 1km from your house, please take a walk. Don't use car to travel such distance. This will help effectively to reduce your weight.
Those are natural ways to reduce weight. If you want to accelerate this process, you can take some herbal weight loss pills according to doctor's prescription. Those herbal pills have fewer side effects but it will be wise if you try to lose weight naturally. We should keep on thing in our mind that losing weight is not a shortcut process; it is a long term process. If you utilize anything to achieve it quickly, it will be harmful for you.

The Simple Reasons for Massive Obesity Know Its Now

By Johnny Grube 

Over the years I tried many different ways of eating there was a time I was on a mission to put on weight and had a tough time gaining weight it cost more money to gain weight than it did to lose weight.
I came to the conclusion that extra bodyweight was really affecting my life in a bad way and I decided it was time to lose some weight and managed to lose 85 lbs in 5 months just by changing the way I ate.
I no longer stuffed myself, I ate almost a strictly vegetarian diet and I still do, I also find my body recovers real fast after a workout if I limit the junk.


But what is the right way? I think about growing up and the way I lived in 70's and 80's I found that there were a few fat people, nowhere near as many as now.
When mom or dad was in control of my eating I was eating usually 3 times a day. Morning usually was sugary cereal sometimes puffed wheat, shredded wheat, grape nuts but also sugar smacks, frosted flakes etc, on occasion eggs and bacon with the eggs cooked in bacon grease.
Lunch if not in school was probably peanut butter and jelly sandwich, dinner usually there was a meat, starch and vegetable, sometimes pasta. But dinner wasn't like a buffet and we didn't eat around the clock.
Sometimes we had seconds, but not much snacking between meals.

As far as fast food goes I probably was at McDonald's as a kid I would say less than 10 times and tv dinners were in metal tray's and were a treat.
On Saturday's when I was young I remember watching wrestling with my dad and eating bologna and cheese sandwiches.
I do not remember soda being in our house, we drank water and milk soda will destroy the body water builds the body. But the big thing is, there weren't many things that distracted us from being physically active.
We had no computer, cell phones, no video games well at least that were worth playing so the combination of being bored and eating at every chance and no physical activity is the biggest cause of obesity.

But as I got older and moved to a different area with access to convent store's and when I got a little money I would drink soda, eat fast food, lunch meat sandwiches but was still active and gained no weight.
It wasn't until I decided to gain weight and work really hard at it did I actually put on a ton of unusable weight. So eating in excess instead of moderation of the wrong foods processed packaged foods and lack of movement has become the problem.
No one ever got fat eating potatoes, they have few calories per potato and they are very filling no one ever got fat eating bananas either but the experts tell you to lose weight don't eat these type of starches.
If you look at the difference between the money spent today on eating out or ordering in compared 20 - 30 years ago the number is staggering. I never ever remember having food delivered to my house when I was younger.

So when I fat person tells me that they are fat because of medical problems they are more than likely just lying to themselves to make themselves feel better, because eating natural foods does not encourage weight gain.
No matter what some expert wants to tell you about how times are different and it's not all your fault, he or she is right times are different but the body still responds the way it always did. We have become conditioned to eat at all times we have also let the clock decide when we eat.
We eat too much food and don't drink close to enough water. We can go long periods without food and most feel they can't go two hours without food.

Over the years I have found the less I eat the better I feel, sometimes eating one time a day and sometimes eating several times a day depending on my activity level.
Activity level should be how you gauge your food intake, if you don't move much through your day you don't need much food if you are very active you will need more food, it's just common sense.
As far as scientific research goes do we really need to spend money finding out why people are fat? All we need to do is look no farther than the mirror.

Twenty Weight Loss Tips for 2014... To Infinity and Beyond!

By Shira Litwack

1. Its not about a weight loss program... - its about fat loss for personal fitness, personal health and self love. Chances are if you are Googling weight loss, you're just a tad frustrated with status quo.

2. Skip the fad diets, weight loss foods, lose weight fast programs, exercise gadgets, weight loss supplements, focus on redesigning your life and finding true love within yourself. Its not a "diet plan" its a life plan.

3. It is NOT about going to the gym X number of times per week. It is about physical activity, exercise and training... what you love and what we can fit into your schedule. If you think "No time" is a reason for no exercise, no offence but you don't know what exercise is.

4. Wear a pedometer... the simplest way to boost your health... the truth serum of activity

5. Setting DEEP goals and incentives. No "I have to lose weight for the wedding". Real deep, goals that require serious, intrusive self discovery.
We don't "find ourselves" in life... we create ourselves... create, hone, create hone... 

6. ALWAYS think of your kids, family... that's focus!
7. We are our children's #1 role model & mentor - for better or worse.
8. If you are feeling tortured or deprived... keep searching
9. Make sure your Gastrointestinal health is optimized... not about popping supplements! Belly fat is very complex!

10. Its not just about the scale... wear fitting clothes, use a tape measure
11. Blood work: I happen to believe the most meaningful encouraging reward of all: get a blood test now, and after 6 months of your "love your life" program - retest. Wowww!

12. Journal - self diarize... its not just about food and exercise... don't forget the Kudos column!
13. This is truly the hardest part: Analyze your eating habits, patterns, timing, triggers, food choices... not an easy process to open up with ourselves
14. Comfort foods are a must and fact of reality - Let's find ones that comfort your mood and comfort your health

15. Analyze friendships... the very best way to show love for another is by contributing to their health... are they looking to contribute to your health or a partner in crime?
16. Alcohol... empty calories that contribute nothing positive to your health or nutrition, cause the body to store fat, and cause us to drunk drive, and drunken eating binges!
17. Make it real... real, realistic you... its not about trying to be a Hollywood icon. Celebrate yourself
18. Look at your love yourself program as your fat loss, anti aging, beauty secrets, brain building opportunity. Welcome challenges as an opportunity to conquer!
19. Learn to identify and be acutely aware of physiological changes and rewards: energy, focus, mood, self pride...

20. Hire a health coach, not strictly a personal trainer. A health coach is well seasoned in addressing collectively your health risks. By taking an integrated approach to a higher health and fitness level, you will feel more empowered, and reap the rewards of stronger physiological rewards, to keep you faithful and in love. Divide & conquer your inner saboteurs, allowing your healthiest, happiest you to rise to power!

Shira Litwack, Medical Fitness Professional... proud creator of thousands of health enthusiasts & corporate health cultures world wide...

3 Offbeat Ways to Lose Weight Try It Now

By Jennifer K Chow

This article is about the unexpected ways that I've drastically lost weight. It's a little strange that I'm writing this since I've spent most of my life trying to gain weight. But there are more people trying to lose weight than gain it. Hopefully, this will help those trying to slim down.

Cut out _______
sugar. Sugar seems to be bad for you in so many ways: your teeth, your health, your skin. So I decided to cut sugar out of my life for a short while. It was not that hard, which was surprising since I have a bit of a sweet tooth. I lost some weight, which I didn't intend to do but should have anticipated. After all, I was cutting out a type of caloric-rich food. So if you are trying to lose weight and are in the habit of eating lots of sweets, try giving up sugar.
Or try cutting out whatever type of food is your Achilles' heel. My sister, who goes on the occasional diet, once joked that she could become a vegetarian if she did not love steak so much. She also loves pudding, alfredo sauce, and other rich, fatty foods. Maybe you like to put sour cream on everything. Or maybe you like to make all your desserts a la mode. Try giving up the food item that you think you can't live without.

Walk to _______
work. I lost a lot of weight when I walked to work. In the mornings, the bus only came by my apartment in one-hour intervals, which meant arriving at work ridiculously early. I chose to walk. Since I'm also a huge procrastinator, getting out of bed at the last possible minute, that often meant half an hour of power-walking.
I've seen similar tips about losing weight in little ways, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking in the space that is farthest from the office in order to force oneself to walk across the parking lot to get to work. These are little steps you could take that eventually add up and make a big difference. Or you could take a weekend errand that you usually accomplish by car and choose to walk there.

Stick to _______
your budget, or grocery list, or meal plan, or diet. Want to know a really great way to lose weight? Lose your job. Nothing forces you to stick to your meal plan like limited funds. Not only will you lose weight, your savings and self-esteem will go down with it. I call it the recession diet.
Or you can take the less drastic approach and place restrictions on yourself. Stick to your grocery list and don't buy any extra snacks. If you use cash, only bring enough to pay for the groceries you were planning to buy. Make a plan and stick to it. That goes for any diet or budget you want to make successful.

Losing Weight With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

By Mary A Andrews-Szikszai 
From the moment you have been given the diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), you might have been warned by your doctor that your weight must be kept under control. Unfortunately "keeping your weight under control" can be tricky because it is a lot harder than it sounds, especially since your condition is constantly working against you.

With such a diagnosis, it is understood that you have a hormonal imbalance. You may already be familiar with the physical complications of this imbalance such as, acne, excessive, facial hair, irregular periods, infertility and of course, weight gain. This article however, is not meant to tackle all the complications, rather just the main one that causes the most discomfort because it cannot be treated with creams, tweezers or fertility drugs. That is, because the only effective treatment against weight gain in PCOS sufferers is CONTROL.

The hormone Insulin which is produced by the pancreas to regulate carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body is the main culprit in increasing weight in PCOS sufferers. This is mainly due to the fact that the body cannot effectively use the hormone. In each person with PCOS, the interaction of Insulin in the body may be different. Due to the hormonal imbalance, the person may be producing more insulin than is required or the body is unable to effectively use the insulin produced. If either is the case, it can be easily remedied with a prescribed drug called Metformin. Whilst the drug with regulate the imbalance, it does not solve the problem of excessive weight gain.

As stated earlier, the only effective treatment is CONTROL. Unlike most people who do not have the condition, people with PCOS are prone to being 'Cravers', with the main craved drug of choice being 'sugar'. In normal women, around the time their period is due to start, they experience a heightened craving for sugar, which usually goes away after the period has concluded, but for PCOS women, it is a never ending struggle. Giving into this craving leads to over consumption of sugar and of course weight gain.
So how can PCOS women fight these cravings, using control to lose weight?

The hard truth that PCOS women have to face is that they must commit to a healthy sugar reduced lifestyle, if they expect to have children and avoid obesity or worse. I have found that with the help of prescribed medication such as Metformin, the fight is made a lot easier. The second step however, is reducing your portions. Humans tend to eat more than they need anyways. For people with healthy digestive systems and metabolism, excess fat and sugar is eliminated, but for PCOS women, unwanted fat hangs on like a leach.
So what do you eat and how much?

There is no right or wrong answer here. It is impossible to create a standard portion size or a specific diet because every one is different. The best advice is to go back to the basic food chart. The more vegetables, lean protein and crunchy fruits such as apples, in your diet, the better. Dairy should be avoided as it contains hormones which can further disrupt your imbalance. Soya also as this has been said to affect fertility. Sugar should ideally be replaced with Xylitol (a sugar alternative).

I have found that it is easy to control your portions by following the rule: Your portions should not exceed the size of your fist. This may sound strange but think of the size of your stomach, in reality, it isn't much bigger than your fist, so why consume more than that at one meal. The good news is that with smaller portions, the frequency can be increased up to six times a day, so there is no fear of starving.

Diet aside, movement is vital. You should aim to get at least 30 - 60 minutes exercise per day. This can be increased to 120 minutes for those who are physically able. Always consult your doctor before increasing the intensity of your exercise. You don't need to get a gym membership or any special equipment to ensure that you move consistently for the required time per day. Jog on the spot or jog at the park. Walking is also more effective than you think. Search for simple exercise videos online and incorporate them into your daily activities.

Green Coffee Bean Extract for Weight Loss: Myths and Misconceptions

By Sherry R Bray

Green coffee bean extract is one of the weight loss supplements that has received massive attention in the health and wellness community recently, and that is for a good reason. After all, it indeed has properties that help people lose weight. Its popularity, however, can be disadvantageous in the sense that people tend to set unrealistic expectations towards it. And, the myths and misconceptions that surround it are not helping either. So it is time to take a look at these myths and misconceptions and set them straight.

1. It is not any different from the regular coffee.
This is no truth to this as the process of making the two is different, and that makes all the difference. Regular coffee is made from roasted coffee beans, and this is what makes it not so bitter. However, this also causes it to lose significant amounts of beneficial compounds. Green coffee bean extract, on the other hand, is made from unroasted coffee beans. This means that beneficial compounds, including chlorogenic acid, are retained.

2. "I am taking the supplement. I will lose weight even though I just sit around."
Perhaps this is one of the gravest mistakes of anyone who is trying to lose weight with the help of the supplement or any supplement for that matter. The supplement does help you naturally lose weight by inhibiting the production of fat in your body. However, there is no such thing as a miracle pill. If you want to maximize the results of your efforts to lose weight, then you will have to do your part by doing your best to keep a healthy diet and get some exercise as much as you can.

3. It has no benefits other than being a weight loss aid.
This is definitely not true. In fact, green coffee bean extract also functions as a powerful antioxidant. This means that it prevents health problems caused by free radicals, including Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and cancer.