The average person gains an average of five to ten pounds a year. And let’s face it, dieting is hard! Here are five tips to help you get the weight off and keep it off. If you don’t think you are ready to commit to all of the five tips right away then pick one today, right now, and just get started. Like Nike says, Just do it!!! No matter how you go about your weight loss journey, you have to remember to HAVE FUN or you will just continue to pile on the pounds and that’s not fun.
1. Attitude IS Everything
If you went into last year’s holiday season thinking you could eat like a sumo wrestler and deal with it January 1st of the new year, well, how’s that working out? Swimsuit season will sneak up on us before we know it and does it always come fast? It is now time to get your mind ready to realize a few things. One, you are not as young as you used to be,and two it’s going to take effort to get the weight off.
2. Eat exactly what you need
You should aim for a comfortable feeling of satisfaction at every meal not the full, I ate too much feeling. You will be amazed at how quickly your stomach adjusts. Besides, you can enjoy your meal and feel great afterwards too. This tip alone can save you hundreds of calories per meal. If you want to try all the courses, have smaller portions of everything you really want. This has helped me a lot!
3. MOVE!
Give up the couch this winter and break out the gym clothes. If you really can’t get to the gym, do a few exercises at home with exercise DVDs or go for a walk. By doing these activities will not just burn calories; it will keep you in touch with your desire to get skinny and healthy. Also keep as active during the day as you can. You know the routine; use the steps, park farther away. No matter what you chose remember that a journey of thousand miles begins with the first step!
4. Trash Day
Time to clean out the cabinets. That’s right! This is the single best tip you can put into place today. Why? Let’s say you are watching reruns and you get the craving to eat the entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia, if you don’t have it in the house then you are less likely to get in the car and go get it.
5. Relax!
Stress makes us do crazy things to our bodies like smoking, drinking, and oh yes, eating. You have many reasons to reduce your stress levels as you do drinking your thousand-calorie Starbucks Frap.
If this describes your pattern of eating you are not alone. This is the single highest response given when asked why people eat the way they do, the nervous eater. If you can recognize it and at least alter the foods you are taking in, you can save yourself thousands of calories a week. So, no matter what you chose, just get out there and do it!
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