Saturday, November 22, 2008

Methods to lose weight fast

By C. Night

It's not only professionals who know ways to lose weight fast, regular people post some ideas too.

Avoid fried meat, eat only grilled or boiled meat like steak and chicken Use a lot of spices to make it even better.

Give up the soda. If you have a soda or two every day you are adding empty calories. If you find it hard to stop completely, cut back at first and drink water instead|Stop drinking soda. Those are empty calories so stop drinking it and substitute water. (Note that the average person adds 90,000 calories a year from sipping juice or soda. WOW! That's a great tip.)

If there's no junk food at home you can't eat it. Make a list, stick to the list.

Give yourself a treat. When you skip a food for a long time you end up craving it more, and eventually binging. Taste a treat once a week, or even once a day in smaller quantities. Don't go crazy, remember the rule of moderation.

Trick yourself into being satisfied with less by eating off a smaller plate. (Not only are you tricking yourself, even if the trick doesn't work it's easier to stop eating when the plate is finished and there's no more food available.)

Get poor. Toss away your money so you can't afford food. (Um, no. That's a bad idea.)

Stay away from fad diets. They starve you and then you eat more when the diet is over.

Do exercise multiple times a day. If you're watching television, do some push ups or crunches. (That's a great idea to increase the work outs.)

Measure your food. If you have junk food be careful to measure and control the portion. (Portion control is a big part of a healthy diet. Most restaurants and even people at home serve portions that are too large.)

Step in front of a moving train. You'll wake up from the coma a slimmer you. (Another bad idea. It's best to stick to ways to lose weight while remaining healthy. After all, the ultimate goal is better health.)

Stick to something long enough to repeat it a few times, then you can coast. (It's said that if we repeat something 21 times it becomes a habit. Sometimes the number is different, but the idea is the same. Will power is only necessary to repeat something enough times for it to become|turn into a habit.)

When you eat rapidly the body doesn't have time to feel full. Go slow.

These are all great tips from regular people just like us. Most of them also happen to be common advice given by experts in safe weight loss. So ways to lose weight fast do exist, and they're not something only professionals can know. - 16004

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