weight loss tips
As you battle the bulge, here's some good news for you. You can truly lose weight and keep it off. I'm aware that almost everyone makes this same promise, however, I am pleased to announce that by following my six weight loss tips you will become slimmer. You will discover that you can lose weight and keep it off without ever returning to the weight gain struggle again.
First let's settle with the fact that, you're weight is your decision. This is all about you being satisfied with you. The goal is not to get you into a size 6, unless that is your heart's desire. The goal is to get you into a size or at a weight where you are satisfied with yourself.
Next you have to erase all of your past failures and horrible attempts at the same. Today is a new day, so, let's begin fresh with optimism. You must take on a new mindset. You have to say to yourself words like: “I can do this”, “I can lose weight”, “Nothing is impossible”….
You'll need to approach food in a different way. Don't think about getting as much in you as you possibly can. You're not at the “last supper”. You will eat again. I think food is overrated anyway. It's really not that often that after a great meal you 're as satisfied as you thought you'd be. Food is not as great as commercials, or even our imaginations make it out to be. So, put food in its proper perspective. We eat to live, we don't live to eat.
Now if you're ready, here are my six weight loss tips that will be sure to make you a weight loss believer.
1. First eat a small breakfast every morning whether you're hungry or not. This jump starts your metabolism.
2.Only eat fruit as snacks. Say good bye to cakes, cookies, pie, ice cream and candy.
3. Eat 6 small meals, instead of 1 huge one.
4. Have your last meal of the evening by 6:00 p.m.
5.Drink only water as your beverage
6.Go outside and play every day. Instead of organized exercise you regret doing, have fun, as long as you move. Just move, move, and move some more because movement is important. You can swim, shoot some hoops, ride your bike…..
If you follow my six weight loss tips you will lose weight. You can order some good food from www.wholefoodfarmacy.com, it's delicious and at the same time it detoxifies your body. Salads are always good for your evening meal. www.allrecipes.com they have recipes for summer and fall salads. Be creative in your salad making. By the time you wake up in the morning you'll be ready for your small breakfast. I know this will work for you. You can lose weight and keep it off without starving yourself. Follow my six weight loss tips.
How's your New Year's diet coming along? If you find you're slipping back into bad habits and the pounds aren't coming off, Denise Austin's new book, "Denise's Daily Dozen," might be just the jump-start you need to get going again.
Austin's book promises big, saying that on her three-week diet and exercise program you can lose up to 12 pounds in just two weeks.
The secret? Consuming just 1,200 to 1,300 calories a day for women (1,500 to 1,600 for men) in the first two weeks of the diet, doing at least 12 minutes of exercises each day and walking (or running, biking or swimming) 12 miles a week.
It takes commitment to follow any weight-loss program, especially one with such a strict caloric intake, but the fitness guru uses her trademark upbeat approach to turn it into something that sounds almost fun. Each day's exercises are different (Monday is a "cardio fat blast," Sunday a yoga stretch workout) and are performed for only a minute apiece, so boredom is not an issue. Austin sells the pleasures of healthy eating and shares easy ways to get more active.
Her well-organized book divides up chapters by days of the week and offers nutritionist-devised menus (with simple recipes conveniently nearby); shopping lists; weight-loss testimonials; practical and inspirational tips; illustrated cardio, toning and flexibility workouts; and additional moves to tame tension, work abs and boost metabolism.
As the title suggests, things come by the dozen in this book: a dozen foods to eat daily (three servings each of vegetables, fruits and proteins, two of grains and one of a healthy fat); a dozen meals you can make in 12 minutes; a dozen ways to boost motivation, get better sleep, eat more fiber, get past cravings, soothe sore muscles, relax.
The idea is that the program will help you form healthier habits that you can then incorporate into your daily life. But will you? Austin gives you everything you need to do it. The rest, of course, is up to you.
– Anne Colby
Photo: "Denise's Daily Dozen: The Easy, Every Day Program to Lose Up to 12 Pounds in 2 Weeks," Denise Austin, Center Street/Hachette Book Group, $16.99. Credit: Center Street/Hachette Book Group
Her remarks, coming on the anniversary of her first year as first lady, marked the beginning of what Mrs. Obama has said will be a major initiative on her part to raise awareness about childhood obesity.
A formal rollout of her program is planned for next month. Mrs. Obama has said she will look to businesses and nonprofits, community and health centers, educators, religious leaders and government to help.
Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years, and the latest figures show that about one in three children are overweight. Nearly 2 in 10, or 17 percent, are obese, or dangerously overweight.
“The statistics still never fail to take my breath away,” Mrs. Obama told the standing-room only audience.
The first lady said she knows budgets are tight everywhere, but she said the nation can't afford to continue on the current path, which means that nearly half of all Americans will be obese in just 10 years.
Higher obesity rates, she said, pose a threat to the economy and the nation's collective health through increased spending on obesity-related conditions like diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
“Leadership is about having the foresight and the courage to make those sacrifices and investments in the short run that pay big dividends, often paying for themselves many times over in the long run,” she said.