Weight Loss Tips
I thought I would post a few tips for weight loss (tips that I obviously haven't been following myself)
Drink a lot of water - yes it is very good for you... and it will help curb your appetite ... try drinking a glass of water when you feel hungry and before you eat a meal.
Get active - every little bit counts, take the stairs, park farther away in parking lots, do some crunches during commercials or heck do exercises the entire time you are watching TV.
Eat more fiber - it will make you feel fuller.
Don't sit down with the entire bag of chips - instead get 1 serving size out and put it in a baggie or on a plate. It will requite a bit of an effort to measure out the serving sizes but it is well worth it. It is simply too easy to eat more than you think.
If you are an emotional eater - try picking up the phone and calling someone instead of grabbing food. Same goes if you eat when you are bored.
Make goals that you can reach - it is much better to set a goal of 5 pounds than 50 pounds. So if you have a big goal such as 50 pounds make sure that you set some mini goals that you can reach sooner... maybe 10% mini goals.
Keep track of what you eat & drink - it is easy to forget about a bite here and a bite there. If you write down everything that goes into your mouth you will have a better idea of what you really ate as well as things you can change.
Don't eat after 7pm - so that your body has time to burn those calories before you go to bed.
Eat breakfast - (this is a killer for me... I am not a breakfast person or a morning person for that matter!) - it doesn't have to be much... a piece of toast... a yogurt... just something to let your body know.... hey she is gonna feed me today I don't need to hang onto this to have energy later. It will keep your metabolism from slowing down.
Sweet Freaks - try keeping fat free cool whip around (I use this to top cakes with and add some fresh fruit as well) If you start craving sweets try getting a spoon of whip cream.
Also... use applesauce to make your cakes it really cuts the fat and I think makes the cake more moist than when using oil.
Use low-fat or no fat versions of the basics - cheese, cottage cheese, mayo, milk, chips, sour cream - it will pay off.
Try to use low fat burger meet it is more expensive than the fattier versions but if you are on a diet you should be using the 97% lean meet if you can.
Strain and then Rinse your burger meat before you finish mixing it with other ingredients.
Try turkey instead of beef.
Eat white meat chicken - dark meat has much more fat!
Eat your veggies!!!
Measure out the serving size and put your meal on your plate then do not go back for 2nd's.
If you fall off the wagon - chase it down & get back on! You can't give up. We all fall off the wagon!
If you do go out to eat and get a huge plate of food - try getting a carry out plate right away and putting half the meal in there.
Eat small meals - it is better to eat 6 small meals a day than 3 normal meals a day.
Don't deny yourself something that you are craving - if you do it will just get worse and if you are like me you will find yourself eating a ton of other stuff as a substitute to what I really want. So if you have a craving for say a piece of cake, then cut yourself a small piece of cake... the key here is portion size.
Take your measurements weekly or monthly - that way if you do a weigh in and the scale doesn't budge even though you have worked your butt off or worse yet the scale went up... you may find that yeah you gained a pound but it was muscle because you lost 3 inches. If you don't want to see the measurement numbers you can just cut yarn for each of the area's that you are going to measure and label each one... as you loose weight you will have extra yarn left over!
Bread - ok I really have to have my white bread but try WhiteWheat - it tastes like white bread but has all the goodness of whole wheat bread!
If you get midnight cravings for food - first try to make yourself wait for at least 30 minutes before you get yourself a midnight snack... I've made myself go to bed many time thinking that I was really hungry... I was asleep before I knew it and wasn't even hungry when I woke up the next morning.
Do not exercise too close to bedtime. It is much better to exercise in the morning when you first get up than to do it 30 minutes before bedtime! You should allow yourself 3 hrs between exercise and bedtime so that you don't wind up sitting there wide awake!
Most important - Don't give up on yourself! Keep trying!
Drink a lot of water - yes it is very good for you... and it will help curb your appetite ... try drinking a glass of water when you feel hungry and before you eat a meal.
Get active - every little bit counts, take the stairs, park farther away in parking lots, do some crunches during commercials or heck do exercises the entire time you are watching TV.
Eat more fiber - it will make you feel fuller.
Don't sit down with the entire bag of chips - instead get 1 serving size out and put it in a baggie or on a plate. It will requite a bit of an effort to measure out the serving sizes but it is well worth it. It is simply too easy to eat more than you think.
If you are an emotional eater - try picking up the phone and calling someone instead of grabbing food. Same goes if you eat when you are bored.
Make goals that you can reach - it is much better to set a goal of 5 pounds than 50 pounds. So if you have a big goal such as 50 pounds make sure that you set some mini goals that you can reach sooner... maybe 10% mini goals.
Keep track of what you eat & drink - it is easy to forget about a bite here and a bite there. If you write down everything that goes into your mouth you will have a better idea of what you really ate as well as things you can change.
Don't eat after 7pm - so that your body has time to burn those calories before you go to bed.
Eat breakfast - (this is a killer for me... I am not a breakfast person or a morning person for that matter!) - it doesn't have to be much... a piece of toast... a yogurt... just something to let your body know.... hey she is gonna feed me today I don't need to hang onto this to have energy later. It will keep your metabolism from slowing down.
Sweet Freaks - try keeping fat free cool whip around (I use this to top cakes with and add some fresh fruit as well) If you start craving sweets try getting a spoon of whip cream.
Also... use applesauce to make your cakes it really cuts the fat and I think makes the cake more moist than when using oil.
Use low-fat or no fat versions of the basics - cheese, cottage cheese, mayo, milk, chips, sour cream - it will pay off.
Try to use low fat burger meet it is more expensive than the fattier versions but if you are on a diet you should be using the 97% lean meet if you can.
Strain and then Rinse your burger meat before you finish mixing it with other ingredients.
Try turkey instead of beef.
Eat white meat chicken - dark meat has much more fat!
Eat your veggies!!!
Measure out the serving size and put your meal on your plate then do not go back for 2nd's.
If you fall off the wagon - chase it down & get back on! You can't give up. We all fall off the wagon!
If you do go out to eat and get a huge plate of food - try getting a carry out plate right away and putting half the meal in there.
Eat small meals - it is better to eat 6 small meals a day than 3 normal meals a day.
Don't deny yourself something that you are craving - if you do it will just get worse and if you are like me you will find yourself eating a ton of other stuff as a substitute to what I really want. So if you have a craving for say a piece of cake, then cut yourself a small piece of cake... the key here is portion size.
Take your measurements weekly or monthly - that way if you do a weigh in and the scale doesn't budge even though you have worked your butt off or worse yet the scale went up... you may find that yeah you gained a pound but it was muscle because you lost 3 inches. If you don't want to see the measurement numbers you can just cut yarn for each of the area's that you are going to measure and label each one... as you loose weight you will have extra yarn left over!
Bread - ok I really have to have my white bread but try WhiteWheat - it tastes like white bread but has all the goodness of whole wheat bread!
If you get midnight cravings for food - first try to make yourself wait for at least 30 minutes before you get yourself a midnight snack... I've made myself go to bed many time thinking that I was really hungry... I was asleep before I knew it and wasn't even hungry when I woke up the next morning.
Do not exercise too close to bedtime. It is much better to exercise in the morning when you first get up than to do it 30 minutes before bedtime! You should allow yourself 3 hrs between exercise and bedtime so that you don't wind up sitting there wide awake!
Most important - Don't give up on yourself! Keep trying!
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