Small changes add up. In changing your diet and exercise plan in small steps, you build successes to achieve your weight loss goal. If you undertake too much too quickly, it rarely lasts. Don't give up. Change your strategy to small steps rather than one huge leap. When you successfully incorporate one small change, move on to another. You build momentum by incorporating small changes in your life.
1. Water as your beverage of choice. After you've consumed your morning coffee or tea to get you going for the day, drink water. Water is critical in maximizing your weight loss. You can drink flavored water for a change of pace.
2. Fresh fruit instead of juice. If you drink orange juice or other juices, try switching to eating the whole fruit. Juice packs lots of calories in a small glass and doesn't provide you a sense of satisfaction the way eating the fruit does. You'll consume less calories, enjoy the sense of eating, feel fuller from the fruit rather than the liquid, plus you'll add important fiber from eating the fruit.
3. Write it down. Carry a small notepad with you and log in every meal, bite, taste and anything that you eat. By keeping track of what you consume, it will make you think twice before eating something. If you have to write something down in a log, many times you don't want to see it in your log so you won't see it on your waist either. Writing it down can also show you exactly what you are eating. A bite or taste sometimes doesn't register with us. In a log, you become very aware of what you're doing.
4. Check your steps. Buy a pedometer and wear it every day. Health experts recommend 10,000 steps each day for maximum health. Take your first day and use it as your base number. Set your goal to get in an additional 1,000 steps per day. Keep track how many steps you have each day. You can make it a game by logging the steps you make each day.
5. Lose your taste for soda. Soda scores a big zero in weight loss. Soft drinks contain sodium and many tablespoons of sugar. Plus, they are void of nutrition and do nothing to assist in filling you up. If you must drink soft drinks, go for the diet version. Just like many other things, you acquire a taste for something and you can lose it too. By cutting out soda from your day, you'll save hundreds of calories which result in weight loss.
6. Get a team of support. You don't have to lose weight alone. There are many resources available to you. First, turn to your family and friends and request their support. You can also hire your own weight loss coach. You can work with your coach to create a program that is best for you, what you like, what you prefer, and what works best for you. You can also join an online support group. There are many people waiting to partner with you to achieve your weight loss goals.
7. Make your coffee work for you. I used to love those flavored creamers. I would joke that I added coffee to my flavored creamer. Unfortunately, I was right. It wasn't until I kept a food journal that I noticed how much I was actually consuming. The flavored creamers, whether non-fat or in any form, are full of sugar. I was consuming enough carbs to count for one-half of my day. I strategy that I incorporated is to use nonfat powdered creamer and sugar-free flavored syrups in my coffee. I returned to losing immediately upon changing this one small habit.
In another article, we'll add more little changes for you to review and consider. As you can see, some small changes you can be simple and easy. Small changes can be painless too. As far as little changes count for you: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = Your own weight loss success!
If your mission, goal, resolution or whatever you are calling it, is to lose weight, then there is no better, more sure fire way to burn that fat then to implement a proper nutrition program. Before you start panicking and thinking you will be eating nothing but lettuce and soup, let me assure you that by the time you are done reading this article you will be saying to yourself why you didn't start this sooner.
Eating right to lose weight is not hard it just takes some discipline and some minor life changes. You will need to get out of the habit of eating three huge meals. This is step one. From now on you will eat six smaller meals throughout your day. You should consume one meal every two and a half to three hours each and every day for six meals daily. Doing this turns your body into a fat burning machine. Why? Because your metabolism is always running. Your metabolism is the rate at which your body burns fat.
Now that you know how many meals you are having and how often you will be eating them, the next step is to know exactly what you will be eating. Each meal will be broken down into three categories, protein, carbohydrates and green vegetables. Your protein sources should be lean meats, fish, poultry, and eggs. Your carbohydrates sources should be brown rice, whole or multi-grain breads and cereals, potatoes and fruits. Your green vegetables should be just that, green, in other words, spinach, broccoli, and asparagus to name a few.
The only thing left is to know how much of each category should be on your plate. This is a lot easier then you think and usually one of the biggest reasons why a lot of diet fads fail. Most diet plans make you measure things out on a scale or use some type of point system. When you eat a healthy nutrition plan following these suggestions a portion size is the same size as your clenched fist. Go ahead and make a fist. That is how much of a portion size you can have for each category. You will be surprised to see just how much food you get to eat.
Now incorporate everything you have learned in this article into a healthy plan and you will be well on your weight to hitting your weight loss goal. I recommend a couple of tips. First prepare all of your meals in advance for the upcoming week. It will help speed things up and keep you on top of your game. The second tip I recommend is for you to write everything down. Keep a daily diary of what you ate, when you ate it, what your starting weight was for the week and so on. This way you can track your progress and see which weeks you did better and why. Also studies have shown when you write things down your success rate goes way up, and success is what we are after here.
Just remember, before you start any nutrition, fitness or exercise program, you should consult with your primary care physician and get a complete physical.
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