Weight loss tips

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1.Start with your diet. For fast results, you must change your eating habits. Because you want fast results, you must make some changes. However, just because you want to lose weight doesn't mean you can't eat.In fact, you must eat in order to lose weight. Starving yourself causes your metabolism (the mechanism that burns fat) to go into hibernation, so that it can store up energy. This means that starving yourself is actually a really bad idea. You'll do harm to your body and wonder why you're not shedding pounds, even though you haven't eaten anything.Do not skip any meals!
It goes without saying, but you also don't want to develop an eating disorder . Anorexia and Bulimia are serious conditions that need treatment. If you think you might have an eating disorder, tell someone you trust and seek help immediately. No amount of weight loss is worth jeopardizing your health.

2.Know and understand the food pyramid. Knowing how many servings of different types of food you should eat in a day is essential for healthy weight loss. You will need to eat and drink the following:
A glass of water at meals and snacks are healthier choices than sugary soft drinks and artificial juice. Try adding a few slices of lemon to your water. It will get rid of the toxins in your body.
Minimum 3 servings of fruit daily.
Minimum 4 servings of vegetables daily
3-7 servings of protein[1] (meat, fish, etc.) and dairy (milk, cheese, yoghurt, etc.) daily
3-5 servings of fats[2] (nuts, peanut butter, etc.) daily
Eat simple carbohydrates (refined and processed products including muffins, cakes, cereals, white bread, white pasta) sparingly. Eating carbohydrates from artificial sugars and refined carbs will leave you bloated. Choose complex carbohydrates such as sweet potatoes, yams, rice, quinoa, and couscous instead.

3.Make menus for yourself. Know what foods you need not to eat and make healthy menus for yourself. Here are some suggestions on what you should eat.
Breakfast Ideas: Toast with your favorite spread for instance a banana (high in potassium[3]!); cereal with skimmed milk and fruit, etc.
Lunch Ideas: It's best to bring your lunch from home as food from the canteen can be unhealthy and you don't have much choice over what there is to eat. Packed lunches are also preferable as that's always healthier than what you can buy at any canteen/tuck shop/cafeteria. Try a sandwich on wholegrain/whole wheat/multi-grain bread (Don't use white bread - it's bleached flour and contains very little nutrients) with lean chicken, ham or butter-fried egg (using butter to fry egg instead of oil); a salad with veggies (tomato, cucumber, lettuce, etc); a glass of milk; veggies (carrot sticks, celery, etc.
Snack Ideas: veggies and fruit; natural yogurt and berries ; a handful of nuts; veggies (like carrots, beans, snow peas) and low fat dip. Do not buy yogurt or chocolate coated raisins or nuts. Most of these have more sugar in them than Haribo Starmix! That's a lot of sugar![1]
Dinner Ideas: One idea is: 1/2 veggies, 1/4 protein, 1/4 carbohydrates. If your parents make fatty foods for dinner, only have a little and make yourself a salad as well. If you're cooking for yourself here's some easy ideas: Some brown rice ( eating more lean meat than part carbohydrates helps); scrambled eggs; if you really can't be bothered, just make yourself a sandwich or eat some fish (it's high in omega 3 which is good for your brain).

4.Follow the basic rules of healthy eating:
Breakfast: Carbohydrates, fruit, protein
Lunch: Veggies, protein
Dinner: Protein, veggies, carbohydrates
Snacks: Fruit, veggies, protein
For each meal, make the veggies the main part, then the protein, then the carbohydrates. There can be dairy with every meal, too.

5.Drink lots of water! You should try to only drink water and unsweetened tea if you're trying to lose weight. Water is the best liquid at keeping you hydrated and even helps keep your skin clear and zit-free! It also helps your body burn fat.
Plus, drinking only water means that you won't drink any sugar-water or energy drinks, which can contain up to 800 calories per drink. (Just think: half your daily calories in one drink!) Water is healthy, it tastes good, and it's an essential part of keeping you trim.
If you find yourself hungry after every meal, drink a big glass of water or green tea (unsweetened) before each meal. It'll help fill you up and doesn't contain any extra calories.
To burn more calories, drink ice cold water. Your body will spend more energy warming it up and it also feels nice and refreshing after lots of exercise.

6.Work exercise into your lifestyle. It shouldn't be a chore! Little changes make a big difference, and will keep the weight from coming back. Walk, jog or cycle to school instead of driving. Run with your dog. Do crunches during commercial breaks on TV. Cycle with friends/family.
Plan your week. Have 3 days where you do intense exercise like running or a spin class at the gym. The other 3 days, do low-intensity exercise like a long walk. The other day is your day off.
Don't spend your days sitting on the couch watching TV. Try exercising! Fast weight loss will only be achieved with diet and exercise.

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Plan out your meals and snacks for the day. Don't leave a lot of room for random high-fat snacking.

Fitness will pay off in the long run, and it will actually make you feel much better/more satisfied than eating the bad fatty/sugary foods.

This is not a fad diet, this is a way of eating for life. Once you're at your goal weight, you can tone down the intense-exercise a tad, but don't stop or metabolism rates will fall.

Leave up little inspirations around your house, such as your workout room or kitchen, to remind you of your goals and to motivate you!

Make a list of stuff you can do when you feel like eating but you shouldn't because you're really not hungry.

Try sucking a mint, it's better than chewing gum because your stomach is full of air if you chew it and it will make you hungry.

Get very good at saying no when people (or your own appetite) offer you food that will sabotage your diet. Think of saying, "No" as a healthier lifestyle choice. That should inspire you to take care of your body. Feed it only when needed.

Listen to your body, it can tell you what it needs (thirst=water, hunger=small snack) and when it wants you to stop packing in junk, or when you're full. Don't eat out of habit or boredom or you'll gain weight.

Cut out the sugars (no hard/chewy candies, or chocolates pastries/cookies) to avoid your gaining the next 5 pounds.

Don't overdo the exercising because you will get sore and won't be able to continue for a few days consecutively.