Thirty Days To A Slimmer You

Are you a diet failure? Don’t despair. You can create your own weight loss plan that will work, no matter how many times your weight has gone up and down. Here’s how.

1. Determine why you are overweight. Take a few minutes by yourself to reflect on your typical day: How many hours of sleep do you get? What food do you really eat at meals and how much? How much time do you take to eat them? Do you snack throughout the day? What do you snack on? Do you get any exercise? Are you on any medications or medical treatments that may cause you to gain weight or hinder your weight loss?

2. What weight loss plans have you used in the past? What’s worked? Why isn’t it working now? Did you reach your goal and slack off? Did something happen in your life that caused you to go off the program? Was the program too expensive or complicated to follow? Was it too difficult to get to meetings or check-ins? Did inclement weather keep you from your workout?

3. Based on your answers to Questions 1 and 2, begin to formulate a meal plan that meets your lifestyle. For example, if you used a plan in which you counted calories or portions and were successful, start over and do the same. If however, you are already too busy, detailed calculations may not work, but simply getting rid of the junk food in your house might.

4. You also need to include exercise in your weight loss plan. Many experts recommend walking because it is something nearly everyone can do, whether at home, at work or even walking in place. Can you think of a way to incorporate 30 minutes of walking in your day? It doesn’t have to be all at once: 10 minutes here and there throughout the day can get you started.

If you’re already exercising every day but still want to lose weight, add more exercise. You may choose to simply increase the intensity of the exercise you’re already doing: Jog or run instead of walk. Increase the weight of the dumbbells you use. Or you may want to exercise longer. Add an additional 15 minutes to your exercise plan will yield faster results.

5. Consider how you handle stress. For many of us, chocolate or potato chips offer a way to drown our sorrows when life gets to be too much to bear. Think of other ways to handle life’s ups and downs: Squeeze in that walk, talk to a friend, write in a journal, pray or meditate etc.

6. Do you need an incentive to stick with your weight loss plan? There are several ways to go about it. Find one outfit in your closet that is a bit snug and hang it where you will see it every day (or place a picture of you in it near the refrigerator, scale or kitchen cupboard). Perhaps you can sign up for a fitness event (such as a charity walk or run) so you can focus on being in condition to finish the event.

7. Be realistic. When creating your own weight loss plan, be realistic. The weight did not appear magically overnight and it won’t disappear overnight either. But by creating your own plan to fit your own needs and lifestyle, you will lose weight easier than you ever dreamed.

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Disappointed with your diet? If you’re losing weight in the wrong places — everywhere but your tummy — you may be wondering what you need to do to lose belly fat.

Losing that spare tyre is easier that you think. Yes, it does involve exercising — you need to build up your tummy muscles.

Here are three tips which will give you a flat belly in no time.

1. Drink More Water: It Optimizes and Flushes Your Body’s Systems

Water is essential for weight loss. Your body is working hard to convert fat into glucose and energy, and as your fat stores shrink, they emit toxins (many harmful substances like heavy metals are stored in fat.)

These toxic substances can harm your health if you don’t get rid of them: you need to flush your system with plenty of water.

In addition to drinking more water, eat vegetables and fruits — get more than your five a day for best results.

2. Tighten up: Do Belly Exercises at Your Desk

Too busy to exercise? That’s no excuse. There are many exercises you can do right at your desk. Just do a Google search for “desk exercises.”

Here’s an easy one. Sit up straight in your office chair. Lift one leg out straight and hold it there for two seconds, then put it down and lift up the other one, again holding for two seconds. Alternate legs, with 20 lifts per leg.

3. Use a Fitness Ball to Enhance Your Crunches

A fitness ball is a fun exercise tool, and it’s great for enhancing your crunches. Just lie down, rest your legs on the ball, and crunch away. Start with ten crunches, and increase the number you do each day.

Try the above three tips, after measuring your tummy. Measure each week, and before you know it, your belly fat will be a memory.

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Have you heard of the Banana Diet? I have, and what’s more, I’ve tried it — it works! You just change one meal, and you lose weight.

What are you waiting for? Try it yourself and see.

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Everyone wants quick and easy ways to lose weight. No problem: Here are seven weight-loss solutions you can start using right now.

1. Count to 50 before you eat anything. Whenever you feel the urge to grab a treat from the vending machine or your kitchen cupboard, close your eyes, take a deep breath and count slowly to 50. This will give you a chance to relax and refocus your attention on something that is not food.

2. Keep water nearby. Water is your best weight loss solution. Keep some cold water within easy reach and have a sip whenever you feel stressed, hungry or thirsty. Water will help you to feel full and will also help you flush extra calories out of your system.

3. Keep busy. Many of us unwind at the end of the day by sitting in front of the tube with a bowl of ice cream, chips or some other snack. Tonight, break up the routine and instead go for a walk or play with your kids. One alternative is to attack a household chore that you just never get around to completing. While you may groan about needing time to relax and unwind, you may find that finally getting started on that project invigorates you and keeps your mind off food. If it’s a strenuous task, you can even count it as exercise.

4. Take a 10 minute walk. Sure, we’re all busy but just about everyone can find a way to take a 10 minute walk. You will burn some calories and still come back feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world. Once it has become a regular part of your day, increase your walk or add a second 10-minute walk. To reduce stress, walk faster.

5. Push away the plate. Don’t even think about taking a second helping, no matter how delicious your meal is. You’ll automatically consume fewer calories. If you find that you’re wolfing your food down before everyone else, slow down. Put down your fork after each bite. Savor the taste of each food. Join the discussion at the table.

6. Get out of the kitchen. For most of us, the kitchen is the central point of our homes. Unfortunately, that’s also where the food is. If you know you are a stress eater, get yourself away from where all the temptation is.

7. Allow yourself a treat now and then. Way back when, cookies, cakes, ice cream and restaurant meals were considered rare treats reserved for the most special of occasions. Perhaps it’s time to go back to that mindset. Save sweets for birthdays or other big days as a way to enhance the joy. Reward yourself for life’s little victories (or soften daily blows) in other ways, such as a bubble bath, buying a new accessory, talking with a friend etc.

These seven weight loss solutions are easy steps anyone can do to start dropping pounds today. Add these steps every day and watch your body and your life change for the better.

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