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It can be very hard to stay on your weight loss path. It may have started out easily, but over time you may have lost interest or feel you failed at one point. How can you gain inspiration from more motivated people around you? It may be a mystery to you how they can maintain their weight loss success. Follow these easy weight loss tips and you will have your own success story.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #1

Before you do anything else, decide on some realistic weight loss goals. Are you trying to lose weight to fit into some old clothes that you used to wear? Are you really just concerned about improving your overall health? When you have goals set it will give you something to work towards.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #2

It’s important to keep track of your progress. Keep a regular journal that has records of your weight, preferably measured by the week. Keep track of what you are eating and where you are eating it. Writing down the foods that you consume will help you become more aware of what you are eating, thus, inspiring you to stick to healthy foods.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #3

If you are blinded by hunger, then you won’t be as conscientious of your food choices. To avoid being faced with the dilemma of making bad food choices, make sure to pack healthy and nutritious foods when you leave the house. It is far better to bring a bagged lunch to wherever you are going than to end up in a fast food restaurant. When you prepare your own lunch, you can regulate your calorie intake and prevent yourself from ordering high-calorie meals from restaurants in the neighborhood. When you pack snacks or lunch, you protect both your wallet and your waistline.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #4

Eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly can help you lose weight easily. Try to find an exercise routine you find appealing, and make sure you complete it at least three times weekly. When it’s hard to fit exercising into your schedule, incorporate a favorite activity into your workout. Invite your friends out for a walk in the park as opposed to eating out somewhere with them. Try taking a formal dancing class if you like dancing. If you like hiking you can go explore several trails near you.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #5

Removing all of the junk food from your place is probably the best thing that you can do at this point. Removing junk food from your kitchen and replacing it with natural healthy foods will help you avoid unhealthy temptations. Simply by removing junk foods from the kitchen and pantry, you’ll make it easier to avoid being tempted by the foods that add inches to your waistline.

Easy Weight Loss Tip #6

Ask your friends to give you support. While losing weight is ultimately up to you, keeping friends around who can help and support you is a great way to maintain motivation when you might otherwise be in danger of quitting your program. Make sure there are people you can talk to when you’re worn out or having a hard time. Having people available to offer support and encouragement can make a world of difference as you strive to meet your weight loss goals.



By: Keith J James

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So you’ve done the cabbage soup diet, the high fibre diet, the low fibre diet, the ice cream and beer diet (just kidding) and now you are ready to start a proper eating plan. But you also want to continue it.

Already you know how diet failure goes. Full of hope, you clear out the cupboards, buy the healthy foods, dig out the exercise gear, blow the dust off the treadmill, and you are ready to go.

But then three weeks into your new lifestyle you’ve slipped back into old habits and you feel you’ll never get control of your eating.

Think back to previous diets (yes, I know it’s painful) and work out why you didn’t stick to the plan. Why did you start out with such high hopes but end up back on the junk food and the ready meals? What led you astray?

If you can identify your problem areas you will be able to set up systems to prevent or deal with these problems.

So here are some practical tips to help you get control of your eating, stay on a healthy eating plan and reach your weight loss goals.

Did you just give up on healthy eating? Diets don’t have to be all lettuce leaves and cottage cheese. I call my newsletter “No more Rabbit Food – weight loss tips for people who love food” because I don’t want my clients living off lettuce! Start off with a few fruit or veg that you do like and that you could eat more of. Put more of them on your plate and have less of the other stuff.

Improving your diet is as easy as that. Of course you’ll have to do a lot more than that but it is a start. And if you go onto the internet and search for salad or stir fry recipes you’ll find more dishes that you can try, so you don’t get bored with the same thing all the time. But the starting point is to change the food you eat now, having more of the healthy stuff and less of the unhealthy stuff. It’s dieting by stealth as you are essentially eating the same foods but with a better balance in your diet.

Did you have difficulty preparing meals for yourself and your family? Get them to eat what you eat but give them more bulk. Everyone benefits from eating lean meat and fish with vegetables and fruit. They may also choose to load their plates up with pasta and have the heavy sauce. See these foods as “extras” rather than the main part of the meal. The meals we eat are often the other way round with a lot of pasta and sauce with a few veg on the side but the whole family can benefit if you re-balance the plate in favour of the vegetables.

Do you have difficulty preparing any sort of meal? There are several ways to deal with this (without choosing the option of eating out or having takeaway!). Learn to cook one or two basic meals, then make larger quantities so you can save some for later. When we make bolognaise sauce some is frozen and can be used with a baked potato on the nights we can’t face cooking.

Homemade soups are infinitely flexible as whatever soup base you have in the freezer you can add any fresh veg to hand. Finish off by adding a few fresh herbs to give it that just-made taste (the herbs can be grown on your kitchen windowsill so they’ll be there when you need them).

Stir fries can be cooked in a larger quantity and the next day can contribute to a salad or be warmed up to make a ratatouille.

Of course there may be times when even dragging a previously-made something out the freezer is too much effort, but if you have one or two recipes that can extend over more than one meal you’ll be able to eat healthy, nutritious home-made food more often than you think.

And weight loss occurs when we make regular, consistent changes to our diet and lifestyle, not from a three week regime of rabbit food!



By: Liz Copeland

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Savanna asked:


I’m sixteen, six foot one and play Volley Ball like nine months out of the year between School, Club and my Advanced Volley Ball gym class, but I can’t seem to get my weight under 200lbs. I know it’s not terribly bad because of my height but just knowing that I’m over weight puts a real damper on my self esteem can anyone help by giving me some weight loss tips whether they be exercise, healthy foods, or anything else you’ve used to lose weight?

Savanna asked:


I’m sixteen, six foot one and play Volley Ball like nine months out of the year between School, Club and my Advanced Volley Ball gym class, but I can’t seem to get my weight under 200lbs. I know it’s not terribly bad because of my height but just knowing that I’m over weight puts a real damper on my self esteem can anyone help by giving me some weight loss tips whether they be exercise, healthy foods, or anything else you’ve used to lose weight?

Are you one of those very busy women with a hectic schedule that makes it difficult for you to get to the gym or even workout at home?

Well it doesn’t matter, by cleverly coming up with a few simple steps you can easily lose those excess pounds quicker than you think. Do you spend most of your time at home? Then modifying your diet and changing the way you do household chores can help give you that workout you’ve been missing. For women that work outside of the home it’s also a simple matter of eating healthier at work and of following some simple office workout routines that will help you to lose weight.

To start you need to ask yourself is my current diet a healthy one? With a pen and paper begin noting what it is that you eat and the calories that are associated with those foods. Make note of your intake of fruits and vegetables versus the fried foods, candy bars, potato chips, desserts and other junk foods you consume.

Your going to start by putting together a weekly meal plan that included healthy foods including fruits, vegetables, beans, lean meat, fish, poultry, If you need recipes buy yourself a healthy eating cookbook there are plenty of them out there with quick easy meals that anyone can prepare.

Get rid of the candy bars, potato chips and other excessively sugar and fat based snacks; replace them with healthy alternatives like nuts, fruits and healthy baked foods. Cook your food with healthy oils like olive oil and peanut oil, don’t deep fry it’s not necessary and it’s bad for you. Bake, Broil & Stew Your Meals!

Increase the number of meals you consume from three to five and make the portions of each meal smaller; this improves your body’s metabolism and reduces your craving for junk food. Make your own smoothies by mixing together plain yogurt with the types of fruit(s) enjoy eating. Consume foods that will increase your body’s metabolism which causes your body to burn more calories, as these types of foods are harder for the body to digest.

Now for those women that spend most of their time at home, when you’re doing your chores like sweeping, vacuuming… do it with purpose and speed things up. As you finish one chore and before you start the next do some squats do some air boxing, do some leg lifts… What you’re trying to achieve is an increase in your aerobic activity to burn those calories.

Many of us do our chores at a leisurely pace which doesn’t burn weight losing calories, so pick up the pace. If you walk your dog, take a slight jog after fido does his thing, it’s good for the booth of you. If you normally take some form of transportation to get around, walk when and where it’s feasible. Physically play with your children forget the video games it’ll be good for all of you. If you have an hour or so take thirty minutes to do some form of exercise like push ups, sit ups, squats. Get a workout DVD and get exercising.

For those women that spend their time in the work environment you can begin to lose those excess pounds by taking the stairs instead of the elevator, if this is possible in your workplace. If possible take a 5 minute break every two to three hours and do some isometric exercises, as an example press the palms of your hands together applying a fair amount of force and extend your arms in front of you and then draw them back maintaining the same amount of pressure while breathing fully.

If you have flat shoes while sitting tighten your abdominal and press your feet against the ground and maintain this for about ten seconds, release and relax for 5 seconds and repeat. Try doing this 10 times. Stretch your body, breathing deeply to get the oxygen distributed through your body and to increase blood flow… There are of course many other things that you can do, these are just starting suggestions.

By: Xzen Dor

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I wrote an article on losing weight before. It was well received and I have added some new tips.
Lift weights. A lot of people only think of this when they want to get stronger. But you can burn a lot of calories when you lift and it can speed up your metabolism for hours afterwards.

Run sprints. Another common misconception is that you need long endurance running to burn calories.

But running sprints at top speed for 8 to 10 seconds can burn a lot of calories and speed up the metabolism.

It’s also great for people that want to lose weight without hurting there explosive capability (endurance running will hinder your explosiveness. I once heard that most marathon runners have a 12″ vertical jump.)

You don’t necessarily have to eat less. You might just need to change what you eat.
Try eating more fruits, vegetables, lean meats grains and low fat dairy products. I recommend having skim milk you can even have chocolate milk as that is usually low fat.

You should eat healthy and watch your calories five days a week but you can take two days a week to eat more and enjoy less healthy foods.

If you want to eat something that you shouldn’t during the “rest of the week” then eat it in the morning. You should eat less as the day gets later.
Sometimes it’s best to eat a little something now rather than a lot later. What I mean by that is that just quitting your favorite foods cold turkey can cause you to really pack them in later.

So letting yourself have some every now and then can help give you the drive to keep watching what you eat. Use the two days a week where you are allowed to eat more and the early morning eating you help you with this. It can be a lot easier to say “I can’t have that right now but I can have some in the morning” or “I can’t have that today but in a couple days I will be able to have as much as I want” as opposed to saying “I can never eat that again” or “I can’t have any till I lose at least 75 pounds”.

If you take that attitude you will probably give up before you get there.

Also I have heard that taking some sugar free gum can help you overcome cravings for sweets. I am not a fan of artificial sweeteners, but I do make an exception with gum. Any gum that you chew (sugar free or not) will have less calories for you then eating something. And not only can gum help overcome cravings but you are also less likely to eat something when you have gum in your mouth.

Not to promote tobacco use but have you ever known someone that chewed tobacco? They don’t eat when they have “just put a pinch in” the same thing can work for you! That’s why I recommend keeping a good tasting and long lasting gum with you.

When you get a craving for sweets, doesn’t work well when you are REALLY hungry but if you are just craving something or a little hungry then have some gum. Or if you are getting ready to go somewhere that you might be tempted like the gas station then pop in a piece.

Personally have chewed Extra sugar free gum, but I don’t think that it’s all that great. Anyway I would be more worried about what the sugar does to your teeth then gaining weight from gum with sugar in it. I have heard that Orbit sugar free sweetmint gum works well for this purpose.

Drink at least one glass of water BEFORE every meal. I also recommend have a glass of water or skim milk with ever meal to help fill you up.

To strengthen your body you slowly build up the weight and get progressively stronger.

To strengthen your mind you challenge it with progressively harder material.

The same thing can be done with your appetite. You should stop eating before you get full at every meal. If you eat till you are no longer famished but are not yet full you can progressively train yourself to feel satisfied with less.

We have probably heard it a hundred times at least but it’s probably worth mentioning at least one more time. Do the little things like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or park father away from the entrance and walk a little extra.

Make it a game what can you do to burn more calories today?

One of the biggest reasons that most people fail trying to lose weights is probably a combination of procrastination and hard to archive goals.

People put off dieting till things get really bad “I am not really that fat” “It’s just a little baby fat” “I will lose it easy enough when I want to” Then real quick they realizes that they are way over weight and they want to lose it right now! “I am huge and I am going somewhere warm for the holidays! I need to lose 50 pounds in two weeks so that I can go to the beach!”

Then they diet for a week and a halve actual lose a good 5 pounds but quit because they are not going to reach their goal and they feel the they can’t go there whole life without ever eating that “stuff” ever again (which is what they told themselves when they started this diet).

If they would have started sooner (like when they only had 25 pounds to lose and had 4 months to do it) then they could have worked themselves into shape (remember the sprints? Well they are a great weight loss tool but a lot of people that need to lose weight aren’t in good enough shape to do anything at top speed! By losing a little weight you can make it easier to lose more weight.)

They could have also took advantage of my “eating loop holes” and had that “stuff” that they were really craving. They could have had it in the morning or on there “off” days. And that might have even been able to eat just as much as they wanted if they changed there diet.

So some of the things that you can do to burn more fat are Lift weights, Sprint, Do little things to burn more calories, Eat less, Eat differently, Eat at different times.

All of this can be done in almost limitless combinations.

By: Shane Edwards

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Jason Oh asked:


Below are 5 fat blasting weight loss tips for women.

1. Keep Your Body Guessing – You have to “keep your body guessing”.

This is the main principle of a good fat loss program – Variety in strength training and cardio exercise. Even with the best strength and interval programs, you have to vary the routine on a regular basis. If you don’t mix it up, your body will not change, adapt, or improve in order to handle the different workouts.

Lastly, women needs strength training – it is the best way to tone your body, and burn the fat away.

2. Sweat It Out – When you train, it’s not about chatting about your weekend, or taking it easy on a treadmill- it’s all about training hard (with very little rest between moves). Fact is, if you want to shed more pounds, high intensity workouts burn more calories than easy, chat on the treadmill routines.

3. Eat Well – Regardless of how much exercise you do, you still need to follow a healthy eating plan in order to reduce body fat and keep it off. Avoid being famished after exercise by eating a light meal or healthy snack an hour or two before you start.

4. A common complaint of many diets is that the portions recommended aren’t filling. Start incorporating more fiber into your diet. Not only is it good for you but it will help to make you feel full and satisfied. Sources of great fiber are fruits and vegetables!

5. Plan you nutrition attack – plan to shop and cook your meals in advance. Plan your weeks meals in advance make a list of the healthy foods you need, Then choose a day for grocery shopping, which includes vegies, fruits, lean meat, and low fat snacks – and stick to a weekly budget. And say no to processed foods like chips, sugary drinks,cakes and other junk food.

Once all the shopping is done, choose 2 days of the week for your cooking – cook in advance so you have excuse for take-aways or any junk food.

If you’re not into cooking food in bulk – cook the night before for the whole days worth of meals. This is one way to improve your eating habit and overall health.

The 5 weight loss tips for women above are just the starters – but are the foundation to helping women lose the body fat for good. As well, the weight loss tips for women are not only for women – but applicable to men too.