50 Ways To Lose Weight - 50 Weight Loss Tips
1. Cut back or cut out white flour
2. Cut back or cut out sugar (fructose, sucrose, glucose, dextrose…all of the “oses”)
3. Cut back on white potatoes - This is a starch that quickly turns to fat if you don’t eat it with something that will slow down the absorption of sugar by your body, like fat or fiber.
4. Do more than 20 minutes a day of cardio - After 20 minutes of cardio, you can get your body into fat burning mode.
5. Eat more vegetables - Not only are vegetables loaded with nutrition, but they can also provide a lot of fiber, which essentially cancels out many of the few calories vegetables already have. They are pretty much a freebie food.
6. Don’t eat late at night - Ok, I don’t know how much truth there is to this one, but whenever I eat late at night I always feel fatter in the morning.
7. Try to think about something besides food - The more you think about restricting your diet, the more you will want to eat. Find another hobby you can obsess about.
8. Try to eat more foods that are lower on the Gylcemic Index - Heres a link to a good resource: http://www.glycemicindex.com/
9. Try to eat food combinations that create a low glycemic load - Heres a link to the resource to figure that out: http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
10. Get a pedometer - Start counting how many steps you take every day and try to increase that over time.
11. Count Calories - Start with eating 2000 calories and day decrease it a little every day until you find a good, healthy weight loss zone.
12. Snack Ofter - Eating more frequently throughout the day can help you manage hunger and keep you from feeling too restricted, which can cause you to eat more than you normally would.
13. Drink More Water - Prevent against eating when you are really thirsty and keep yourself feeling more full.
14. Snack on nuts - Nuts are healthy and don’t create the insulin surge that sugary snacks do. They are filling and satisfying.
15. Change Your Eating Habits With a Friend - Moral support helps. It also makes them less likely to bring sugary snacks around.
16. Eat Breakfast - Skipping breakfast has been shown to make you more hungry at night.
17. Learn New Recipes - Sometimes we get in a rut of eating the same old garbage just because we don’t know what else to make. Buy a new healthy cookbook.
18. Log Your Meals - If you write down what you’re eating everyday, you will feel more accountable for what you’re eating and will be less likely to “mess up”.
19. Eat Slowly - If you eat too fast, you’ll end up eating more than your body needs. Eat slow and give your body time to send the signals to your brain that you’re full.
20. Eat Foods With More Fiber - See: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_fiber.php
21. Avoid Processed Foods - No secret that processed foods are linked to weight gain.
22. Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup - Its in soda and tons of other stuff. It also has been linked to weight gain. It’s a sugar that the body can turn into fat so fast it will make your head spin.
23. Avoid Junk Food
24. Avoid Hydrogenated Oils
25. Use a high quality Stevia - A calorie free, it’s often used as a sugar substitute. Make sure it’s high quality Stevia or it will have a yucky aftertaste. You can get it at your local health food store in the supplements section.
26. Try Erythritol - Another sugar substitute thats healthier than than the other sugar substitutes. It’s calorie free.
27. Weigh Yourself Every Day - Track Your Progress
28. Don’t Give Up if You Cave In To Cravings - That’s life, just keep going the next day.
29. Be Reasonable About Your Expectations - Don’t expect to lose more than is reasonable or healthy. You’ll feel better about your progress if you set reasonable goals.
30. Realize that Weight is Lost Evenly Over the Whole Body - Don’t be discouraged if you aren’t losing weight in the right places. Eventually it will all come off. It’s a myth that you can lose weight on only one part of your body.
31. Try a Diet Calculator For Help
32. When Eating Out - Order a Salad - Most restaurant meals are upwards of 1000-2000 calories or more. Try to bypass that by ordering salad.
33. Switch From Whole Milk to 2% or 1%
34. Cut Back On or Cut Out Juice - It has just the same potential of making you fat as a sugary drink.
35. Use Imagery for Motivation - When you can’t control cravings, imagine yourself at your ideal weight for motivation.
36. Get All Unhealthy Foods Out of Your House - Take the temptation away.
37. Start Reading Nutrition Labels - Know what kinds of nutrients, fiber and sugars you are eating.
38. Start Reading The Ingredients - My basic rule of thumb is when 3 or more of the ingredients sound like something you’ve heard in science lab - STAY AWAY.
39. Avoid Energy Bars - They are usually loaded with sugar.
40. Fill Up on Low Calorie Foods At the Beginning of Meals
41. Use Fruit to Hamper Cravings For Sweets
42. After 4-7 Days of No Sugar, Cravings Will Be Diminished
43. Cutting Too Far Back on Fat Can Lower Your Metabolism - Don’t Do it
44. Use Exercise to Curb Hunger - Exercise temporarily curbs your appetite.
45. Try More Soup - Soup tends to be filling, healthy and lower in calories.
46. Go Organic
47. Use More Olive Oil - Use it instead of corn oil. It’s been linked to weight loss.
48. Try a Cleanser - There are some cleansers that can help with weight loss. Visit your local health food store or day spa and see which one might work for you.
49. Get Plenty of Sleep - A lack of sleep has been correlated with weight gain.
50. Take a Vacation - Stress can cause weight gain.
