Easy ways to lose weight

Are there any easy ways to Do easy ways to lose weight exist?  It’s common knowledge that diet, lowering caloric intake, and exercise, increasing calories burned, work together as a formula for weight loss.  But sticking to the diet is the hard part.  It won’t be easy, but with a little work it sure is easier.  Here are some tricks to make it easier.

Keep a daily log of everything that passes your lips.  Writing down everything you eat and drink, even water, helps you eat less.  Studies show that people who keep track of what they eat end up eating 15% less.  That’s significant.

The average American consumes an additional 245 calories per day just from drinks.  zero calorie water}.  245 calories a day add up to 90,000 calories per year.  That’s 25 pounds.  Are soda and juice really that good?  Another fact is that despite their calories, drinks like soda and juice don’t trigger a feeling of fullness the way foods do.

Eat five or six smaller meals a day instead of three large meals a day.  Studies show that eating in smaller portions more often results in eating 30% fewer calories.  You’re also less likely to binge because the body won’t produce as much insulin which leads to hunger.

Get rid of the at?clothes.  If you don’t have clothes that are comfortable when you’re fat, you’re more likely to be reminded to keep the weight off every time you dress.  purchase a whole new wardrobe|And if you have to purchase a whole new wardrobe you’re less likely to gain weight}.

Use smaller plates.  It’s been proven that people eat more when more food is in front of them, and they eat less when less food is in front of them|It’s proven that people eat what’s in front of them}.  Use the salad plates instead of dinner plates.

Similar to the idea of using smaller plates, serve your food on the plate rather than in bowls on the table.  When the plate is empty the meal is over, instead of spooning another portion onto your plate.

Avoid white foods such as white bread, sugar, and white rice.  Those foods are loaded with carbohydrates which lead to higher blood sugar and weight gain.  Do eat whole grain breads and brown rice.  Don’t be concerned with the sugar, pretty soon you won’t miss it.

Weight loss isn’t easy, but relatively speaking there are easy ways to lose weight.  Don’t be intimidated if it’s only easier instead of really easy.  If weight loss were easy, everyone would be a supermodel|Don’t think it won’t take a little work.  If weight loss were easy everyone would be slim all the time}.

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January 4, 2009 • Posted in: Ponderings