12 Quick and Simple Weight Loss Tips
It can be difficult and frustrating trying to lose weight. There is so much information and misinformation. Millions of different products and services that tell you that only their way will work. Expensive foods and supplements that help you lose weight. The latest fad exercises.
What you actually need is to make permanent life style changes that are relatively easy to incorporate into your current lifestyle. That way you will actually stick with them. That is why losing weight slowly is often recommended. If you go all guns blazing, it is likely that you will soon return to your old ways.
Here are some simple tips that you can easily incorporate into your lifestyle to help you lose weight and keep it off. Read these a few times right now, then pin them up in a prominent place so you can look at them every day as a reminder. I like to stick these things on my fridge with a magnet.
1) Give yourself definite rules. Vague rules won't really help you lose weight. Saying 'I must exercise more' can't really be followed. It is far more useful to say something like 'I will go to the gym every Monday, Wednesday and Friday'; and 'I will only eat chocolate on a Saturday'.
2) Eat slower. It takes time for our brains to register that our stomach is full. Eating more slowly gives your brain more time to register when it is satisfied.
3) Change your milk. Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
4) Eat only when hungry. A lot of people eat before they are hungry. Our bodies know how much fuel we need, and tells us by triggering feelings of hunger. Eating before you are hungry means over eating which leads to weight gain. There is nothing wrong with feeling a little hungry between meals.
5) Leave something with every meal, even if it's just a small amount. Many people eat too much because they were brought up to eat everything on their plate and not waste food. This is a war time mentality that no longer applies! Leaving something on the plate with every meal keeps you in the habit of leaving some food when you are satisfied.
6) Discover why you overeat. If you eat out of boredom, then find new ways to entertain yourself. Perhaps taking up a sport could ease the boredom, and you will also burn off extra calories. If you have other problems such as a lack of confidence or low self esteem, then find a way of dealing with them. Accept that life is hard and challenging, and face them challenges. Hypnotherapy can help.
7) Be more active. Try to find some exercise that you enjoy. If you enjoy them then you are more likely to keep doing them. Some people like going to the gym, whereas other people prefer playing competitive sports. We are all different so try and find what works best for you. Try to incorporate more activity into your daily life, such as walking or cycling to work.
8) Eat smaller portions. Have smaller portions of the food. It often helps to use smaller plates in order for it to seem that your portion sizes are the same as before.
9) Avoid carbohydrates in the evening. Avoid foods with high levels of carbohydrates in the evenings. These include foods such as bread, potatoes, rice, and any sugary snacks. Just because they are low in fat doesn't mean that they don't contain a lot of calories that you will store as fat.
10) Read foods labels. It is quite surprising how many foods imply that they are low in calories or sugar when in reality they are not. 'Low fat' mayonnaise still typically contains around 40% fat. If you don't read up on the nutritional values of food items then you could be consuming more calories than you think.
11) Reduce sugary drinks. The calories in sugary drinks can add up without you really thinking about it. Try weaning yourself on black coffee with no sugar. Even natural fruit juice drinks contain a lot of calories, so only drink these in small quantities as they do contain useful vitamins for health. Try drinking a few glasses of water per day and opting for sugar free drinks. If you must drink alcohol then try drinks such as vodka or whiskey neat, or with low calorie mixers.
12) Enjoy life. Find plenty of hobbies and things to do that you enjoy. Get passionate about things. You will feel happier, more confident, and you will be occupied. A large amount of people that over eat do so because of boredom, plus you will burn at least some calories pursuing these hobbies.
Set yourself some definite rules that you will stick to and write them down and look at them every day. Also read through this list every day. Eventually these life changes will become part of your normal daily routine. It usually takes about 3 weeks of consciously trying to change habits for them to become embedded into your mind. Just keep reminding yourself of these rules for 3 weeks. Even mark it on a calender if you wish. If you slip up every now and then, that is fine, just don't give up - keep going!
Jon Rhodes is a well known clinical hypnotherapist from the UK. He has produced his own powerful hypnosis weight loss mp3 series Gastric Band Hypnosis. This audio programme helps weight loss by convincing the mind that you have undergone actual gastric band surgery, causing you to feel full sooner than ever before.
What you actually need is to make permanent life style changes that are relatively easy to incorporate into your current lifestyle. That way you will actually stick with them. That is why losing weight slowly is often recommended. If you go all guns blazing, it is likely that you will soon return to your old ways.
Here are some simple tips that you can easily incorporate into your lifestyle to help you lose weight and keep it off. Read these a few times right now, then pin them up in a prominent place so you can look at them every day as a reminder. I like to stick these things on my fridge with a magnet.
1) Give yourself definite rules. Vague rules won't really help you lose weight. Saying 'I must exercise more' can't really be followed. It is far more useful to say something like 'I will go to the gym every Monday, Wednesday and Friday'; and 'I will only eat chocolate on a Saturday'.
2) Eat slower. It takes time for our brains to register that our stomach is full. Eating more slowly gives your brain more time to register when it is satisfied.
3) Change your milk. Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
4) Eat only when hungry. A lot of people eat before they are hungry. Our bodies know how much fuel we need, and tells us by triggering feelings of hunger. Eating before you are hungry means over eating which leads to weight gain. There is nothing wrong with feeling a little hungry between meals.
5) Leave something with every meal, even if it's just a small amount. Many people eat too much because they were brought up to eat everything on their plate and not waste food. This is a war time mentality that no longer applies! Leaving something on the plate with every meal keeps you in the habit of leaving some food when you are satisfied.
6) Discover why you overeat. If you eat out of boredom, then find new ways to entertain yourself. Perhaps taking up a sport could ease the boredom, and you will also burn off extra calories. If you have other problems such as a lack of confidence or low self esteem, then find a way of dealing with them. Accept that life is hard and challenging, and face them challenges. Hypnotherapy can help.
7) Be more active. Try to find some exercise that you enjoy. If you enjoy them then you are more likely to keep doing them. Some people like going to the gym, whereas other people prefer playing competitive sports. We are all different so try and find what works best for you. Try to incorporate more activity into your daily life, such as walking or cycling to work.
8) Eat smaller portions. Have smaller portions of the food. It often helps to use smaller plates in order for it to seem that your portion sizes are the same as before.
9) Avoid carbohydrates in the evening. Avoid foods with high levels of carbohydrates in the evenings. These include foods such as bread, potatoes, rice, and any sugary snacks. Just because they are low in fat doesn't mean that they don't contain a lot of calories that you will store as fat.
10) Read foods labels. It is quite surprising how many foods imply that they are low in calories or sugar when in reality they are not. 'Low fat' mayonnaise still typically contains around 40% fat. If you don't read up on the nutritional values of food items then you could be consuming more calories than you think.
11) Reduce sugary drinks. The calories in sugary drinks can add up without you really thinking about it. Try weaning yourself on black coffee with no sugar. Even natural fruit juice drinks contain a lot of calories, so only drink these in small quantities as they do contain useful vitamins for health. Try drinking a few glasses of water per day and opting for sugar free drinks. If you must drink alcohol then try drinks such as vodka or whiskey neat, or with low calorie mixers.
12) Enjoy life. Find plenty of hobbies and things to do that you enjoy. Get passionate about things. You will feel happier, more confident, and you will be occupied. A large amount of people that over eat do so because of boredom, plus you will burn at least some calories pursuing these hobbies.
Set yourself some definite rules that you will stick to and write them down and look at them every day. Also read through this list every day. Eventually these life changes will become part of your normal daily routine. It usually takes about 3 weeks of consciously trying to change habits for them to become embedded into your mind. Just keep reminding yourself of these rules for 3 weeks. Even mark it on a calender if you wish. If you slip up every now and then, that is fine, just don't give up - keep going!
Jon Rhodes is a well known clinical hypnotherapist from the UK. He has produced his own powerful hypnosis weight loss mp3 series Gastric Band Hypnosis. This audio programme helps weight loss by convincing the mind that you have undergone actual gastric band surgery, causing you to feel full sooner than ever before.
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I liked your first tip - "Give yourself definite rules"
This one is the basic step to loose weight. If you have not mastered first tip, you can not loose weight.
All good commonsense tips! Actually I really enjoy the first tip as it relates to setting goals which is something I'v been doing for a long time. I'v also found that when you set vague goals you can cheat more. As explained in your tip. "I must exercise more" kinda means you could get away with literally exercising 1 minute more than you usually do, which eventually leads to you losing motivation. As you said, it really is important to make something definite and stick by it.
Sounds like an awesome program at the end there too.. I'm also into subconscious suggesting and hypnosis stuff.. I'll have to check that program out :D