How many New Year's Resolutions did you make for 2009? I bet one of them was the resolution to lose weight! Click Here!Every year people vow to start the New Year off right by making a New Year's resolution to lose weight. They vow this will be the year they take off the weight and keep it off! If you made a similar resolution this last New Year's Eve, then you need to keep reading.
Read and learn my friend! These five (5) tips will help you lose weight as you follow a healthy diet to lose weight this year. So read and use these tips and you can eat, drink and be merry as you get thinner this year. Click Here!
1. Drink lots of water.
Water is essential to everyone, especially as you try to lose weight. If you have not been drinking enough water, then your body will store water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.
By drinking more water, you flush out toxins, and your body will realize it is getting enough water and has no need to store more. You should drink at least 60 ounces, about 8 glasses, per day. You can boil the water with sliced lemons and drink this throughout the day to help with fluid retention. Click Here!
2. Eat soup for weight loss.
Eat at least one bowl of soup daily to help you lose more weight. Nutritious, low salt soups will also help flush waste from your body. People who eat a bowl of soup daily lose more weight than those who do not eat soup. If you can eat homemade soup there is even a greater benefit. Homemade soup has less salt and chemicals than canned soup.
3. Eat early to keep your weight off.
The same foods eaten at breakfast and lunch are processed differently than those eaten at dinner. Studies have shown when you eat protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight faster and have more energy. The same foods eaten at dinner tend to pack on the pounds. If at all possible you should eat by 6:00 PM. Click Here!
4. Eat frequent and eat smaller meals.
Follow an eating plan that schedules 5 smaller meals over the course of the day. This seems to keep you from getting famished and helps you avoid overeating at your next meal. Keep raw vegetables and a low fat trail mix available at all times so you will not reach for those high calorie snacks. Click Here!
5. Move! Get off the couch and start moving!
The number one cause of weight gain is inactivity! You have to get up off the couch and start moving. Move those feet as you go down the street! Exercise is the key to losing weight and keeping it off!
Whenever you go to the store, park away from the front door and walk into the store. If you go into a building that has stairs, take advantage of the stairs and walk up them. When you take your break at work, walk around the building. Get moving! Click Here!
The answer to losing weight and keeping it off is walking! Click Here!
Happy Walking!
Stay alive!
