| First of all, we need to get your mind on the right | | | | fat so you will feel satisfied between meals. Eating |
| track. Keep your mind focused, positive, and | | | | actually revs up your metabolism and makes your |
| THINK THIN!The number one goal here is your | | | | body burn calories as it works to digest the food. |
| weight loss and encouraging you to learn to live a | | | | Now how about that! Burning calories while you |
| healthier lifestyle. You can make it all happen by | | | | eat! |
| setting your weight loss goals in a reasonable time | | | | MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES! Number one is |
| frame and following a good plan. Listed below are | | | | all about fiber. Fiber is one of healthy foods that |
| proven weight loss tips to get you started in the | | | | can help you drop pounds quickly and is found in |
| right direction. Remember, to be successful, you | | | | whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits. It |
| have to want it bad enough and be willing to go | | | | gives you a full feeling because it moves through |
| the extra mile to get it. Follow these tips, strip the | | | | your digestive system more slowly than |
| fat and get the body you want! | | | | processed foods. Pound for pound, fiber requires |
| GET ENOUGH REST! The amount and quality of | | | | more chewing, so you eat slower and this will give |
| sleep affects hormones that regulate our | | | | your body time to realize when you are no longer |
| metabolism and appetite. One of these hormones, | | | | hungry. Now, let us talk about protein. Your body |
| Leptin, inhibits your hunger by influencing just how | | | | will burn more calories eating proteins because it |
| full and satisfied you feel after consuming food. | | | | works harder to digest these foods. Chicken |
| Ghrelin is another hormone that encourages your | | | | (skinless, by the way), lean meats, and low fat |
| appetite. When we do not get enough sleep the | | | | dairy foods are your best protein choices for a |
| Leptin levels fall and the Ghrelin levels increase. | | | | healthy diet. |
| This is definitely a reason for weight gain. Your | | | | THROW OUT THAT JUNK FOOD! No lists or |
| brain treats this drop in Leptin levels as a | | | | identification necessary. You know it when you |
| starvation alert, so your body responds by | | | | see it! Junk food equals weight gain! You know, |
| boosting your appetite. Getting the picture? More | | | | the foods with little or no nutritional value, better |
| calories added, thus, more weight gain! Your | | | | known as the junk foods in the pantry. The ones |
| physical and mental health is greatly affected by | | | | that provides excess fat along with a boat load of |
| sleep deprivation, too. Those that do not get | | | | calories. Yeah, those! Restock you shelves with |
| enough sleep tend to grab for the sweet high | | | | healthy substitutes. Grabbing an apple from the |
| calorie snack foods throughout the day. Also, with | | | | fruit bowl is just as easy as sitting down with |
| too little sleep, exercise is less likely to happen | | | | chips and salsa! And it is just as tasty and filling! |
| because of fatigue. Take care of your body, give | | | | Fiber also contributes to your energy level. Your |
| it the rest is deserves so you are able to strip | | | | desire for junk food will subside in a short time, |
| the fat and meet your weight loss goals! | | | | so you will be successful at your weight loss goal. |
| EAT SMALL MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY! | | | | EXERCISE AND GET FIT! You have heard it all |
| Instead of three meals a day, make it your | | | | before. Just 30 minutes a day. Well, it is true! |
| mission to adjust to six smaller meals a day | | | | Whether it is a brisk walk in the evening, or 30 |
| instead. Call it grazing. Your stomach is about the | | | | minutes of making it burn in the gym, the health |
| size of your fist. Hard to believe, huh? Now, with | | | | benefits of focused physical activity daily is the |
| this being said, it only makes since to prevent | | | | most important step in your commitment to |
| your stomach from stretching out, you should eat | | | | weight loss. There must be less calories |
| smaller meals throughout the day. By doing this, it | | | | consumed and more calories burned. Exercise will |
| will not take as much food for you to start | | | | get your metabolism in high gear and continue to |
| feeling full. It also keeps your metabolism up and | | | | burn calories long after your exercise routines are |
| your body in the digesting mode and burning | | | | over. You have heard it before. Whether good |
| more calories. As you adjust to the several meals | | | | habits or bad, they just take a short time to |
| a day plan, just remember the three magic | | | | develop. For maximum results, make a |
| words, Portions, Portions, Portions! Eat meals that | | | | commitment to a good, solid exercise program. |
| contain a mixture of carbohydrates, protein and | | | | |