| If you work full-time like me, by the time you | | | | feel full, but satisfied when you eat. Always try to |
| arrive home every night the last thing you feel | | | | leave a little on your plate. The small cutbacks add |
| like doing is going to the gym for an hour. Taking | | | | up to five or more pounds per year. |
| the time to cook healthy meals and exercise can | | | | 4. Adhere to healthy eating habits. Substitute |
| seem a daunting task. However, if you take the | | | | wheat for white bread. Try to eat more whole |
| time to take care of your body, you will be | | | | foods and have healthy snacks like celery and |
| rewarded with more energy, better | | | | fruit ready when you get hungry. |
| concentration, and a beautiful figure. Here are | | | | 5. Eat at the same time everyday, but close the |
| some gradual changes that helped me to lose | | | | kitchen a few hours before bedtime. Try to eat |
| weight that I slowly implemented into my busy | | | | most of your carbohydrates and meals earlier in |
| schedule. | | | | the day, along with a few snacks. Eat a lite |
| 1. Work out at an employee gym or recreation | | | | supper and try not to eat too close to bedtime. If |
| center. They are cheaper than larger gyms and | | | | you do get hungry before bed, eat some protein |
| less crowded. Even fifteen to thirty minutes after | | | | like nuts or cottage cheese and fruit. Every night, |
| work makes a difference. | | | | prepare your food for the night day-you will say |
| 2. Take the stairs instead of the elevator | | | | money by eating out less at work. |
| whenever possible. Use a pedometer and make | | | | 6. Take a weight loss supplement. This can curb |
| small changes so you walk more, like parking your | | | | your hunger and speed up your metabolism so |
| car far away at work or at the mall. Even walking | | | | none of your efforts are wasted, but actually |
| for ten minutes before or after work is better | | | | doubled. You should see results a little faster too. |
| than not moving at all (try watching TV at the | | | | 7. Take a multivitamin daily. This will cover all the |
| gym or just use TiVo.) | | | | nutritional bases that you miss if you don't eat |
| 3. Trim down portions. It helps if you can take | | | | completely healthy one day. |
| your time and eat slowly. Make sure you don't | | | | |