Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 1

Subject: Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 1 Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:35 am

(This is a fantastic list )

Tips and tricks
for losing weight

1.Drink one pint of cold water when you get up –
This kick-starts your metabolism.

2.Don’t skip breakfast – Having
breakfast tells your body that it is day time again and that there is no need to
slow the metabolism because you are sleeping.

3.Use cinnamon – Add to
an apple pie or other desert, it is the perfect spice to speed the
metabolism

4.Steer clear from creamy, coconut based curries – If you
have to eat curry have something tomato based or something from the Tandoori
oven. Skip that naan bread too and go for plain rice.

5.Eat spicy food
– The spicier your food the more calories it takes to digest, making it
lower in calories than the same food with no spic.

6.Drink Green tea –
This can boost your metabolism, is high in anti-oxidants and is caffeine
free.

7.Stop eating three hours before bed – This goes for drinks that
aren’t water also. Your sleeping body will struggle to digest and burn off all
those evening calories when your metabolism is slowest.

8.Do yoga –
Not only does it help you to lose weight, you’ll also be more flexible, improve
your posture and feel more energised.

9.Metabolism is better in the
morning – Do all your exercise and heavy eating in the morning to maximise
how much you burn off.

10.Don’t just stick to cardio – Include
strength training in your workout, if you can build more lean muscle your body
will lose the fatty bits quicker. You’ll also stop yourself from getting loose
skin.

11.Go for a walk during your lunch break – Don’t sit and stare
at the TV in the coffee room for an hour, get outside, go for a
walk!

12.Walk the dog – Walking the dog is fun and great exercise. If
you don’t have a dog, get one or go walk a friend’s.

13.Don’t starve
yourself – If you let your body go into starvation mode your metabolism will
slow and losing weight will be harder.

14.Try and eat five to six small
meals – Doing this will keep your metabolism active.

15.Eat wholemeal
foods – This includes pasta, cereal and bread. These sorts of carbs will
keep you sustained for longer and contain less calories.

16.Go light –
Try eating light mayonnaise and salad dressings, every try low calorie bread an
cheese!

17.Bake or grill instead of fry – Usually fry those burgers or
bacon, grill it or bake in the oven, a much healthier option.

18.Track
your weightloss progress – Just trying to lose weight without monitoring
things like your start weight, current weight and goal weight will lead you to
just feeling hungry with no return.

19.Avoid very restrictive diets –
Don’t go on a diet that leaves you feeling hungry and craving foods because
you’ll just give in a binge. Go on a diet that allows you to eat some of the
foods you love in moderation.

20.Use a measuring tape – Just because
you aren’t losing the pounds doesn’t mean that you aren’t losing inches. Measure
your waist, hips and any other bits you want to lose on when you weight
yourself. Keep track of all of it.

Subject: Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 2 Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:38 am

21.Build healthy habits – Don’t
just eat loads of fruit, exercise and eat healthily when you are on a diet. Even
when you reach your goal weight keep these healthy habits to maintain that
weight.

22.Join online weight loss support forums – There are hundreds
of forums and communities online that will give you support, weight trackers and
dieting buddies to keep you motivated.

23.Read labels – Keep an eye on
your calorie, fat, protein and carb intake, especially if your diet restricts
one of those things. Note down what you eat, how much of it and the nutrition
content.

24.Tell people – If people know that you are on a diet then
they are less likely to suggest MacDonalds for lunch. Some may even give you
support, tips from their diets and will also notice
when you do lose weight.

25.Buy a Wii – Get a Wii, play Wii sports and
play Wii fit. These games are fun for all the family and certainly help you work
up a sweat.

26.Set realistic goals – A good amount it to lose 1-2lbs a
week, any more then you will start losing weight unhealthily, leading to a
weight rebound. Set a goal you can realistically achieve and you will feel so
brilliant when you reach it.

27.Take supplements – Often when you are
dieting you might miss out on essential nutrients that may help the weightloss
process, take a simple multi-vitamin once a day.

28.Create a motivation
sheet – Create in paint, on paper or in photoshop a sheet containing photos
of yourself you hate. Pictures of people you aspire to be like and statements
saying why you want to lose weight and what you will be able to do. Make it your
computer desktop.

29.Find your ideal weight – There are loads of
calculators online that will look at your height and build to determine your
idea weight.

30.Don’t ignore your BMI – This is your body mass index,
great for normal people who want to get to their ideal healthy weight. Less good
for body builders with loads and loads of heavy muscle. It takes your height and
weight into account; you need a BMI of around 25 to be healthy.

31.Don’t
eliminate the foods you love – Eliminating foods you love with cause you to
over eat when you can get to them. This will undo all your hard work. Treat
yourself but do it in moderation.

32.Find a diet buddy – Having
someone to talk to about your weight loss plight will help you to both keep on
track.

33.You aren’t in this alone – Finding others with a similar
amount to lose will help you keep on track. This is especially useful if the
people in your day to day life aren’t dieting, you can end up feeling
lonely.

34.Don’t keep junk food in the house – If there is junk food
in the house then it will be harder to restrain yourself.

35.Try something
new – If a friend asks you to go belly dancing then try it, it is a
brilliant way to lose weight. Doing new and exciting things will stop your
weight loss from becoming boring.

36.Set small goals – After setting
your goal weight set small goats, perhaps monthly. You’ll be so motivated at
hitting that small goal that you’ll be spurred on to get to the next
one.

37.Look at yourself in the mirror – Get a full length mirror and
look at yourself every so often in a variety of clothes, note how they fit, how
you are looking better and how you will look even better when you get to your
goal weight.

38.Create a look book – A look book is a series of
pictures of you in different outfits. Taking a photo every other day or so will
help you to keep track of how you are looking. You can then compare the old
photos and new and revel in the fact that you now look brilliant.

39.Start
a blog – Keeping a blog is a great way of writing down what you eat, how
much you are losing, what you are trying and even posting photos of yourself.
This can keep you motivated and on track by keeping the diet plan at the
forefront of your mind.

40.Muscle weighs more than fat – If you find
that one week you haven’t lost or have even gained then don’t forget that all
your exercise could be building muscle. Measure your waist, if you’ve lost
inches then great.

Subject: Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 3 Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:41 am

41.Drink water – If you feel hungry then drink a
glass of water, the brain sometimes struggles to tell the difference between
hunger and thirst.

42.Eat slowly – Easting slowly will give your brain
more time to adjust to the fact that you are getting full. If you wolf down a
meal very, very quickly then you will find that after you will feel bloated.
Only eat as much as you need to.

43.Cook with non stick pans – Doing
this means you won’t need to use the butter and oil to stop your food sticking
to the bottom of your pan.

44.Create a menu as a shopping list – If
you can plan exactly what you are eating on a day to day basis you won’t buy
food that you then feel the need to eat.

45.Satisfy your sweet tooth –
Don’t deny yourself sweet treats, have a small bar of chocolate just take its
calories into account. For a healthy sweet treat try microwaved apples with a
sprinkle of cinnamon.

46.Add apples into your diet – Apples are full
of fibre and can help to curb your appetite better than any food supplement.
Cheaper too.

47.Walk to work – If you don’t live too far from work
then walk or bike in, you will burn around 300 calories more than if you drove
for 15 minutes in rush hour traffic.

48.Never leave home hungry – Even
if you are going out for a meal you should have a small snack of fruit, this
will stop you from overeating when out.

49.Start saving for that new
outfit – Having money to buy your new size 12 jeans will keep you motivated
to get to that goal weight.

50.You don’t need to finish everything on your
plate – If you feel full stop eating.

51.Be smart then it comes to
Fastfood – When going out for fast food, be clever about what you eat. Stay
clear of the fried foods and huge portions, go for a small hamburger or baguette
with a diet soda.

52.Stay focused on being healthy not becoming thin –
If you obsess about your weight then you’ll never see a change. Focus on being
healthy and the weight loss will follow with out all the stress.

53.Start
on high calories – If you are calorie counting, find out what you need to
lose two pounds a week. Start as high as 1700 calories a day and when you start
to plateau you can drop it down to 1500, your body will also have time to adjust
and won’t think that you are trying to starve yourself.

54.Watch your
portion sizes – It is okay to treat yourself to steak and chips but have a
small grilled steak and a few chips, fill up on fresh veg and
water.

55.Don’t skip meals – People think that skipping a meal will
lead to less calories and therefore weight loss but you’ll find that your body
goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows down making it harder to
shift the calories when you next eat. If you find you aren’t hungry just have a
small, healthy snack such as a banana.

56.Buy new clothes – If you buy
new clothes when you’ve moved down a dress size or two then you can throw away
the old clothes. This means you will be less likely to go back to those old
sizes.

57.Don’t give up – You are bound to have bad days but get over
it and move on so you can continue with the diet and exercise the next
day.

58.Add a fruit or veg serving – If you add just one serving of
fruit or veg a day then you can slowly build this up to get your five a day
without a big diet change.

59.Have a salad for lunch – Doing this
means you can have a dessert with your dinner because you’ve saved up on
calories.

60.Do the housework – Doing work around the house or in the
garden can help you to move and work up a sweat, great exercise.

Subject: Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 4 Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:43 am

61.Stop
eating out – Of course don’t cut this out of your social life completely but
think about hosting a dinner party once in a while. It’ll be cheaper and you can
control the amount of calories you consume.

62.Take your kids out –
Running around with your kids in the park is great exercise, break out a
football

63.Don’t obsess – You can keep an eye on what you are eating
and how much you are exercising but don’t obsess, it will lead to stress and you
feeling miserable.

64.Limit your intake – If you have to give in to
that craving then limit how much you have, just one scoop of ice cream or two
segments of that chocolate bar.

65.How does your weight affect you life
– If you could get down to your goal weight what would you be able to do
that you can do now? Play with your kids, shop in your favourite clothes shop or
simply fit into that perfect wedding dress.

66.Don’t feel guilty – If
you get full and don’t eat all of your meal don’t feel pressured to finish it
just because it’ll be thrown away otherwise. Think about your waist
line.

67.Take time to cook a meal – When you are fussing more over a
meal then you will probably eat less when you come to meal time. Also moving
around and cooking will burn more calories than putting something in the oven
and leaving it.

68.Chew sugar free gum – This keeps your mouth busy so
you won’t be tempted, plus most foods will taste awful after all that minty
flavour.

69.Try out the clothes that are too small for you – You’ll
either find that they fit or that they don’t, if they don’t keep dieting and
exercising if they do then celebrate with more clothes in that size and move on
to your next goal.

70.If you feel the need to eat call a friend – This
will take your mind off what you wanted to eat and will give you something more
productive to do instead. If you can’t get hold of anyone go online and
chat.

71.Give yourself different reasons to lose weight – Of course
you want to lose weight to be happier, healthier and better looking but what
about losing weight so your trousers don’t wear out between your things or so no
one ever called you ‘that big girl,’ again.

72.Substitute – Swap
mayonnaise for mustard, start drinking semi-skimmed milk instead of full fat,
eat wholemeal pasta and brown rice as opposed to their plain
versions.

73.Keep reminding yourself – If you keep reminding yourself
that you need to lose weight then you won’t stray from the path. Have something
on your desktop reminding you of your goals, if you have an iPhone use an
application that tracks your weight, update your blog with everything you are
doing.

74.Flavour your own water – A lot of people don’t like the
taste of water and steer clear from it. Don’t do this, water is so, so good for
you, flavour it with a bit of lemon on lime.

75.Remember that being over
weight reduces the chance of getting pregnant – So if you are trying for
kids then try and shed some pounds!

76.Don’t crash diet – If you crash
diet and lose 10lbs in two weeks or something else ridiculous then you will have
a weight rebound which will put you right back to square one. Lose the weight
steadily and it’ll stay off.

77.Drink a glass of water before a meal –
This will make you feel fuller, stopping you from over eating.

78.Buy a
bottle of water – If you are in a shop about to buy a drink, opt for water
and nothing fizzy.

79.Eat Fresh fruit – Eat fruit instead of drinking
fruit juice, more or less the same flavour without the additives but with more
nutrition!

80.Try new vegetables – You may think that you aren’t a fan
of veg but there’s so much on offer try something new like asparagus or rocket
instead of peas and lettuce.

Subject: Tips and tricks for losing weight pt 5 Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:45 am

81.Drink black tea or coffee – Cutting
out the milk and sugar can cut out loads of calories, if you need your caffeine
fix then without milk or sugar these drinks have practically no
calories.

82.Chocolate is a luxury – Have chocolate and other sweet
fattening foods as a treat every so often and savour them as you have
them.

83.Embrace vegetarianism – Not every meal has to have meat in
it, try and put a few meatless dishes into your weekly menu.

84.Use
sweetener not sugar – You can’t taste the difference in tea or coffee and
certainly not on cereal so you’ll be cutting calories and not even
noticing!

85.Go easy on salt – There’s no need to put salt on a meal,
if you’ve cooked it properly it should taste just fine without adding the extra
salt at the table.

86.Boil your veg – Doing this is so much healthier
than baking them. If you can then even eat them raw all the nutrients get lost
upon cooking.

87.Reward yourself – If you see a change in your weight
or waist size don’t reward yourself with chocolate but buy yourself something
nice or go out with a friend.

88.Get it yourself – Instead of asking
your partner / child / housemate to get yourself something get up off the couch
and get it yourself.

89.Get up during the adverts – Get up, get a
glass of water, stretch, you don’t need to see the adverts, get moving
instead.

90.Exercise at your desk – Having a job where you are sitting
all day makes it difficult to burn calories, move as much as you can, stretch at
your desk, go for a walk around the office. Get up to speak to someone rather
than using the internal phone system.

91.Park a little way from your
destination and walk the rest of the way – If you have to drive for half an
hour to get to work then you can’t really attempt to walk it but you can drive
for twenty minutes then walk the rest of the way.

92.Run up the stairs
– Don’t move slowly up the stair case, try and run up as fast as you can or
take two at a time.

93.Go swimming – Swimming is a fun way of
exercising, especially if you have kids that you can play with. Although it is
best to do lengths messing around and playing can be very
beneficial.

94.Exercise during your morning routine – For example when
brushing your teeth don’t just stand there; lift yourself up on your toes,
stretch the back of your legs and down again. Do this until you are done
brushing.

95.Don’t slouch – Sit upright, tuck your tummy in and retain
good posture.

96.Stay Comfortable – Don’t over do it, if you find that
your exercise routine is making you ache and you are in pain and unable to move
then step it down a little. Do ten minutes less a day or take on a more sedate
kind of exercise. You need to be able to feel that it is working but don’t hurt
yourself.

97.Organise an exercise plan and stick to it – Set something
you can realistically stick to so you aren’t missing sessions. If you are new to
exercise try ten minutes a day to begin with and then build it up.

98.Go
over your food diary – Pinpoint where you’ve lost the most weight and if
you’ve put on anywhere, then try and work out why to improve your
diet.

99.Go to your Doctor – If your weight is wildly out of control
and you don’t think you can manage it with healthy eating and exercise then go
to your doctor they can advise on calorie intake, an exercise plan and maybe
even some pills.

100.Limit alcohol intake – Limit your intake to one
glass a day and be smart about it, clear spirits and dry white wine are the
healthiest options.

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