With thousands of diets, all with different rules, and conflicting advice on the best way to lose weight, it’s hard to know what works and what doesn’t. So regardless of the diet you’re trying, try these ten rules I follow and you’re sure to see the pounds fall off!
1. Choose low fat foods …
Do your weekly shop online, and look up the fat content of what you are buying. If there are no fatty foods in the house, you won’t be able to eat them. I so cut back on cookies and chocolates after I stopped bringing this stuff home!
2. Pick healthy snacks …
Swap your chocolate bar and crisps for fruit, cheese sticks, and nuts, and you’ll notice the difference within days. I now take a sliced apple with me every day and whenever I feel hungry I no longer run for a candy bar!
3. Stand up for 10 minutes in every hour …
Standing boosts your metabolism, so you’ll digest your food much faster. If you have a chance to walk around the room or even dance for 10 minutes, it’s even better!
4. Check that you are getting your 5 a day …
Fruit and vegetables are often very filling, but low calorie, and so they will make sure you get to eat enough but without going over your recommended daily amount! Grapes, bananas, apples, oranges are my favorite and they are easy to take whenever you go too.
5. Give yourself a medium portion, and skip seconds …
It’s too easy to start with a small portion and pick at some more later, justifying it by how little you had earlier. Instead, eat a medium amount, and then stop.
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This is a great post…and I def need to start sticking to most of these like bringing cookies into the house and what time I eat…like while watching tv or late at night before bed! I try to check labels…esp to make sure whats in it and to see the calories!
Thanks for this tips and the most important thing is to eat the right food..
hi how r u. and who is this by the way
Another tip: Eat slow or eat with a talkative friend. The slower you eat, the faster you fill up. Stomach to brain signals are slow…. Also, if you are talking while you are eating, you will feel fuller faster as well…
Tips from a 55 year old who has maintained the weight she had in 7th grade…
Low or non fat everything.
Nonfat salad dressing is God’s gift to us !
Drink a glass of water before eating anything.
Brush your teeth when you feel like a snack.
Never eat past 6:00 P.M.
Exercise everyday. Walking WILL decrease your appetite.
Aerobics are great but weights are better for toning. The best is the two combined.
Never assume your age will prevent you from doing the same exercise you did decades ago. Youth can be preserved with real exercise and a low, low fat diet.
i haven’t start yet but i will the rules look so familiar to me.
Iam now 41 of age. My height is 5′6. Weight 115kg. I can not do hard exercise couze i have injured my back 8 yrs ago. What should do so that i can reduce my weight & my fat shape.
So within the last 5 months or so I have put on about 30 pounds mostly on my gut and mid-section. About six or seven years ago, however I had lost quite a bit of weight like 70 pounds. Of course this was over a period of time, none the less, I have excessive droopy skin that I have been told I can never get rid of. I have learned to deal/live with it except for the area below my “pouch”. It still really bothers me and seriously effects me and my sex life. I could really use some advice.
I M SANAM MY HGT IS 5.4 BUT MY WGT IS 80 AND I M ONLY 18 YEARS OLD GIVE ME SOME TIPS SO THAT I CAN REDUCE I WANT TO LOSE 30 KG ,I EAT LESS AND I ALSO DRINK HOT WATER EVEYDAY REGULARLY,PLZZZZZZZ TELL ME HOW CAN I REDUCE MY WGT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ,I SLEEP TOOMUCH.
I am 12 and i weigh 113 pounds and i need to loose some weight fast to look good in a bathingsuit and hopfully this will help.
am 5.1.am 65 kg..n
am 48.PLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
help to reduce weight..Angel.thx
You need to add “starvation”
Starving will never work…
umm…i dont know what to do…im 15 and 6ft1
i play volleyball everyday for 2 hours….
i weigh about 200 pounds…im really about 37% fat
i dont know how else to lose weight…PEASE HELP ME!!!
my weight 85 pound . send me some 15 rules to reduce weight
i’m 14 and weigh 120 pounds. my friends are convinced i’m skinny, but i personally feel really insecure. i have a bit of a fat stomach, but i make it alot worse because of my terrible posture. i’v always been alot taller then my friends so i started to hunch over, when i tried to stand straight i lust bent out too much. any tips on the fastest healthiest way to lose weight? or on how to fix my posture?
thanks alot
Hi, this is preeti. i am 23 years old and 62 kg. I just want to reduce it 7-8 kg. Can you plzzzzzz suggest me.
Hoping you for prompt & positive reply
Thanks
Hi Preeti Gupta,
7-9 kgs is very little weight, so you’ll be able to shed it off in a matter of weeks! Please read these tips from: 7 Fastest Ways to Lose Weight …
And you’ll find all the info you need for your successful diet! :)
Good luck!
i am a professional dancers… i excercise 6 days out of the week… i eat about 2x’s a day… about a year and a half ago i injured my knee and stopped dancing for about a year… i got back to my routine… watch what i eat to loose the weight. i want to get back to weighing 115 lbs… but i cant seem to lose the weight… what should i do????
Stepha,
Why don’t you try something a little less intense. Maybe yoga. If you think you’re up to it maybe power yoga? Needless to say, only practise it under supervision. You want to make sure you use yoga to strengthen your knees not hurt them more.
I’m 22 year old female. 5″4 and I weigh 160 pounds! :-S I have been trying to lose weight badly for too long now and nothing is working. I try to speed walk/run for about 30-35 minutes atleast 2-3 or more times a week and also some basic crunches and stretches, what else can I do? I want to lose atleast 20 pounds. My belly is the worse, my legs are super strong and tone fast.