Sunday, January 24, 2010

Losing Weight And The New You!

By Casey Wigwire

How do you lose weight? How do you keep it off once you have done so? You need to know what is bad for you. You need to know what makes the body work. Only then can you have success in this area of your life. In a sense we are all different but in a sense we are all the same. A few simple rules will have your body speaking to you in ways it never has before. You can start being healthy by the very way you view your meals. Have a good breakfast. Have a good lunch and have a good dinner. Do not skip any of them. In fact have twice the meals. Cut back a little with each one and feel the body working for you all the time. Balance the calories and watch your blood sugar. Keep that body fueled.

Remember your father telling you to eat those vegetables and your mother telling you to try some fruit. As a kid you would pass on that at every corner. Now these two things can help you tremendously. They give you the feeling of being full with much less food being consumed. You get the energy you need to burn the fat right off your body. Don't forget the body needs those vitamins, cancer fighting antioxidants, fiber and minerals as well.

The best advice to healthy eating is to avoid food that is flat out bad for you. That means no more fast food places and that of which is processed. Those two things are the best ways to gain fat and gain it fast. Why not eat fresh all the time, or whenever you can. No reason to put back in what you are fighting to take out.

If you are going to make a full switch to a healthy diet of course sugar is an enemy as well. Ease it out of your coffee and stay away from soft drinks and chocolate bars. Too much sugar will make you feel sluggish and offset all the good that you are doing. Remember the body has a best friend and that best friend is water, not sugar. Get your six to eight glasses in each day and you will be just fine.

What about salt? You must have heard that salt is not the best for you either. Watch this like a hawk. Find another way to get the spice kick you need with basil, rosemary, ginger, pepper, nutmeg and/or garlic, to name but some. Watch the stomach line shrink and keep the cardiovascular system working efficiently to boot. Keep your eye off that salt shaker.

You know what to avoid. You know how many meals to have. Now you must show self control when consuming food at home and away. Remember the meals must be light. Avoid seconds and thirds. Take food home in a container if you must. Know your limit. Know when you are full and know when you are pushing it beyond. You will kill your energy and strain the body with an over load. Don't do it and you will not quit the healthy way of eating that you have started.

To complete the weight loss regime you need to add one more piece to the puzzle. Exercise of course. Be active instead of lying down all the time. Computers and television can suck your energy away. Make your body work to process the food you have consumed. Burn fat with activity and find a sport or a form of exercise you prefer. Jogging, swimming or running on machines, whatever you want to do. Just be active.

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