12 Weight Loss Tips To Promote Your Health

     12 Weight Loss Tips To Promote Your Health

1. Start with a goal. Determine what you feel would be your ideal weight. Now set a goal, writing it down plain to see. Write out a plan figure an average of 1 ?3 pounds per week. Set the date. Healthy body fat percentages are around 16% for females and 9% for males.

2. Always eat breakfast. Many people skip breakfast, others eat crap for breakfast. Try slowly bringing in your favorite foods for breakfast. If you are not eating breakfast now, make it a priority, it takes about 3 weeks to get used to a new habit. After that point, you will look forward to eating breakfast. For real weight loss; make breakfast your largest meal of the day. This will take cause your body to boost its metabolism early in the day so you can start burning those fat cells. Then make a point to eat less in the evening when your metabolism slows down. Larger meals eaten later in the day are more likely to be stored as fat due to your body抯 slower metabolic rate.

3. Chew your food slowly and more times. This will cause you to eat less and make you feel full faster. Stop eating when you feel comfortable, never stuff yourself

4. Don抰 clean your plate. Make it a point to always, no matter what to leave some food on your plate. This will definitely make a difference.

5. Eat small meals more often. Four to six small meals per day is your healthy regimen. This will stimulate an increase in your body抯 metabolism, and maintain your blood glucose levels, creating consistent energy levels, and even reduce hunger pangs.

6. Remove white sugar from your diet. Sugar hampers your body抯 immune system, and is directly linked to fat gain. Refined white sugar has no nutritional value.

7. Remove white flour from your diet. Bleached white flour has been stripped of its nutritional value and all that is left is a paste that can clog up your colon and restrict nutrients from being absorbed.

8. Lose pounds slowly. 1 to 3 pounds per week should be your limit. Losing weight faster usually means a loss of water and muscle tissue. With water weight loss and muscle weight loss typically always comes back.

9. The Right Kind of Exercise will stimulate an increase in your metabolism long after the activity is completed. The wrong exercise will cause you to actually store more fat. Participate in high metabolism exercise and avoid the aerobic craze.

10. Eat more fiber. Increasing your fiber intake will aids in the regulation of your gastrointestinal system. Fiber also binds with fat, so less gets absorbed into your body. Great sources are raw fruits, seeds, nuts and vegetables, oatmeal.

11. Eliminating junk food. This should not be a surprise to anyone. Junk food creates nutrient deficiencies, which increases your body抯 cravings for more food causing you to overeat.

12. Drink at least 64 ounces of water every day. Thirst is not a good gauge of your body抯 need for water. It is the last sign before dehydration. Drinking water will satisfy you and help you eat less. Your body is over 80% water; it helps detoxify your body and is used in virtually every chemical reaction inside of your body.

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