100 Weight Loss Tips (Part 2 of 2)

     Here are 51-100 weight loss tips.......

51) Put an article of clothing in view. Take an old or smaller size piece of clothing and put it where you will see it daily as a reminder of the size you want to be.

52) Tape a skinny body picture to your fridge. This can help remind you of the size you want to be to help keep you on track.

53) Take high quality supplements. Don't just buy any type of supplements over the counter. Our food supply does not have the nutritional content that our bodies need to be able to properly function and maintain an optimal healthy body that it once did.

54) Learn how to cook healthy. Take a cooking class and learn how to cook healthier.

55) Take a nutritional class. Learn which foods are healthier, are low glycemic, what vitamins each have....etc.

56) Go to bed early. If you are getting hungry late at night, go to bed early to avoid the temptation.

57) Do not eat before bedtime. Eating late at night before bedtime can start to pack on the pounds over time.

58) Plan a vacation. Buy a vacation package where you can expect to wear a bikini. This can be your present to yourself for meeting your goal weight. If you hit your goal in the winter time, stay at a hotel with an indoor pool.

59) Take notes on how you feel after eating. Do this to see if a particular food makes you tired, hungrier....etc.

60) Learn to listen to your body. Your body will tell you when it is hungry, when it is tired...etc.

61) Don't take weight loss pills. Many are dangerous and can cause health problems.

62) Rid yourself of unhealthy cravings. By changing over to eating healthy food, you will be able to eliminate your unhealthy cravings.

63) Eat bold, more flavorable foods. Losing weight doesn't have to mean eating bland foods.

64) Don't eat at buffets!! Your eyes will be bigger than your stomach and then you will hate yourself afterwards.

65) Don't make excuses. Don't play mind games with yourself that you can cheat today while at a friend's party and then start your diet back the next day.

66) Improve your health. This is wonderful incentive to get you to want to get those extra pounds off. If you can lose the additional weight, then you can change your overall health. A lot of symptoms, illness and diseases are related to being overweight.

67) It is cheaper to be healthy. Ask anyone that has had a heart attack or stroke due to being overweight.

68) Eliminate white from your diet. Don't eat flour, white rice, white potatoes...etc.

69) Your kids will be healthier. Letting your kids see how you eat, only teaches them to eat healthy too. This could even be a good way to get picky eaters to try new things.

70) Don't supersize meals. This will only help to supersize your waist.

71) Make your plate colorful. Chose a lot of colorful vegetables at each meal.

72) Eat more vegetables. Start with eating your vegetables first at each meal.

73) Don't drink your calories. Get your calories from your food, not your drinks.

74) Pack your lunch to work. Stay away from eating out as much as possible. Bring left over's from home for your lunch.

75) Don't eat out. Learn to cook healthy and eat at home, instead of going out to eat as much as possible.

76) Juice your vegetables. Juice vegetables instead of drinking a V-8.

77) Make the switch to sweet potatoes. White potatoes will turn to starch and raise your blood sugar levels, sweet potatoes won't do this.

78) Drink water first. Anytime you get hungry, drink a glass of water first. It may be that you are thirsty instead of hungry. Too, it could hold you over till the next meal instead of having to have a snack.

79) Don't snack between meals. If you have to have something, eat something small and try raw vegetables.

80) Get rid of all junk food. Clean out the pantry and cabinets. If you see it, you will want it.

81) Don't eat candy or gum. Your body will burn sugar before it will burn fat, so don't be tempted; don't have it handy or laying around.

82) Get rid of all sweets. Again, clean out the pantry and cabinets.

83) No sugar will diminish cravings. If you can go for 2 weeks without sweets//sugar, you will get rid of your 'sweet tooth" cravings.

84) Eat balanced meals. Make sure you are eating enough vegetables, fruits, protein and good carbs daily.

85) Eat organic. Organic produce doesn't have any pesticides or herbicides but they are still picked green; which is where some of the nutrients and nutritional value is lost.

86) Don't eat ready-to-eat meals.

87) Don't eat pre-packaged meals.

88) Eat meat with no hormones, steroids, antibiotics...etc. Don't add these toxins to your body.

89) Make your family and friends aware. You need all the support you can get, so make sure your biggest supporters know of your weight loss plans.

90) Change your hangouts. Alcoholics should not hang out at bars, no more than someone who needs to lose weight should hang out where there is a lot of food around.

91) Avoid trans fat. It is found in many foods, so read the labels. This is the unhealthy fat that causes health problems.

92) Avoid high fructose corn syrup. This is asking for a health disaster.

93) Men lose faster than women. In case your weight loss partner is the opposite sex.

94) Muscle weights more than fat. If you start exercising just know that the scales might not go down as fast if you are building muscle.

95) Adjust you calorie intake. As you start to lose weight and get smaller, you won't need as many calories to maintain weight loss, so adjust your daily calorie intake as needed.

96) Watch the pasta. Consider wheat pasta.

97) Don't be a 100 calorie sucker. There are several types of snack foods that are now available in 100 calorie individual snack size packs; do not fall for this; these snacks for are not good for you.

98) Avoid surgery like the plague. Obese people may opt for the surgery for a fast solution, but it is not a solution when your eating habits haven't changed and you later begin to gain weight all over again. Don't look for the easy way out.

99) Don't fall the FAD diets. One diet does not fit all and most will not target changing your unhealthy cravings.

100) No salt. Don't add salt to your food. Learn what each food should taste like naturally. Salt retains water//fluid on your body. Salt is also known to cause high blood pressure.

Angela

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