Three Essential Tips for Successful Weight Loss!

Dieting is not easy. If it were, we would probably all be thin.
Since we are not, here are three essential tips that successful
people use to lose weight so that others can benefit, too.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 1: Drink 8-10 Glasses of Water – Daily!

Okay, for many people this is a big problem. Water doesn’t taste
all that great generally because water doesn’t really “taste”
like anything. Drinking water 8 to 10 times each day gets easier
the more you actually do it. It is simply a matter of
conditioning your taste buds, and yourself, so that it becomes
easier to do. Once you get started, you will begin to crave
water.

To begin with, you should drink a glass of water in the morning
first thing, before you eat. This is probably the easiest glass
you will drink all day and it will help you remember to drink
water all day long. Better yet, why not drink two glasses?

If you really cannot bear the taste of water, try using water
purifying pitcher or filter. You can also add a few drops of
lemon or lime to your water – but no sugar or sweetener! Ice
also helps.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 2: Don’t Skip Breakfast!

If you need to go to bed a little earlier so that you can get up
20 minutes earlier each morning – do it! Breakfast is so
important to your good health and to weight control. According
to Dr. Barbara Rolls a professor of nutrition at Penn State
University, “Your metabolism slows while you sleep, and it
doesn’t rev back up until you eat again.”

Eating breakfast is not only good for overall weight loss; it
will help you stay on track with your diet the rest of the day.
You are more likely to binge on something sweet and in the
“bread” group if you skip breakfast.

You can always keep a couple of hard-boiled eggs in the fridge
or some high-fiber, low starch fruit around. If you plan to eat
fruit at all during the day, breakfast is the perfect time to do
it.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 3: Eat At Least Three Good Meals Per Day!

This can be one of the hardest adjustments to make. After all,
you are busy! You already have a “full-plate”. When do you have
time to worry about filling your plate with more frequent meals?

Just like eating breakfast will increase your metabolism, so
will eating more often. This will also help you curb your
bad-carb intake by making sure that your snacks are planned and
occur regularly throughout the day.

Really, it will just take a minimal investment of planning time
at the grocery store and at home each morning before you head
out for the day to make some healthy food choices and prepare a
few healthy snacks and meals. For suggestions, just see the
handy list of snacks and appetizers listed later.

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