Use A Simple Weight Loss Plan To Lose Weight

According to a woman I spoke to recently, the way she lost weight was very simple. She ate less and moved more. I thought she had summed up the whole weight loss idea in a nutshell. The way she put it, it sounded simple and easy. I thought she was lucky to find a simple weight loss program that worked. If it worked for her than it should work for the rest of us.

We need to find a simple way to lose weight. We have to find something we can do and keep doing. It is easy to think we have to take on a complicated diet to be successful. Sometimes we just do not want to get our heads around the rules - we can eat this; we cannot eat that; we have to exercise for 30 minutes a day; we have to do certain types of exercise. It makes sense to start with a simple, common sense way to control our weight. We know we have to eat less, so we can start with that.

Use some of the proven strategies to eat less

*Use smaller plates - entrée plates instead of dinner plates

*Do not have seconds

*Do not load up your plate

*Ask for, or serve yourself, smaller portions

*Start saying "no" to your appetite - do not have that extra slice of bread or that extra potato.

*Drink a glass or two of water before every meal to help fill your stomach. Drink water during the meal to fill your stomach and to aid digestion

*When you are hungry have healthy snacks of fruit or nuts

*Eat slowly so your brain will know your appetite is satisfied - your brain needs about 20 minutes to catch up. If you eat too quickly, your brain does not catch up and thinks you need more food

Think of ways you can move mor:

*Watching TV: get up and move around during the advertisements

*In the Office: look for reasons to move. Stand at your desk for a few minutes. Look for jobs you can do on your feet. Go for a drink of water

*At home: take a positive attitude towards your chores - the ironing, cleaning and bed-making are all physical activities

Use a positive attitude to help you move more. Instead of seeing the physical tasks you have to do as a being nuisance and annoying, welcome them as opportunities to move more. Movement uses energy - using energy uses calories, using calories loses weight.

A man I know started his first job in a tyre distribution outlet, which meant handling heavy tyres most of the day. At first he resented the fact he had to work so hard but then he decided to use the opportunity to build and strengthen his body. He was playing amateur football at the time and needed to work on his body anyway. By changing his attitude he found he looked forward to work. There is no reason why we cannot think in the same positive terms. We can feel good about what we need to do to achieve what we want.

I like the simple weight loss plan of eating less and moving more. I think it is worth putting it into practice. It works for others so it should work for you.

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