To be able to lose weight and get healthy, you have to use a diet plan that you will stay on. It should not be a crash diet either that you barely stay on for a few weeks and then give up on it; it has to be done as a change in your lifestyle. The changes you make have to be sensible ones that you can keep doing. This is why doing just small changes with your eating along with your habits on exercise will go a long way in helping you lose some weight. Many times the slightest of changes make a big difference.
Look at the eating habits you have now and see which ones you can change. Do you have to have that candy bar for afternoon break? Or is your bad habit potato chips instead? Decide what you can easily forego or replace with better food choices that are healthier.
You will see as you read on some habits you could think of changing. The real secret is to break a bad habit by replacing it with a good one. This change should be made for the long haul. Just ask yourself if you can keep doing the change from now on.
Do you eat out everyday for lunch? Start to bring your lunch to work at least 4 days a week Even stopping by McDonald’s twice a week can have a big impact on your diet. When you cook at home, you know what’s going into your food.
When you are quenching your thirst you need to select beverages with no calories such as tea, diet soft drinks, or water. If you do drink a beverage with calories it should be nutritious. Soda and alcohol have calories that are not nutritious in nature.
Are there times in your day where you must eat that snack? Then have plenty of snacks that are low in calories on hand. Rid yourself of the sugary and high carbohydrate snacks.
Maybe your hardest time of day is when you sit down to have a big meal. While you’re cooking, eat a healthy snack – like a piece of fruit or a few low calorie crackers. Cook only what you will eat (no leftovers). If you make more than you’re supposed to eat, serve from the stove, and put leftovers away before you sit down to eat. In other words, do not have extra food sitting in front of you on the table. Do you know that a meat serving should be only as big as a deck of cards?
Exercise needs to be included in each day of your life. When you park the car to go shopping do it at the other end of the parking lot from whichever store you are going in. Make a plan with this too and do it each time you go to the store even in the colder months! (You burn more calories with it cold.) Use the stairs in place of an escalator or elevator. Play games of tag with your children. Take the dog for a brisk walk at least once a day. Can you set some time aside each day for exercising? Look closely at your daily regimen and plan one that you know you will follow. You will be more likely to continue doing when you like doing it.
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