Top 10 Weight Loss Tricks!

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I love the website WebMD.com! One because it’s run by medical professionals and two because you never see unrealistic weight loss advice or quick fix diets on the site. It’s one of my top bookmarked sites for a fitness and health resource. Well WebMD recently posted an article about the Top 10 Diet Tips Now when I say “diet” I don’t mean starving yourself – that’s the last thing I would ever recommend to clients. It’s not only dangerous to your health, it slows down your metabolism and once you resume eating like you normally would (which you most definitely will) you will just gain all the weight back you lost anyhow. WebMD has the same view about weight loss that I do – it takes work and it takes time. I always tell clients don’t adopt any eating plan or workout regime that you can’t see yourself adopting as a habit for the rest of your life. So choose foods and workouts you enjoy. We have to get over the idea that we workout to lose weight, and start adopting the idea that we workout to be healthy – then everything will fall into place, including the body fat reduction. So this is what I’ve done, I’ve taken WebMD’s Top 15 Diet Tips…and gave them my own little Anna twist…here goes:

1. Drink plenty of water – Eight to 10 glasses a day. What? You don’t like water? Then add lemon or citrus slices or frozen berries (with no sugar) to a pitcher of water and let sit to enjoy natural sweetness.
2. Are you really hungry? Or are you thirsty, stressed, emotional – start asking yourself why you’re eating – if you’re hungry eat but chances are when you have an urge to binge you’re eating for all the wrong reasons.
3. If you getting hungry after 6pm chose a light snack – apple slices or low fat cereal with low fat milk.
4. Enjoy your favorite foods – just make it in moderation (a few times per week).
5. Ban sweets and junk food in your kitchen cupboards…you’ll do your family a favor as well.
6. Eat small meals instead of large ones – graze on healthy foods 5 to 6 times a day.
7. Spice up your meals – by banning salt and butter and substituting for exotics like curry, cumin, dill, basil and garlic (most spices have 0 calories and 0 fats)!
8. Prepare foods for the week for your lunches – put raw veggies, fruits, healthy leftovers in small containers in your fridge/freezer.
9. Double the vegetables instead of the rice, potato or pasta in your meals.
10. Try to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity in every day – even if it’s just walking.

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