subject: Three Tips To Help You Lose Weight Fast [print this page] Everyone who is overweight wants to start their diet by losing weight quickly. Of course, the secret to permanent weight loss is to find a healthy diet and lifestyle that you can stick to, not a complicated fad diet that will lose you weight only for you to pile all those pounds straight back on as soon as you come off the diet.
To help you start losing weight quickly and safely here are three tips to get you started.
Eat a Good Breakfast
It's tempting to cut out breakfast, thinking that missing a meal is bound to help you lose weight. I know, I've done it myself and I'm sure we all have.
In fact, all nutritionists agree that cutting out breakfast is more likely to make you put on weight than lose it. Think of how many overweight people you know who are busy parents and think they don't have time for breakfast between getting the kids ready for school and getting ready for work. But they're still overweight, aren't they?
A good breakfast of whole grain cereal, porridge and/or fruit will give you energy for the morning and stop you eating all those biscuits the minute you arrive at work.
Eat Little and Often
I know you've heard that before, but it's true - it really does help you eat less. By eating more often you keep the hunger pangs at bay, so you are more likely to eat only what you need rather than over eating because you were hungry and your brain didn't get the right message about when to stop.
Buy a range of fruit to eat as snacks. Don't just stick to apples and oranges - be adventurous. Take a look at the range of fruit on offer and try something new. Eat a piece of fruit mid morning and again mid afternoon.
If you are at home, why not start the day by making a fruit salad and keeping it in the fridge. When you are tempted to snack, put a few spoonfuls in a bowl and eat it. Delicious and healthy too.
Junk the Junk
Junk food manufacturers know how to make you crave their products and fill them with artificial chemicals that will make your body crave more. But we all know that too much junk food is bad for us. It's high in fat and high in calories.
Many people use the excuse that junk food is "fast" food and they don't have time to cook healthily. Or claim that junk food is cheap and they can't afford to cook healthily. Both of these are erroneous claims, made to make the overweight, junk food addict feel better about themselves.
There are loads of books and internet sites out there that will give you healthy, low cost, easy to prepare meals that will satisfy the whole family - and help you lose weight.
