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Healthy weight loss is all about choosing the right diet, eating the right kinds of food to give your body the energy it requires and the nutrients it needs to function properly. By eating a properly balanced diet, you will lose weight, enjoy increased energy and a boosted immune system. Here are a few tips that can help you achieve healthy weight loss.
Do not dietYou should not "go" on a diet. Where are you going? Your daily consumption of food IS your diet. When you "go" on a diet, you are doing a fad diet. Fad diets are notorious for not working, or for helping you lose a few pounds fast and then gain back more than you lost. The only way to lose weight the healthy way and keep it off is to CHANGE your diet, ADAPT your diet to meet your caloric needs as you progress, and MAINTAIN your diet to lose or maintain your weight.
Do not skip mealsEating 5-6 small meals a day is ideal for your metabolism. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with small snacks in between is a good system, however, do not skip breakfast, lunch or dinner. This leads to overeating and other poor food choices, not to mention draining your body of energy and throwing a wrench in the works of your metabolism.
Cut back a little here and thereTry to find small ways to cut back on your calorie intake throughout the day. Add less sugar and creamer to your coffee, say no to the donut or birthday cake in the office, at lunch take your salad dressing on the side instead of drizzled all over the top, for an afternoon snack eat an apple or a pear instead of a bag of chips, and at dinner cut the carbohydrates and stick to a protein and two vegetables. If you drink just one soft drink less per day you can save yourself 15 pounds by the end of the year.
Follow the 50/50 rule when dining outWhen your food comes at the restaurant, immediately put half in a to-go box and eat the other half as your meal. Another trick is to split an appetizer and/or a main course with your dining partner instead of you each ordering a main course. Avoid the bread and chip baskets they bring out as appetizers at all costs.
