10 tips on how to lose weight healthily

1. Stop all negative thinking about your figure. Instead look forward to your ideal figure, and imagine how good you will feel in your desired clothes size.
2. Stick to your goal to lose weight. Lose weight daily in a sensible manner so that you don’t give up.
3. Don’t go hungry any more or skip meals. If you starve yourself or skip meals you then deplete your body of valuable nutrients. Your body will go into an ‘emergency’ state, i.e. it will store unhealthy fat deposits which are kept as a reserve for the next time you diet.
4. Learn that the best way to lose weight is when you’ve eaten enough.
5. Throw away your calorie charts. When you are cutting down calories, in the short-term your weight will be reduced. However, your body becomes accustomed to calorie-saving and will slow down its metabolism. When you start to eat normally again after dieting the extra calories that you will be eating will be stored as fat deposits for your next diet, therefore, your weight will increase quickly (known as the Yoyo effect). Learn to eat the right foods.
6. You won’t slim by only lowering fat in the diet. The ‘No-Fat’ craze has run in the US and Europe for decades. In spite of it those who do not eat any fat in their diet do not get slimmer. Their motto is to prohibit fat and allow carbohydrates (rice, potatoes, pasta and bread). This means that the body takes all excessive carbohydrates and transforms them into cells of fat (visible as ‘spare tyres’) so a fat person will stay fat. Learn how to choose which fats you need to keep slim.
7. Don’t rely on your bathroom scales for weight control. It will weigh everything in your body: water, fat and muscles. If you want to know how much actual fat you have lost you will need a good quality body fat monitor (which measures Body Mass Index, BMI).
8. You won’t lose weight by taking slimming pills or appetite suppressants. Dehydrating, laxative and appetite suppressing pills often have negative side effects. They may lead to a loss of nutrients in the body. Long-term stabilisation of your weight can only be achieved by a sensible eating attitude.
9. Don’t overdo sports to gain control of your weight. Taking part in an irregular or strenuous sport is not suitable for reducing fat. You will only burn carbohydrates to gain energy quickly. Instead, maintain your body during weight loss with an effective aerobic training programme. A daily moderate routine of 10-15 minutes will supply the cells of your body with oxygen, and you can maintain fat-burning and reconstruction of muscle mass from home with simple methods.
10. Don’t eat the wrong foods while you slim. We eat too many convenience foods, and those that are heavily processed and conserved. These barely contain vital substances and make you fat. Switch over to healthier nourishment by using the Glycemic Index method (with “good” carbohydrates”, “good” fats and “good” protein).

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