#20 – Get Off Your Butt

You've got to get up get active. Period. The key is to stay with it and you will see results. When you move, you burn calories. When you sit, sleep, vegetate, you burn nothing. The average person can burn 100 calorie walking a mile.

Being active doesn't have to include sweat inducing push ups if you hate them, just pick something YOU like to do, not the latest trend or what everyone else is doing. Burn you calories dancing for 30 minutes, or playing relay racing with your kiddies. Go for a bike ride outdoors or just march in place inside.

#19 - Write it Down

Food diaries are important. Most people have no idea how many calories they consumed for they till they see it all totaled up at the end of the day. There are numerous free sites you can use to track your food intake. I personally use fitday.com. On average people underestimate their caloric by 400 calories which is almost 1lb a week.

#18 - Get Your Head in the Game

When it comes to losing weight, people first think of the obvious, diet and exercise. For some it's the emotional issues that'll be hard to change. Think about getting some form of therapy as studies have found therapy alone sometimes is enough to lose weight without dieting.

#17 - Spray Yourself Slim

Hrrrm…doubtful this'll work on the melanin rich segment of our society, like me however, a spray on tan can make you feel 10lbs slimmer. How so? It hides cellulite and brings out muscle tone.

#16 - Shop Smart, Shop Healthy

Here's how you can shop like a pro: Trade in your whole milk for skim milk, choose the whole wheat bread that says 100% whole wheat and get a high fiber count, like 4 grams per slice. Don't shop while hungry and shop the perimeter of the store to get produce, dairy, lean protein. The interior of the store is where you'll find mostly processed foods. I wonder when the supermarkets will learn that we know that trick and flip it around to put all the dairy and fruits inside and force you to walk the perimeter past all the ho-ho's and Oreos.