20 tips for permanent weight loss (1-5)
May 01, 2007 by Renee @ 09:19 AM
Let's kick off the month of May with weight loss tips to get your body headed in the right directon for summer.
To start, here are 20 ideas to reinforce your healthy lifestyle and to keep you committed to permanent weight loss:
- Exercise 30 to 60 minutes each day. If time is limited, exercise for several brief periods throughout the day — for example, three 10-minute sessions rather than one 30-minute session.
- Eat three healthy meals during the day, including a good breakfast. Skipping meals causes increased hunger and may lead to excessive snacking.
- Focus on fruits and vegetables. Top off your morning cereal with sliced strawberries or bananas. Stir berries or peaches in yogurt or cottage cheese. Liven up your sandwiches with vegetables, such as tomato, lettuce, onion, peppers and cucumber.
- Weigh yourself regularly. Monitoring your weight can tell you whether your efforts are working and can help you detect small weight gains before they become even larger.
- Don't keep comfort foods in the house. If you tend to eat high-fat, high-calorie foods when you're upset or depressed or bored, don't keep them around. Availability of food is one of the strongest factors in determining how much a person eats.
Tomorrow: Tips 6-10
Do you do any of these 5 tips?
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05.01.07 | jodi commented: let's see... i exercise 6x a week (check), always eat 3 meals a day (check), eat more fruits/veggies (check), and weigh myself once a week (check)... i don't keep a lot of comfort foods in the house but i do have snacky type stuff - popcorn, pretzels, crackers, etc... i'm not a huge chocolate person so i'm lucky... 
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When I am doing what I need to...I do all of those things and when I am stumbling, I tend to do none.
I can remember in HS...when I was probably my unhealthiest. I never EVER ate breakfast. I considered it the calorie game and didn't want to eat any in the mornin'. Oh if only I knew then what I know now. Now, I am a constant breakfast eater. It's made such a difference.
I'm a vegetarian...so for the fruits and veggies. Done and done.
With the weighing...I weigh myself, but only track it at least once a week. If I track it all the time, I get overwhelmed by the ups and downs. But when I am slipping...suddenly my scale gets dusty.
I agree 200% about the comfort foods. I am an emotional eater...and so I don't have them around. So if I am going to emotionally eat, I don't have my staples to do it with.
Thanks for the tips...can't wait for tomorrow's 5!