8 Helpful Tips For Successful Weight Loss

Jose Bardelas Tips For Successful Weight Loss By Kimberly Sweigman

Losing weight is a hard task; especially during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. With the New Year swiftly approaching, many people begin to feverishly search for a weight loss plan to help them shed those unwanted holiday pounds. Wouldn’t it be great to come up with a permanent weight loss plan? Wouldn’t it be great to incorporate a weight loss plan for life? Here are some tips/ideas that can help you achieve permanent weight loss.

1. Eat 5-6 small meals regularly. By splitting each meal into 300-350 calorie segments, five to six times a day, you stay fuller longer. You also ensure that your metabolism keeps burning. Small meals also keep your blood sugar levels stable. Make sure your diet is made up of 40% carbohydrates, 30% proteins, and 30% fats.

2. Drink plenty of fluids (preferably water) daily. As a rule, to determine how many fluid ounces of water a day you should drink, follow this simple formula. Take your weight in pounds and divide it by two. This is the amount of fluid ounces of water you will need daily. So, lets say you weigh 180 pounds. Divide this by two. Following this formula you would need to drink 90 ounces of water everyday. Staying properly hydrated keeps your body working efficiently. It also prevents water retention/bloating. Remember that coffee, teas, and fruit juices contain additional calories. If you drink them as part of your daily fluid requirements, make sure to include these calories in your overall daily calorie count.

3. Drink a cup of water before each meal. This will help you feel fuller sooner; thus you will eat less at each sitting.

4. Cut your meal portions in half. An easy way to do this is to eat on a smaller plate. Do not eat on a regular dinner plate anymore. If you continue to eat on a dinner plate, psychologically you will feel as though you are depriving yourself when you see how little food is on your plate. But if you eat on a smaller plate, the smaller portions will look like a full plate of food. Don’t cheat though! Don’t pile your small plate mile high with food!

5. Don’t go back for seconds. (If you are following the above recommendations you won’t even have room for seconds!) After you’ve finished all the food on your smaller plate, get up from the table. Busy yourself with cleaning the kitchen or some other task. If after 15-20 minutes you still feel hungry then have a small snack.

6. Meal plan. Plan your 5-6 meals the night before. Overeating is often a result of no planning and getting caught unprepared. When it is mealtime and you are ready to eat, it is easy to just grab anything that is available (no matter if it is healthy or not). You stay more in control if you plan your meals beforehand.

7. Record your food activity and meal plans in a food journal. When inputting data include the times that you ate, the amount, location and emotion that you felt at the time. At the end of the day, review your journal. See if you can identify any patterns that have developed. For example, do you find that you are eating a snack every night at 9PM because you are bored? Determine if the patterns are helping or harming your weight loss efforts. Make changes accordingly.

8. Weigh and take your measurements only once a week. Weight can fluctuate daily and can cause discouragement if highs and lows are seen from day to day. Measure and weigh yourself at the same time of the day from week to week.

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