Losing weight is not only about how many calories you burn, but also what you are actually eating. Many people complain about not losing weight when they are working out. This is most often due to the fact that they are not eating properly. Without a properly balanced diet, losing weight is an uphill battle. It will do you no good to exercise everyday, and then eat cheeseburgers and full fat milkshakes! You will be canceling all your efforts in the gym if you are not eating correctly.

The intake of the appropriate foods plays a larger role in weight loss than most people realise. Therefore you need to plan your diet well. Also you will want to eat a variety of foods to keep yourself from becoming bored with your new diet. Eating appropriately will also give you the energy that you need to workout effectively.

Ideally, you should plan to eat small meals every 2-3 hours throughout the day. Some people will eat 4 times per day and some will eat 5-6 times per day. How many times per day you eat is up to you, but it is proven that multiple small meals spread throughout the day is far more effective for weight loss than the old standard of 3 meals per day.

Eating right during the holidays is tough for many of us. There are many appetising foods rich in sugar, excess fat, and carbohydrates. It is essentially part of almost every holiday to eat, drink, and be merry. This causes us to over indulge in foods that are not good for us. We have a tendency to eat even when we are not hungry.

The habits that we develop over the holiday season are hard to shed once the holidays are over. This is why the period between Christmas and New Years is so tough on someone trying to lose weight. It is also the reason why early in the New Years so many people struggle to get the weight off. If you develop good eating habits before the holidays and use determination, focus, and persistence you can avoid bad eating habits and picking up excess weight.

Following good eating practices can help you to continue eating right. Be consistent in your food consumption. Eat at the same times daily. This will help your body adapt to a routine, and help you to control your hunger. Eat in a relaxing setting and don’t eat while doing something else such as watching the television or reading a book. Focus your attention on what you are eating. Learn to eat for energy and not so much for taste. You can actually retrain your taste buds in a matter of weeks so that your body will become accustomed to not eating foods high in fats, sugars, and salts.

By changing bad eating habits over a period of time to a healthy, balanced diet which supplies you with sufficient energy to exercise daily, you will soon start to feel good about yourself. Make a conscious decision today to eat right in order to lose weight – and keep the weight off.

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

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The Idiot-Proof Diet

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

The ‘calorie shifting’ model takes place because you eat every two and half hours. The theory is that because your body is consuming calories (energy) constantly throughout the day, it’s always in ‘burning calories’ mode instead of the ‘saving calories’ mode.

When you sign up for the diet, you get access to a diet handbook, an 11-day diet-plan and a diet calculator. You get to pick what foods you like to eat so don’t think that you’ll be tarving in this diet!

NutriSystem

The NutriSystem way of dieting is all about proper meal planning. People love this diet because it takes away the burden of trying to figure out what to eat during their dieting phase. You see, a lot of people actually get confused as to what they can eat when they want to lose weight. That’s not really surprising because there’s so much information out there and for every yay sayer, there is a nay sayer so it’s really tough to know what to eat.

However, with NurtiSystem, they do all the meal planning and portion controlling for you. You just need to sign up to any of their diet programs (e.g., Women’s Program, Men’s Program, Vegetarian Program, etc.) and order a multi-day (usually for 28 days) diet program.

After you choose your diet program, a menu is presented to you and you simply choose what you want to eat. The meals are then delivered to your doorstep at various intervals during your diet program.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is popular because the name alone conjures bikini-clad bodies! Add to that the fact that it was founded by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, then you have a sort of ‘doctor recommended, doctor approved’ seal on the diet as well.

At first glance, the South Beach Diet looks a lot like the Atkins Diet in the sense that it restricts carbohydrates during the initial phase of the program (there are 3 phases). The first phase (14 days) encourages ‘normal eating’ in the sense that you can pretty much eat whatever you want but you must NOT eat bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, or baked goods. Fruit is also not allowed. No sugar. No alcohol.

The second phase allows you to SLOWLY introduce these items back into your diet but at lesser levels that you consumed them before of course. The third phase is more about general maintenance.

Weight Watchers

Probably one of the longest running diet programs out there is Weight Watchers. It believes in the overall approach where food, exercise, behavior and support are addressed.

Weight Watchers is known for advocating a point system for foods. Using this system, one calculates the calorie intake of the foods he or she eats. The number of points you can have in a day varies depending on your weight. The beauty of the program is that there are no gut-wrenching food restrictions so you never feel deprived of anything. However, the point system teaches you how to balance your meals so that even if you indulge on one food item, you don’t go overboard and consume too much in a day.

To achieve the weight loss of fitness walking, you need to master the correct way to have quality, quantity take each step:
First, our lives, every step of the work, go to the bathroom a few steps to make use of; Resolutely give up the elevator and down stairs; Breaks, lunch break not just stroll outside Time thinking about: I walked every step of the way is to exercise.
Secondly, will deal with posture, to lumbar back up, 10 toes of both feet toward walking directions, to toes with each step, every step of the muscles of the whole body involved as much as possible, to bomb people feeling.
Third, hitting in the exercise must be: timing, quantitative, set strength. Stimulate sustainable as a movement will regulate the body so that the body’s own State of “valve” full opening, protection exercise gains.
Regularly means you’re going to “aerobic fitness strides exercise”, you have to be to be scheduled. At a fixed time every day to walk, your body will go to the memory, will follow the adjustment, and thus play a role in the control of blood pressure, blood lipids, blood glucose, blood viscosity and erythrocyte quality, etc.
So-called quantitative means of exercise are relatively fixed, for example walk 3 km or 30 minutes a day. Settle down this time, to go the distance or time.
Scheduled strength is strength to be fixed, but the strength is not the bigger the better, while the medium to.
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A tight training muscles: seat state of the upper body straight, legs straight and close. The first step first the right leg plate in a straight left leg. Re-use both hands to lift the leg, and as close as possible to the body;
Slowly count to 5:00 to the squat, so thigh and leg was bent at right, squat like horse training; Then count to 10 o’clock to slowly get up, slow and bottom clamping, thigh to push the body stands straight, Maintain the position after 10-15 seconds to relax, and back to the left leg, according to the individual circumstances can repeatedly do, are subject to less fatigue.
Regular leg walk freely, take the stairs more and take less elevator, occasionally wear low shoes, cosmetic leg really helps.