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submitted: Aug 29th 2008 | by: GeorgeWu | Total views: 3 | Word Count: 478 | |

If you want to lose weight you need to burn more calories and/or consume less food. This basic arithmetic is helped by engaging in some forms of physical activities that burn more calories and by improving your diet by eating healthier foods that contain fewer calories.

Something that helped many dieter was to keep a notebook on their daily caloric food counts as well as keeping a record of their progress to a desired weight. As with any goal you need to keep it realistic. You're not trying to set a new Guinness Book of Records for weight loss in a given period of time.

Drinking water before every meal helps. Adding a slice of lemon or lime in can add a spark. The idea behind this is that the water will help fill your tummy and with a full stomach you'll tend to eat less. It also helps flush your kidneys from toxins and replenish you fluid supply.

It's also important to get a normal amount of sleep. Studies show that when people don't get their 7 or 8 hours rest they produce a hormone that tells the brain more food is needed. They especially crave sweets and starchy foodstuff which is not a good thing for a weight watcher.

Another important consideration is tricking the brain with vegetables, fruits and grains that are rich in fiber and of course, drinking plenty of water. It signals your brain that your filling up faster than had you not eaten these type of foods.

When you go out to eat be sure to eat salads instead of the soups. Try ordering a half of a dinner. Avoid the bread, bread sticks or snacks that are offered. Limit your alcohol intake to one or two drinks.

Avoid bad cars and bad fats. According to Dr. Arthur Agatston, best-selling author of The South Beach Diet you should avoid: white bread, white rice, white pasta, potatoes and white sugar. If you see white foods, turn away.

Consider going to a gym if you cannot find physical activities that suits your schedule. Gyms are a great place to continue your exercise program since it's impossible to remain motionless in a gym. The upshot is, the more you exercise the more calories you burn off.

Rethink your activities at work. Park further away and take a longer walk to your car, use the stairs instead of the elevator and stay active during the day. At lunch go for a walk. All this extra activity will speed up your metabolism.

By far, our choice weight program is the Wu-Yi diet. It will simply begin a weight loss cycle that will start inches go away. 1.) Before eating breakfast, drink the Wu-Yi tea. Breakfast needs to be your largest meal. 2.) Drink a second cup before having dinner and don't eat anything after 8 PM.

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