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SHORT DESCRIPTION: This article contains 12 techniques to stimulate weight loss.

BODY OF ARTICLE: Looking to lose weight and want to find the best solution? Have
you tried every trick in the book and still struggled to lose those unwanted
pounds?

I have been in your shoes. I know how it is to exercise regularly, eat right and
lose most of the weight, but it's hard to lose those last few stubborn pounds.
It's possible to break past this barrier, and I will teach you how.

For starters, I don't want you to make dramatic changes in your lifestyle.
Instead, I want to to improve on some of the things that you are doing already.
It's hard to introduce new habits, and a a lot easier to change or modify
existing ones.

That's exactly what my 12 step solution is all about. Try these simple and
effective tactics to supercharge your weight loss efforts. Do the best you can
and don't try and do it all at one time.

1. Become more positive and receptive to new weight-loss ideas. Because
permanent weight-loss success begins not with the measuring cup but the mind,
take a minute to explore your reasons for wanting to lose weight. Just fitting
into a smaller dress size is not enough. What then? That's when the weight
creeps back. A healthy weight should be a part of your mindset. It's not just
about looking better or fitting into smaller clothes but about being healthier
and maintaining a healthy lifestyle of the rest of your life. This is easier
said than done. It takes some practice. Ask yourself WHY do you want to lose
weight? Can you zero in on a better reason than a smaller dress size? Sure, you
want to look good, but you want to feel good, too, right? That is what will keep
you motivated for a lifetime.

2. Write everything down. Take a journal and make a note of how much you
exercise, what you are eating, your successes and your failures.Write down what
you eat, and check it against a calorie counter every night for the next two
weeks. For many people, this is all it takes to wake up and reverse a lifetime
of bad habits. This may sound silly but it's one of the best weight-loss
tactics in the world. I have heard several instances where clients eat a
healthy salad but sprinkle itwith so much dressing that you end up with a 500
calorie meal. Once you start seeing how many calories there are in what you're
eating, you'll know which foods to cut back on or eliminate.

3. Become more active. This is my favorite tip. Exercise is the single
strongest predictor of you ability to lose weight - and keep it off. Yes,
exercise burns calories, increases your metabolism and energy, and develops
lean muscle mass. But just as important, exercise catapults your self-esteem,
which makes you more likely to do other things to take care of yourself, like
eat less. Get moving means strength training AND aerobic conditioning.

4. Resist that first bite especially for the foods you love. You've heard it
before: everything is okay in moderation. But face it: there are certain foods
you simply can't eat moderately. If one cookie or a handful of chips is never
enough, it's best just to avoid these foods altogether. If you've spent your
entire adult life trying to eat a little of certain foods and failing, that is
your signal to just forget it and don't even take a bite.

5. Drink more water. Most people complain "I hate water." "It's soooo boring.
There's no taste!" "I can't drink too much or I'll waste my day in the
bathroom." "I know I have to drink more water. I just keep forgetting about
it." You know you need at least 8-10 glasses of water a day. You need to
understand why water is so important. Yes, it fills you up. It controls your
appetite. Did you know that it also aids in metabolizing fat? your liver is
busy metabolizing fat and ridding your body of toxins. Water helps to get rid
of toxins. If you're not drinking enough water, you have more toxins in your
body, compromising the liver's ability to metabolize fat. You need water on
hand for fat metabolism.

6. Reduce 100 calories from your diet every day. Make a commitment to cut 100
calories a day from your diet and replace it with an activity that burns 100
calories. It's easier to pinpoint the 100 with the journal I talked about
earlier. If you did nothing else, you'd lose 10 lb. at the end of a year. A few
activities that burn 100 cals are 1/2 hr. of walking, 20 minutes of swimming, or
even dancing around your living room.

7. Eat fruits and vegetables every day. These have a powerful effect on sugar
cravings. Plus, they're low in calories, fill you up with fiber, and pack a
powerful nutritional punch.

8. Start training with weights. More muscle means more calories burned, even at
rest. The key to permanent weight loss.

9. Eat more fibre. Fiber-rich fruits and veggies are great nutritional fare,
since they fill you up without adding too much fat or too many calories. But
increasing fiber intake could actually reduce the amount of calories absorbed
by the body, too.

10. Spread your calories out over the course of the day. The typical American
eats light during the day, and heavier at night. Yikes! By the time you get to
dinner, your metabolism has gotten sluggish, which means a greater number of
calories will be stored as fat. It's even worse if you're not active after
dinner. Eat larger meals during the day, and have a light dinner.

11. Change Your Shopping Style When I go grocery shopping I can take one look at
someone's shopping cart and make some basic assumptions about their lifestyle.
If you want to lose weight your grocery shopping habits must improve. Thin
starts at the grocery store. Before you hit the checkout lane, review your
selections and dump any sugary, fatty treats and snacks. Your family may
complain but they will get used to it.

12. Mix up your workouts. Crosstraining is the key to success. It is said the
definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and yet
expect the same results. The same applies to fitness. You can't expect to do
the same exercise, at the same intensity week after week and continue to see
results. The body must be 'shocked' to respond with results. As long as the
exercise is unpredictable and varied or manipulated every two weeks you will
continue improving and losing weight.

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