How to Lose Weight

Extra tips

Extra tips for weight loss and a healthy life style:

A member of CalorieCount says:

" - When you drink Green Tea before a workout, you burn up to 17% more fat...due to opening of fat cells and blood cells.

- When drinking hot drinks (anything really) after meals, you digest faster and it cleans out your body and prevents the hardening of arteries. Japanese people are an example of this statement; they always have tea after a meal.

- Adding citric acid (a lemon) to tea will allow to you absorb more anti-oxidants. These prevent free radicals.

- Toxins in your body STORE FAT!!! Push these toxins out with consumption of anti-oxidants and salt baths...running and sweating helps too.

- Drinking only skim milk, water, green tea, and V8 (low sodium) are the only really beneficial drinks. I stayed limited to them.

- Chewing makes you feel fuller than drinking. So avoid juice that provides lots of sugar without the "feeling full satisfaction" and stick to whole fruits instead.

- 2 Eggs a day for breakfast is ideal if you have good cholesterol. The protein builds muscle and it keeps you fuller longer. This may be a bad idea if you are prone to certain conditions, but for healthy people it's strongly recommended.

- NO EATING 2 hours before bed.

- If you're hungry, you may just be dehydrated. You can tell by the clarity of your urine. Gulp down water till it fills your stomach and see if you are satisfied. If not, then eat...

- VEGGIES ARE FAT SOLUABLE! In order to get those lovely vitamins, add a little butter (I use "I can't believe it's not butter spray" it's zero calories but provides the oils necessary to help absorb the vitamins.

- I LOVE CHOCOLATE. So instead of cramming a snickers bar, I eat one Hershey kiss and I let it sit in my mouth for as long as possible.

- I eat no potatoes. I took a tip from the south beach diet and mashed up cauliflower and it added butter and pepper. Oddly enough, it was close enough to mash potatoes to do the job.

- 2 and half servings of whole grains are ideal for your waist line."

Reader's Digest provides the following tips:

"1. Wake-up workout When your eyes open, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward until you feel a gentle stretch in your back and hamstrings. Hold; then, using your abs, lower yourself flat. Rest and repeat two more times. Strengthens core. Burns 10 calories

2. Go for the grains Not ready for Twigs & Rocks cereal? Sprinkle on a few tablespoons of wheat germ or oat bran. Work up to 3/4 cup of low-sugar whole-grain cereal with at least three grams of fiber per serving, and you'll pass on that Danish. Saves 100

3. Add some protein The more you eat earlier on, the less you eat as the day wears on, research has shown. So after your cereal, add a hard-boiled egg or a part-skim mozzarella cheese stick to keep you feeling full - and away from that pre-lunch brownie. Saves 200 (or more)

4. Balance booster While you brush your teeth, alternate standing on one leg as you switch mouth quadrants (every 30 seconds). Balancing develops your core muscles and may even be good for your brain. Burns 10

5. Be a ballerina As your coffee drips, stand sideways, put one hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straight out in front of you, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few seconds and move it to the side; hold and extend it behind you. Do five to ten times on each leg. Tones outer thighs, hip flexors and quadriceps. Burns 10