1. Eat 5 SMALL meals spaced 3 hours apart throughout the day.
Your metabolism will burn at its highest rate and your blood sugars will stay even so that your body does try to add your meals to your fat stores.
2. Drink 100 ounces of water a day.
Water hydrates your muscle fibers so they can work at optimum strength and flushes out toxins, waste, and fat released from storage. Plus, you can store up to 18 pounds of waste in your intestines! That’s a lot of doody!
3. Exercise 6 days a week.
20 to 45 minutes of moderate to intense activity will work most days of the week, but you also need one long workout of an hour to an hour and a half.
4. Prepare the night before.
Prep your breakfast, make your snacks and lunch, and pack your exercise clothes. If you have minimal work to do in the morning, you will be less likely to skip out on healthy habits.
5. Rely on your support system or make a new one!
You need to surround yourself with encouraging, positive people who care about your well-being. Recruit a friend, family member, spouse, or coworker to join in your endeavor. Or, join a class, exercise group, or hire a personal trainer to keep you acountable.
6. Eat at least 9 to 13 servings of RAW fruits and vegetables per day.
The antioxidants in raw fruits and vegetables reverse damage done to your DNA through exercise, stress, aging, drinking alcohol, metabolizing food, etc. No supplement can compare to the power of a diet filled with a rainbow of fresh produce.
7. BELIEVE in yourself!
Positive affirmations are used to reverse the negative self-talk that is so prevalent in our society. Tell yourself, “I can (fill your goal in the blank),” and believe it! You can do whatever you set your mind to. You are worth it. You are never too old, too big, too hopeless, too whatever to change the things you don’t like in your life.
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January 22, 2010 at 7:50 am |
Small meals are the hardest part to do when you are used to a huge plateful. If you use a smaller plate though, your brain will think you are having the same amount as normal.
The smaller plate trick is the only way I have managed to eat less.
January 23, 2010 at 5:17 pm |
Agreed. That is a great trick. Thanks for the comment!