For many people, food makes life worth living. Unfortunately for a lot of women though, that can really catch up with you. After you reach a certain age, the expansion of your waistline, hips and thighs begins and unless you take serious action, there's just no stopping it. You can continue to love food without packing on the pounds forever, if you follow these sensible weight loss tips for women.
Do NOT Skip Meals
While this may sound like a faster way to weight loss, it actually creates more problems for you than it solves. Feeling starved means reaching for just about anything once you do eat. That naturally defeats the purpose of skipping a meal and makes you feel oh so guilty! Tally your calories on a daily basis, not meal by meal, and make smarter choices.
Keep Goals Reasonable
Some women aim for a weight loss goal that's sky-high, and when they miss the mark, discouragement sets in. Not to mention the fact that dramatic loss simply isn't good for you. Try for no more than two pounds a week. Plan your meals carefully and avoid cheating, and there's no reason you can't succeed regularly. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare!
Reduce Portion Sizes Permanently
When you love to eat, eliminating your favorite foods from life is simply too depressing! Instead, limit the size of your portions. Buy smaller plates and make a point of leaving a few bites behind. Experts recommend portion reduction across the board, not just for women, because it's healthier on digestion too. Eat what you love, only less of it!
Eat With Slow Deliberation
If you choose to follow only a couple of weight loss tips for women, make sure this is one of them. Slowing down the speed at which you eat allows your body to feel full at an appropriate time, whereas speed eating doesn't permit the brain to recognize and signal that enough has been eaten. Chewing well and savoring each bite is much easier on your digestive track too, but it will help you to drop a few pounds in a very natural way.
Pour On The Protein
Since protein takes much longer to break down than carbohydrates, you will feel full and satisfied for a much longer period of time. Enjoy a protein shake featuring low-cal and low-fat ingredients, and let it hold you over all afternoon. Most women have difficulty losing weight because of between meal snacking, so stop yourself from feeling hungry and watch the weight disappear.
Our Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Whether you do the grocery shopping for a family of five or just yourself, it's important to keep taboo foods out of the home. If you bring a bag of chips in, somebody will eat it! Opt for fiber rich fruits that satisfy without spoiling your weight loss efforts. Never bring home the bacon! Leave it at the store and select skinless lean chicken instead. Make wise choices as you shop and have a plan for the food in mind as you place it in your cart. Never go shopping on an empty stomach either, as your mind simply can't focus on doing the right thing!
Write It All Down
Studies repeatedly demonstrate the importance of keeping a food journal. Write down what you eat and why, to see what really works for you personally. Use the journal as a guide to successful and permanent weight loss. Also, use your writing to vent and let off steam, as stress usually sends us to the cupboards faster than anything else!
The only weight loss tips for women that truly work are the ones you can live with, especially when you love food. Avoid the fads and fasting and enjoy a sensible lifestyle that includes delicious, but healthy foods in moderation. Once you see the weight coming off, you will be highly motivated to keep up the good work and reach your goals.
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Weight Loss Without Hunger
Losing weight doesn't mean that you have to go hungry and that's a fact. The problem with so many fad diets is that you end up starving hungry and then what happens? You've guessed it, you cheat and head to the fridge for a midnight muffin - just because you eat something in secret doesn't mean that it won't count. You are only cheating yourself. Ditch the muffins, ditch the diets and follow a few healthy eating habits to make sure that you can lose weight without half starving yourself and driving yourself crazy.
The secret to weight loss without hunger is eating plenty of the right things and not eating lots of the wrong types of food. Even healthy foods can quickly become unhealthy if they are not prepared in a healthy way. Some foods can fill you up without piling on the pounds, other foods will pile on the pounds without even filling you up.
Feeling full isn't about how many calories you've eaten; it's all about how much food you've eaten which is a very important and often misunderstood idea.
" Eat lots of the right foods - by this I mean fruit and vegetables which are packed with goodness, full of flavor, bursting with nutrients and fiber yet generally low in calories, at least they are until you add lots of oil! Munching your way through broccoli, tomatoes, apples, spinach, kale, pears and strawberries will help to fill you up without making you heavier. Choose lean proteins like skinless chicken and turkey, fish is good too. Grilled turkey or chicken is great, fried chicken kind of defeats the object of the exercise as does apple pie.
" Eat smaller meals more frequently - that should help to keep hunger at bay. Eating five or six small meals each day and spreading out your daily food intake can help you to lose weight, just so long as you're eating the right types of food. If you find it difficult to reduce the portion sizes just use smaller plates - simples.
" Exercise is another important thing to remember when you are trying to lose weight. Not only does exercise help to burn up unwanted calories but it can also help to firm and tone any flabby bits which may be left behind. You don't have to join a gym or walk on a treadmill for an hour each day if you don't want to, just move more!
" Remember that what you drink is almost as important as what you eat. Cut out the alcohol or at least cut it down if possible, choose wine over beer if you really fancy a tipple. You should also drink plenty of water during the day and ditch the soda. Carbonated soda drinks are packed with calories and sugar but not much else - they don't fill you up but they do help to pile on the calories.
Just incorporating these few lifestyle changes should really help the weight to start dropping off without leaving you feeling so hungry that you're tempted to gnaw your own fingers. It can be done.
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