Fast Weight Loss
In this article, we are going to consider how you can lose weight quickly, effectively and permanently. The key to fast weight loss is to convince your brain that you have had actually enough to eat – that you have actually consumed your daily allowance of calories when in fact you have not. If you can fill your stomach before you consume that allowance, then you are well on the way to shedding those extra pounds.
Without even getting into calorie-counting, we need to realise that there are certain foods that are absolutely your allies when it comes to weight-loss. For example – perhaps this will surprise you – strawberries! Yes, amazing as it may seem, strawberries are super-speed foods for tacking excess fat. Why? Because it takes more calories to digest them than they provide.
In fact fruit – generally – is extremely good stuff, not just for the vitamins and minerals it provides, but as a weapon for achieving really amazing results very swiftly. Think about it this way: in 100g of apples (about quarter of a pound) there is about 47 calories whereas in 100g of Chocolate, there are about 500 calories.
Now which is easier to eat – 100g of apples or 100g of chocolate? Right – the chocolate would go down no problem at all, but the apples would take a bit of eating. Now ask yourself: which would leave you feeling more satisfied, from a pure hunger point of view. Right again – the apples. And there, in essence is the answer to your weight problems – staring you right in the face.
You need to make a list of the foods that share the qualities of apples and strawberries; and then commit yourself to getting as much of them into your diet as you possibly can. By doing this, you will be displacing the less healthy foods; and you will be filling your stomach before you reach your calories limit; leading to rapid, healthy and permanent weight loss.
Here are my top foods for rapid weight loss:
Top 10 Vegetables
Asparagus
Beet Root
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Green Beans
Spinach
Turnip
Tomato (yes – I know it’s a fruit really)
Top 10 Fruits
Apple
Berries (all kinds)
Grapefruit
Mango
Orange
Peach
Pineapple
Raspberry
Strawberry
Watermelon
Now, you can do this! Just think how you can make a great start to each day by having a breakfast that consists of some of that fruit listed above and perhaps also a little low-fat yoghurt, for example – really delicious as well as healthy; and all super-foods to boot! Now when it comes to lunch, you can get some healthy vegetables down your neck if you go for a vegetable soup.
For your evening meal, have something you enjoy so you don’t feel like you are on any kind of diet; but make sure you eat some of those super vegetables along with whatever is the main dish; and you can make great choices there too including chicken, fish and lean meat. Stay away from the potatoes, in all their forms, for speedy results.
Follow this simple plan for just two months and you will see the results. Just two months – you could do that easily. And who would have thought that getting rid of that weight you have been trying you lose could really happen that quickly?
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Quick Vegetarian Weight Loss
A vegan diet can help you with your weight loss plan but first we must establish what a vegan diet is and the different types of vegans.
1. Some vegans only eat a strict diet of vegetables and stay strictly away from dairy products, eggs, meat, honey, processed foods, stimulants such as coffee, etc.
2. Some vegans eat a non-meat diet strictly because they believe the killing of animals is inhumane and their diet is consistent with their beliefs.
3. Some vegans have been put on a vegetarian diet due to certain health risks.
These are all good and acceptable reasons to be vegan. So whatever type of Vegan you subscribe to you can lose weight with a well-BALANCED vegetarian diet with healthy exercise.
When losing weight, however, the key is to make it attainable, and make it easy. With attainable weight loss and easy weight loss you will find yourself much more successful in the long run. So, here are ways to make a simple vegan diet attainable and easy.
ATTAINABLE:
Pick a plan that you can live with. Don’t restrict yourself too much at first. For example, if you are used to coffee in the morning, tackle that issue later. Go simple at first and once you are succeeding, move on to conquer other things.
Don’t allow yourself to get discouraged. If you cheat, or slide…so what? Go back on it next meal! There is never a reason to get mad at yourself or beat yourself up. THAT is the reason people fail. They get discouraged and quit. Even if you decide to eat only raw vegetable, yet one day you are out of food, open up a can of green beans for goodness sakes, and forget about it!
Control your thoughts! The bible says the battlefield is in the mind. If you can conquer this, you have won your battle. If you keep your mind NOT on how and what and when you eat and what you did not eat and when can you eat next and …so on….you are allowing yourself to focus on the wrong things which is probably what got you over weight or unhealthy in the first place. Eat your food, stick with your plan, and go do something else. Make your thoughts go on a diet too. Do not think about food or eating.
EASY:
Buy a variety of food to have on hand. When shopping at the grocery store, ONLY buy the types of foods on your diet. Buy fresh, maybe have some canned or frozen on hand if you run into a bind, but don’t buy chips, or other temptations making it hard on you. Get that stuff out of your pantry so you won’t have to look at it. Only have on hand the type of food you should eat even when you are cheating. Cheat with special things that you will only eat when you feel you have to cheat. For example, cheat with fresh fruit or a smoothie if you must. It will conquer the sweet tooth and help keep you on target.
Pre-Plan what to order when at a restaurant. Know what you are choosing before you show up at the fast food place or a restaurant. Of course and most of the fast food restaurants offer many salads to choose from. Don’t even try to be tempted. Remember…the battlefield is in the mind.
Again, keep special foods onhard when you want to cheat such as special nuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, blueberries, etc. Have a special “treat” just for you keeping it within your dieting plan.
The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety so you can include fruits, vegetables, lots of different kinds of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, legumes and seeds. Be creative here!
A healthy vegetarian diet is not just cutting out certain foods such as meat. It’s about making sure you are getting ample amount of nutrients and all of your daily nutritional needs. Do not skimp on nutrients. Learn your diet and find out what your body will need to continue and be successful!
You do not need to count calories or mess with carb counting, or weighing your food, but it would be wise to eat organically grown fruits, plants, whole grains, and natural foods. Foods without these chemicals are better for everyone, vegan or not.
Judy Stevens writes on weight loss and weight gain with a specialty in hormonal imbalances. To read more go to http://www.review-suite.com or for free charts on food cravings and ideal weight go to http://www.squidoo.com/menopause-and-weight-loss
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Weight Loss Mistakes
If you did everything right on your weigh loss program, you would have no problem reaching your diet goals. But since most dieters do not stick to their diet, the body of your dreams, stays just that: dreams. The reason: mistakes.
Mistakes can range from giving into cravings to not going to an aerobics class. And once this happens, the typical response for many is to berate yourself. After all, no one wants to make mistakes, so some criticism is in order.
I suspect the biggest reason for this self-criticism is the human need to be perfect. No one with an ounce of self-esteem wants to make mistakes. So, some harsh words to ourselves may seem in order, or is it?
If we take a step back and look at how some mistakes have added to our society, we should realize that they are not always bad. In fact mistakes led to the invention of rubber, penicillin, sticky-notes, and even chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, I know that making a mistake on a diet in most cases leads to more weight gain or at least no weight loss, but so what. The urge to gobbled down a bag of chips was just to great to resist. OK. You did the damage. Now What?
Do you beat yourself up for not having the will power to resist or do you quickly forgive yourself and promise to do better next time? If you choose the former, then expect to be miserable and eventually repeat the behavior again and again. How come?
Well criticizing yourself just makes you feel bad and feeling bad doesn’t decrease your chances of repeating the mistake, but just the opposite. And why is this?
In the field of positive psychology, studies have shown that happy people are more likely to exhibit greater self-control and coping abilities. In addition, the findings also show that happy people live longer, have more successful relationships, more success at work and have better physical and mental health.
So what should you take from this. Simply put, even though you may succumb to the urge to eat a half or maybe even a whole bag of cookies, forgive yourself and go on. And if you think about anything, remember the times when you didn’t succumb to the temptations. More importantly, be happy.
Your road to the body of your dreams may not be a smooth one, but by keeping a positive attitude and being happy with yourself even after some stumbles helps to keep your self-esteem high. As a result, this allows you to better cope with setbacks and eventually reach your goals.
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