If you have “Getting Healthy” on your 2013 to-do list but missed Weight Loss Week, here’s a wrap up of my seven tips for easier weight loss. Losing weight will never be truly easy, but it can be a less stressful and more pleasurable process if you approach it wisely. Below are practical tips that allow you to slowly cut calories and develop healthy habits. These really do work.
- Buy a few fresh veggies veggies at least once a week, then wash and chop them right when you get home from the store. More details and why this works…
- Measure out what you add to your coffee or tea. More details…
- Whenever you make a healthy dinner, freeze one or two portions for later. More details…
- Don’t eat food you don’t like. More details…
- Avoid “light,” sugar-free, and reduced-sugar products. More details…
- Eat no more than one carb-heavy meal per day. More details…
- Find a community. More details…
Want more help than this? Or need a community to stay accountable to? Join my Lose the Baby Weight online class!
4 Comments
Tony Rovere
January 17, 2013 at 10:00 amI have also felt that one of the simplest weight loss ideas was “Don’t drink your calories”. By switching to water and green tea you could save hundreds of calories a day…and that adds up to pounds at the end of the month, just by drinking the right liquids.
Amelia
January 17, 2013 at 4:57 pmThis is definitely a great piece of advice, Tony. Pounds can almost melt away for people who have been drinking even 1 or 2 caloric beverages everyday!
Tony Rovere
January 17, 2013 at 7:11 pmIts pretty simple when you think about it. 2 cans of soda are about 300 calories. Over the course of the month that’s almost 10,000 calories! And that equals 3 pounds of fat.
Amelia
January 18, 2013 at 8:48 amYup! And since beverage calories almost never provide the beneficial nutrients that whole foods do, it’s the perfect place to cut. Thanks for your thoughts, Tony.