How To Lose Few Pounds - By: Gudrun

The very first thing you need to ask yourself is “Why do I want to lose weight”? The answers could be very simple like “I want to feel better” or “want to fit in a dress”. No matter what the answer is you have to answer because if you don´t then your mind doesn´t know if you are determined to lose weight or not. By answering that question you are basically telling your mind that you ARE going to lose weight. NEVER say “I´m TRYING to lose weight”. If you are only trying to then you don´t believe you can and then you wont lose weight. You have to believe in your weight loss and make your mind believe it to by saying I AM losing weight.

How Many Pounds Do You Want To Lose?
When you have convinced your mind that you are going to lose weight then you have to decide how many pounds you want to lose. If you want to lose only a few pounds then you can do that in a shorter time than if you have many pounds to lose. You also have to decide when your goal will be met, in how many weeks or months. This is very important because if you have certain day in front of you then it´s easier for you to keep going. It´s also very powerful to write down how many pounds you want to lose each week. Just get a pen and a paper and write down:

Week 1: x pounds
Week 2: x pounds

If you do that and hang it on the wall were you can see it all day long then you are always reminding your self of your final goal. It´s very powerful.

How To Lose These Pounds
How are you going to lose these pounds written down on your paper. Well here are few helpful tips for you to follow:

Take a fast walk for 30 minutes each day. It burns about 200 calories. You can also swim, cycle or even run. You can also do few exercises at home every day like sit-ups, press-ups, sit-downs and more like that. Just do them slowly and only do few of them at first but you will be amazed how soon you will manage to do more of them.

Try to avoid sugar and white flour as much as you can. There is sugar in almost everything, in your tomato sauce, your bread and your cereal. It´s hard to avoid it completely but try to choose food with low sugar in it. Buy whole wheat bread or even bake your own bread. You can find lot´s of healthy baking and cooking recipes online.

Eat more vegetables and fruits. It´s fine rule to eat one fruit in every meal, that makes 4 fruits a day which is quite easy and powerful. Try to put more salad on your plate than you are used to and less meat or potatoes. Use very little sauce or leave it out, they include lot of salt and calories.

Drink water. Try to put a bottle of water close to you while working and drink a lot of it. If you can´t then always drink 1-2 glasses of water before you eat. If you drink coffee then reduce it as much as you can. You could drink Green Tea instead, it helps your body to burn fat and has many very good benefits for you.

It´s better to eat often and eat less each time. Eat 5-6 small meals a day. A meal could be just an apple like late at night or in the coffee break in the morning at work.

How To Keep It Off Forever
These tips are not only to be used while you are losing weight. This is something you should carry out for the rest of your life. If you want to get better health and keep it good then you don´t want to go back to your earlier lifestyle. Make this as your new lifestyle. Although you have kids and family these steps are easy to follow and your family will gladly help you make these changes because they want what is best for you because they love you!

About the Author

Gudrun Lara is a working home mom and the owner of the website Good Health Is All You Need.

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