Top 30 Diet Tips
Top 30 Diet Tips
With the New Year under way get some help achieving weight loss goals with these top 30 diet tips. Incorporating some diet tricks and tips into your daily lifestyle can make a big difference.
There is no need to follow an all or nothing diet plan which in most cases is bound to set you up for failure.
Far better to introduce some small subtle changes and see your body transform over the long term.
What Diet gives you our top 30 diet tips to lose weight healthily and keep it off.
Top 30 Diet Tips –Tips 1-10
1. Get knowledgeable
As they say, knowledge is power. Read all about healthy diets and losing weight healthily. Ignore fad diets and stick to the basics.
Long term weight loss and healthy weight maintenance is about being realistic, not setting unrealistic goals and not following the latest fad diets. Get knowledgeable about healthy eating and exercise habits and use these to change your outlook gradually.
2. What drives you
Make sure you know why you want to lose weight. Write down your reasons for slimming down. Clearly identified reasons behind weight loss help to cement a feeling of commitment.
Include, for example, reasons such as:
- Wanting to feel better
- Being able to carry out more activities with your children
- Easing aches and pains
- Being able to fit into smaller size clothing
Jot down your reasons in a notebook and look over these when you feel your motivation is low. It can also help to look at photographs of yourself at a lower weight and imagine looking like this again. Alternatively, cut pictures from magazines of celebrities whose bodies you admire and use these for motivation.
3. Food diary
Keeping a record of what you eat and drink help you to become aware of your food habits and identify any issues. When you make an entry regarding your food and drink also write down what your feelings and thoughts were at the time of eating or drinking.
This helps to identify why he you felt the need to consume food or drink. If it was not for thirst or hunger rather than using food or drink replace this with some other activity to lift your spirits.
You can also compare the progress with a food diary and weight loss charts and see your weight loss success in hard core data and figures to spur you on.
4. Realistic goals
Set small realistic goals. You’re more likely to stick to these and encourage a feeling of success in yourself.
This makes it easier to stick to weight loss in the long term and achieve more than you thought possible.
5. Weight loss goals
Many experts believe that losing 10% of your weight is a good target to aim for. Break this down into smaller goals, for example, losing 2lbs for each week.
Aiming to lose only modest amounts of weight helps your body to acclimatize to lifestyle changes. You are also more likely to stick to your new eating habits as your body gets used to the changes and you will continue to lose weight and then maintain weight in the long term.
6. Create action plans
As well as just setting goals, create action plans to achieve your goals. For example, if you’re cutting down to one takeaway per week, make a resolution to not look at takeaway menus until you are ready to order your takeaway.
Make sure you have practical plans in place to achieve your goals and that you stick to these action plans.
To cement these plans in your mind write them down and review them ideally, twice a day.
When you have achieved one particular goal write down your next goals together with an action plan to achieve it.
7. Compulsive eating
Many people eat whether or not actually hungry but in response to cravings. Eating in response to cravings is a habit and the good news is your body can be re-educated. Following a food diary plan helps to identify when you are eating in response to cravings rather than real feelings of hunger.
You can then set in place plans to substitute eating with other activities to meet your needs.
For example, rather than turning to chocolate bars when you feel bored, do something useful instead like household chores.
8. Eat consciously
Think about what you are eating and why you are eating. Talk yourself out of overeating by examining your motives for eating.
If you stop eating and leave your plate untouched for a few minutes the urge to eat more will pass.
9. Kill cravings
If food cravings do strike the best option is to distract yourself. Start doing something else such as taking a bath, calling a friend or doing some house work.
Cravings will pass. It is just a case of getting used to sitting them out.
10. Eat regularly
Eating regularly can help you to lose weight successfully. Regular food intake stabilizes blood sugar levels to avoid cravings and feelings of hunger. Knowing that you can eat or snack on a regular basis also helps you to avoid feeling deprived.
Make sure your snacks are healthy, such as fruit and nuts and eat in small quantities.
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