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How to Lose Weight Quick and FOREVER!

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By SkinnyMamma
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Bummed about your widening waistline? Blue about your climbing scale? I will teach you how to take control of your life and lose those pounds. Plus, you'll learn to make better choices for your health and keep the fat off forever!

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Commitment
  • Sense of humor
  • Forgiveness for yourself (no one is perfect all the time)
  1. Step 1

    1. Eliminate all white flour, sugar and junk filler from your diet. This includes soda. These can hide in almost all food, so get in the habit of checking labels. These "foods" wreck your health, send your blood sugar soaring and then crashing, then tell your body it needs more when it doesn't. Eating these foods also tells your body to store fat.

  2. Step 2

    2. Eat whole, pure food, like eggs, chicken, beef, fish. A little cheese is okay. Eat 3 cups of veggies a day (salad, broccoli, spinach, ect.) Eat when you're hungry, but don't eat too much.

  3. Step 3

    3. Drink water and exercise. Even if it's a 10-minute jaunt around the block, absolutely exercise. Lifting weights is another good way to speed up inches lost. Invest in some 5-pound weights and a good how-to book.

Tips & Warnings
  • The first 2 weeks will be the hardest. If you are still fighting cravings after the first week, lose the bread for a while. You should feel level and satisfied.
  • Give yourself small treats to avoid feeling deprived. Find a diet soda you like (it will take a couple of weeks to get used to these) or sugar-free jello, or iced green tea with some Splenda.
  • Weigh often. And I recommend a digital scale. Sometimes seeing just a half-pound difference will keep you going, or help you see that you need to cut back more.
  • Marry your weight loss program. When you want to cheat, don't even allow yourself to think about it. When it gets hard, tell yourself that the end result will be so worth a little less chocolate.
  • Buy something new to wear every 10 pounds.
  • Don't set a time limit on your goal. Sometimes weight loss will stall for no apparent reason and then overnight pick up again.
  • It worked for me, I lost 70 pounds in 6 months. I know you can do it, too. Start today - no more putting it off!
  • Always consult a doctor before you start a new plan, especially if you are on medication. Do your research, though, too. Most doctors don't really know how to help someone lose weight.

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aaesme said

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on 5/22/2009 this is too meat heavy (carcinogenic), how about some healthier sources of protein?

sarrammm said

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on 11/16/2007 I'm not overweight, but I'm beginning to gain some, as for I am off season and I'm under a lot of stress. This is something that is totally honest to you, and told in great writing. I like this article, and people should be thanking you for this...As for myself - I will use this starting tonight. =]

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on 8/15/2007 this is the best. 70 pounds in 6 months is amazing. i only hope i'm half as successful. =)

askme said

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on 8/11/2007 half a lemon in a glass of lukewarm water early in the morning helps!
don't go for a miracle diet...just do your daily exercise...burn the fat and feed it to the muscles, there's no way you can sit and lose weight.
Find exercises in your daily routine, walk, ride the bike, use the stairs instead of the elevator.

Always keep faith in yourself and say to yourself daily...in the morning and before going to sleep:
ALL POWER IS WITHIN YOU, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!

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