Weight Loss Tips

I have fluctuated in weight many times over the past ten, fifteen years. I had two babies, been on different medications that affect weight gain and have had many other obstacles in life that have affected my weight. I know from experience, as a weight loss success story that extreme weight loss before and after makes a huge impact on every part of your life, usually for the better!! How does this help you, you're asking? Well having lost weight so many times and having used a variety of weight loss supplements, I know what diets work and which ones that don't. I know the best way to lose weight, and I'm going to share my weight loss knowledge with you!

I have compiled a short list of weight loss tips that I think will help you in losing weight. Now these weight loss tips are specifically what helped me to lose weight fast but I'm not saying everything on this list will be the best way to lose weight for everyone. Hopefully some of these weight loss tips will help you in your journey to losing weight.

Tip #1
Keep track of everything you eat. It's a good idea to keep a food diary or a weight loss journal. Whatever you prefer to call it, it's basically a list of everything you eat in a day. Don't forget, this includes beverages too! This helps you to lose weight because usually you don't realize just how many calories you are actually eating in a day, or maybe even in one snack food sitting. I know for me it really made me realize how many of my daily calories I was getting just in eating my normal 5 double stuffed Oreos (which I would do 4 or 5 times a day!). There are many weight loss tools online and they even have really cool weight loss apps now that help you keep track of how much you are eating, your calories and a whole lot more! Research even shows that people who keep track of what they eat lose twice as much weight as those that don't!

Tip #2
Weigh yourself regularly. Do you ever avoid the scale because you don't want to face how much weight you might have gained? I know I am guilty of this one a time or two. That's why it's a good idea to keep the scale in a place that makes it easy to just step on it. Maybe in your bathroom right next to the toilet or even in your kitchen! Anywhere that you go often and will have to see it. Back to the apps and online weight loss tools, most of them make you put your weight in on a regular basis. Making yourself face the truth, or face the scale, might just give you that extra push you need to skip your double stuffed Oreos. Oh wait, that's me lol, but I'm sure you have your favorite junk food too that has contributed to gaining a few pounds!

Tip #3
Cut out liquid calories. Some of our liquid drinks, such as Starbucks cappuccino, can have more calories than an entire healthy lunch! Others can add up and if you start keeping track, you'll see how many daily calories are coming from your drinks. Eliminate soda and sugary drinks such as sweetened iced tea, sports drinks, coffee and alcoholic beverages. Liven up the taste of water by adding lemon, lime, cucumber or mint.

Tip #4
Hydrate yourself before meals. Drinking one to two full glasses of water before eating a meal can cause you to feel much fuller, much faster.

Which in turn will help you to eat much less! This was one I always had trouble with for some reason. I think I would either forget or I would just want to eat my food and not "ruin" it with drinking water lol, however when I was able to drink water before eating, it did make me feel full and I did eat less.

Tip #5
Avoid hunger and eat protein. When you go for too long without eatting it causes your blood sugar to drop, which in turn will give you cravings, mostly junk food cravings. I can attest to this first hand. I can remember craving a certain type of junk food that for one reason or another I couldn't get my hands on until a later time, but after I would put something in my belly, even a healthy sandwich, I would finally get my junk food of choice and would no longer have that mouth watering craving for it. That wouldn't stop me from eating it though lol. Eating lean protein can help you stay fuller longer and it also helps to stabilize your blood sugar, helping to avoid those devastating drops in blood sugar that can be detrimental to your weight loss. Some good forms of protein include yogurt, tuna, beans, fish or chicken.
*One more tip about protein foods is that they help to promote certain good hormones in your brain, like serotonin, that make you happy. There is evidence that shows when these certain chemicals are low they cause depression and weight gain/cravings.

Tip #6
Pay attention to portions. If you are really serious about dieting to lose weight then invest in a small kitchen scale to weight your foods. Usually we are eating much more than just one portion for our size. A 3-ounce portion of meat, poultry or fish is about the size of the palm of your hand or a deck of cards; 1 teaspoon of butter or margarine, a standard postage stamp; a cup of cold cereal, berries or popcorn, a baseball; 4-inch pancake or waffle, the diameter of a CD.
Tip #7
Don't eat late at night. This one is very hard for me. I don't know why but for some reason my cravings seem to come on a lot more at night and I cannot sleep on an empty belly. However it is a proven fact that when you eat after about 8 o'clock at night or within a few hours of going to sleep that you are much more likely to gain weight faster. the reason for this is because when we sleep we aren't burning as many calories as we do when we are awake. So the food we just ate pretty literally just goes straight to your thighs and butt! We don't want that, so try your hardest to avoid eating after 8pm.

Tip #8
Give yourself motivation. Like getting a pair of jeans that you love but can't fit into and keep them in your kitchen, or at least right out where you can see them. For me I would get pictures of myself from when I was thin and looking hot! I would hang them on my fridge so that I would see it constantly. I believe this really does help significantly!

Well that's about all I have for weight loss tips for now but come back soon to read more about how to lose weight fast and what is the best way to lose weight. Please feel free to comment on anything that you read on my blog. I would love to hear from you! Tell me and my other readers what your best weight loss tips are.

Weight Loss Mirror

Use the weight loss mirror below to see what you would look like if you lost or gained weight!!

How Did Raven Simone Lose Weight?

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There is a ton of buzz going around lately about Raven Simone weight loss. We can chalk it up to just another one of those weight loss success stories. Although I have to admit that this isn't so ordinary. Raven lost a lot of weight in a small amount of time.

So exactly how did Raven Simone lose weight? She basically breaks it down to lessening her stress, eating healthier and eating smaller portions. The former Bill Cosby star lost about 35 lbs in only a matter of months!

Take a look at the weight loss pictures below of Raven Simone before and after her dramatic weight loss!

 

Here are a little more details about Raven Simone and her weight loss success. She says that she began to exercise 4 days a week with a personal trainer and she ate healthier by replacing some of her old meals with new healthier choices, such as oatmeal and salmon.

Water Fasting For Weight Loss

There are many different ideas and opinions on water fasting to lose weight. You could say that it's pretty controversial. Many people say that it is a bad way to lose weight and keep it off, many also say that it can be very unhealthy to fast with water or juice. On the other hand there are those that advocate that water fasting is a very healthy and cleansing ritual, stating that it is an excellent form of a body detox. As far as a weight loss program, it certainly is one of the best ways to lose weight very fast but after the water fast is over it depends on how you introduce food back into the diet, whether or not you will gain the weight back or not.

Do your research on water fasting for weight loss and the benefits of detoxing as well. If you decide that water fasting to lose weight is something you want to do then read below for more tips and water fast instructions.

Many people wonder how much weight they will lose during a fast. Weight loss can initially be as high as three to four pounds per day, much of it water, but as the fast continues, the average loss will be about one pound per day.

Fasting helps recover the stomach's natural elasticity which in turn gives you a flat stomach. You will be satisfied on less food and your belly will be proportionate in size to the body’s caloric requirement. From years of over-filling the stomach, it is no surprise that the muscles supporting the tummy have lost its natural elasticity and have become stretched out of shape. People with large protruding stomachs need more food to feel full.

After the third day of a fast, the body begins to make ketone bodies in the liver. In the absence of food, Ketone bodies are produced by the body as an alternate energy source. Normally, ketone levels in the blood are less than 0.2mm. After several days of fasting they approach 3.0mm, and steadily rise thereafter. Importantly, never eat even an extremely small amount of food during a fast. This will quickly shift the body out of ketosis, back to its normal metabolism of glucose, decreasing ketone bodies, decreasing growth hormone and increasing hunger.

How long your water fast will last is another factor to think about. I would say not to do anything longer than 21 days. For most 7 days of fasting will be a good start to rapid weight loss, however if you are trying to lose a significant amount of weight you should try for a longer period. Your first 3-5 days of the fast will be the hardest as far as hunger pagnes. These can be very extreme and in fact many people cannot do it. If you can make it past the third day prior to the body entering ketosis you can usually make it as long as you wish. After the fifth day hunger subsides dramatically and after your tenth day of fasting for weight loss your hunger will be non existent!

Contrary to what many people believe fasting is not starvation. During the fast the body is breaking down the non-essential tissue (Fat) for energy. While conserving essential tissue. Starvation is the point where the body has used up all of its non-essential tissues and begins to break down its own essential tissues. This starvation point even for the average individual, takes quite some time to reach.

The last but possibly most important thing I want to mention is to take very careful precaution when deciding to do this weight loss program. Any weight loss regime can be health threatening to certain individuals however in a normal healthy adult fasting will be a good thing and very cleansing for the body, a way of detoxing your entire body. You should always consult a physician before trying any weight loss diet program especially something as dramatic as fasting.

Please feel free to leave any comment. I would love to hear your experience with fasting to lose weight, fasting in general for other purposes or your opinions.

Hunza Diet No Hunger Bread

HUNZA DIET BREAD RECIPE
Hunza Diet Bread is a delicious, dense, chewy bread that's very nutritious and is almost impervious to spoilage. The following recipe makes a huge batch of approximately 60 (sixty) 2 inch squares, high in protein, vitamins and minerals.
Keeps weeks at room temperature, even longer in the fridge and indefinitely in the freezer. The recipe for this wonderful bread is as follows: -
* 4 cups of water
* 3.5 (three & one half) to 4 pounds of natural buckwheat or millet flour
* 1.5 (one & one half) cups of canola oil
* 1.5 (one & one half) cups of natural unrefined sugar
* 16 ounces of honey
* 16 ounces of molasses
* 4 ounces of powdered soya milk (half cup)
* 1 teaspoon sea salt
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 2 teaspoons baking powder (non aluminium)
Hunza Diet Bread has a taste that is very satisfying and chewy all on its own, but you may also add if required, apricots, raisins, chopped walnuts, almonds, sliced dates to the above ingredients. Mix ingredients. Grease and lightly flour cooking pan(s). Ideally use baking trays with about 1 inch high sides. Pour batter in pan(s) half an inch thick over the base. Bake at about 300 degrees farenheit (150 C.) for 1 hour. After cooking, dry the bread in the oven for two (2) hours at a very low heat - 90 degrees farenheit (50 C). After it is cooled tip out and cut into approx 2 inch x 2 inch squares. Store it wrapped in cloth in a container.
You may need to repeat the baking depending on the size of your baking pan, and oven, until all the mixture has been used.
Hunza Diet Bread is made from natural buckwheat or millet flour. It is rich in phosphorous, potassium, iron, calcium, manganese and other minerals, as nothing has been destroyed in the preparation from the wheat. Thus it contains the essential nourishment of the grain. This is why you must ONLY use natural buckwheat or millet flour to make your own Hunza Diet Bread..... Good luck and good health .. bon appetite :-)
Suggestions to lose weight with HUNZA DIET BREAD:
There are many ways to do it. This is another benefit. It's flexible. Here are some typical plans. Each piece of bread is thinly spread with butter for a total of approximately 100 calories.
Plan A: Eat 1 piece every 5 hours of the 16 hours you're awake. That's 3 pieces which total 300 calories. This is the fastest way to lose weight I know of. It works faster than any high protein diet. Why? You have more energy and burn more calories. Second, the high fiber bread keeps your digestive system regular. Third, your body stays healthy. A healthy body means a properly functioning metabolic system.
Plan B: Really gorge yourself with the bread. Two pieces every four hours for a total of 8 pieces but only 800 calories. You'll feel full all day. In fact, I doubt many people could eat this much of the bread.
Plan C: Eat a piece in the morning for breakfast and a piece 3 hours before your dinner and you will eat a great deal less.
Plan D: Eat a piece of HUNZA DIET BREAD, 10 minutes before you eat your regular meal. When we do this we eat only a fraction, such as 1/4 of what we would normally eat. If we wait longer than 10 minutes we don't want to eat at all.
Plan E: Eat the bread at the end of meals that don't fill you up enough, such as low calorie meals. This is a perfect way to use the bread. You eat a low calorie meal, enjoy it, then eat a piece or two of bread to fill you up. Perfect! No suffering and no urge to snack.
Plan F: Alternate Plan A, B, C, D. We recommend an alternation of the plans, but some people who just want to get the weight off as soon as possible will use Plan A exclusively.