Some things to always remember:
1. Don't eat after 6:30p.m. (or 4-5 hours before going to sleep): Let the food get digested and get used in your activities so that it doesn't get stored as fat while you sleep. This rule really works. Really really works.
2. Drink 8 glasses of water in a day: If you don't add water to your body, it won't have the necessary fluids it needs to process all the chemicals/hormones/wastes/etc. If you don't drink the water and do everything right, after 2-3 days you'll stop losing weight.
3. Eat till you aren't hungry anymore: Don't finish what's on your plate for the sake of finishing what's on your plate. Eat till you aren't hungry anymore and leave the rest for later.... and don't worry....
4. Eat frequently: Eat 6 meals a day and point #3 won't be a problem. Eat your leftovers from the previous meal. Don't be afraid, you won't starve to death. And remember, you WILL lose weight if you follow these rules.
I can't over emphasize this point. If your body obtains a little bit of food, and processes it for it's function, then obtains a little more and processes, then it doesn't get the chance to digest a large amount of food and store the excess energy as fat. Again, this rule really, really works. Do it.
5. Replace all your refined carbs with complex carbs: This is applicable only during your weight loss period. So if you love rice or bread, you can pick it up again when you're taking a break from weight loss. But during weight loss: Don't eat rice, bread or pasta. Replace all your rice, bread and pasta with vegetables cooked with a little fat or steamed. I love using steamed or sauteed cauliflower florets, broccoli, spaghetti squash, lettuce, mixed greens, steamed beans, brussel sprouts, etc. If you do this you will:
(i) Get a lot more vitamins and minerals than if you were to stuff down a bowl of pasta
(ii) Eat a lot of soluble fiber that will help cleanse your system
(iii) Will feel fuller (than if you ate rice) because of all the fiber content + you can eat so much more vegetables than rice for the calories
(iv) You blood sugar levels will not spike because of the low glycemic index of the vegetables.
6. Exercise after supper: The toughest one for me. But this one really guarantees the burning of all your supper calories. And I always weigh less on the scale the day after.
7. Don't worry about the scale too much: Our body's moisture content varies tremendously from hour to hour and from day to day. If you're 5 lbs lighter after 4 weeks, that's a better indicator than if you didn't lose any weight from one week to the next.
1. Don't eat after 6:30p.m. (or 4-5 hours before going to sleep): Let the food get digested and get used in your activities so that it doesn't get stored as fat while you sleep. This rule really works. Really really works.
2. Drink 8 glasses of water in a day: If you don't add water to your body, it won't have the necessary fluids it needs to process all the chemicals/hormones/wastes/etc. If you don't drink the water and do everything right, after 2-3 days you'll stop losing weight.
3. Eat till you aren't hungry anymore: Don't finish what's on your plate for the sake of finishing what's on your plate. Eat till you aren't hungry anymore and leave the rest for later.... and don't worry....
4. Eat frequently: Eat 6 meals a day and point #3 won't be a problem. Eat your leftovers from the previous meal. Don't be afraid, you won't starve to death. And remember, you WILL lose weight if you follow these rules.
I can't over emphasize this point. If your body obtains a little bit of food, and processes it for it's function, then obtains a little more and processes, then it doesn't get the chance to digest a large amount of food and store the excess energy as fat. Again, this rule really, really works. Do it.
5. Replace all your refined carbs with complex carbs: This is applicable only during your weight loss period. So if you love rice or bread, you can pick it up again when you're taking a break from weight loss. But during weight loss: Don't eat rice, bread or pasta. Replace all your rice, bread and pasta with vegetables cooked with a little fat or steamed. I love using steamed or sauteed cauliflower florets, broccoli, spaghetti squash, lettuce, mixed greens, steamed beans, brussel sprouts, etc. If you do this you will:
(i) Get a lot more vitamins and minerals than if you were to stuff down a bowl of pasta
(ii) Eat a lot of soluble fiber that will help cleanse your system
(iii) Will feel fuller (than if you ate rice) because of all the fiber content + you can eat so much more vegetables than rice for the calories
(iv) You blood sugar levels will not spike because of the low glycemic index of the vegetables.
6. Exercise after supper: The toughest one for me. But this one really guarantees the burning of all your supper calories. And I always weigh less on the scale the day after.
7. Don't worry about the scale too much: Our body's moisture content varies tremendously from hour to hour and from day to day. If you're 5 lbs lighter after 4 weeks, that's a better indicator than if you didn't lose any weight from one week to the next.
