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It is a time-honored tradition to make resolutions at this time of year. If your resolution is to lose weight – and keep it off, then keep reading! Here are six simple tips that will have you losing weight in a balanced and healthy way.

1. Lose weight with water.
Water is essential for everybody – it is also the key to losing weight. If you haven’t been drinking enough water, your body has developed a pattern of storing water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.

By drinking more water, you are not only flushing out toxins, you are also teaching your body that it no longer needs to store water. Drink at least 60 ounces of water (about 8 glasses) a day. Boil water and sliced lemons, and drink this throughout the day to help with fluid retention. If you are still not sold on the merits of water, try this on for size: water is a natural appetite suppressant.

2. Soup up your weight loss program.
A simple dietary change will have you shedding pounds: eat a bowl of soup at least once a day. Nutritious, low-salt soups will nourish you as they flush waste from your body. People who eat a serving of soup daily lose more weight than those who eat the same amount of calories but don’t eat soup. Go for homemade soup whenever possible, as canned soups are loaded with salt and chemicals.

3. Eat early to keep weight off.
The human body follows a circadian rhythm, which means that the same foods eaten at breakfast and lunch are processed differently than when eaten at dinner. Studies show that when you eat your daily protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight and have more energy; however, eating the same things at dinner tend to increase tendencies toward weight gain. I suggest that you eat your last meal of the day by 7 p.m.

4. Eat smaller meals, more frequently.
Follow an eating schedule with five little meals every day. Eating steadily through the day keeps you from becoming famished and overeating at your next meal. Make a low-fat trail mix from raw almonds, pumpkin seeds, dried plum, and apples and have it available at all times to avoid the tempting lure of high-calorie snacks.

5. Adopt a balanced approach to your diet.
Most of the fad diet programs out there nowadays are extreme in a few recommended foods, or else deprive the body of food altogether. This works in opposition to our metabolism and the results usually don’t last, producing a yoyo effect that depresses your metabolic function – not to mention your self-esteem. We are natural beings that need a balance of nutrition from all sources.

Your diet should consist of a balance of organic sources of lean protein, complex carbohydrates, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Instead of white rice and pasta, opt for brown rice, bulgur, millet, or buckwheat.

Eat more green, chlorophyll-rich foods such as broccoli, kale, spinach, and asparagus. Eliminate candy, sugar, soda, and all simple sugars from your diet. Excess sugar ends up being stored as fat in your body, which results in weight gain. Also, keep dairy to a minimum because most dairy products are high in saturated fat. Avoid fatty foods, processed or fried foods.

6. Walk off the weight.
The No. 1 cause of weight gain is inactivity. Physical activity is the key to speeding up your metabolism and burning excess calories. The best way to be physically active is to use your legs! Walk as often and as long as you can. Always take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Step outside during your break at work and take a walk around your building. Consider joining a local hiking club. Try taking a walk 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the early evening.

I hope this article helps you shed some pounds and add on the years! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.

May you live long, live strong, and live happy!

-Dr. Mao

weight loss cardiff answers:

There is no “Cure” for excess weight, and if you do lose weight in 2 weeks, that would probably be all water weight, which is very risky because you will be very dehydrated. Losing weight is a process and not a one stop ride. It will take you about how long it took you to gain it to lose it.

weight loss cardiff answers:

You can EASILY lose 5 pounds in a week with this plan, this is what you got to do:

1) Eat ANY kind of food that are low or very low in Calories, Sodium, Carbs, and Fat, and if you really serious, low in Sugar too, ALL at once, don’t just look for 1 or 2 of these things, you have to know all the nutrition of the food you eat from now on. If your totally serious about weight loss, only eat bread for breakfast, (High fiber bread) and thats it for the rest of the day.

2) Drink lots of water, That’s horrible to read I know, I hate it too cause I see it all the time, BUT, you need to do it because then you get rid of your water weight problem and then the weight you lose you KNOW is not water, but fat, thats what you want.

3) You want to stay away from Sodium because that will store water and really make you gain water weight, so low sodium always and never add salt to the food you eat.

4) NO SODA! Not even diet, if you HAVE to drink soda then fine drink diet, but look at the label even diet soda’s have sodium and if your putting down a lot of soda then your drinking lots of sodium (WATER WEIGHT!)

5) Eat at least 4 mini meals a day, 2-3 hours apart. If you can find a appetite supplement that WORKS for you, then awesome, if not water will do just fine, just drink a lot and make sure its cold water. You’ll have to piss all the freakin’ time but thats good, your getting rid of excess water, thats what you want, trust me.

6) Eat no later then 8 pm. If possible, 7 pm would be even better. It’s OK to feel a little hungry before you go to bed.

7) Include exercise, nothing really extreme. For example, walk up the steepest hill you know of 4 times and if you can jog it. Have a mini trampoline? Jump high on it while watching your favortie tv show. OR just stay active in whatever you do. Have to buy groceries or your craving a jamba juice, then WALK there! Walk everywhere, jog there, just stay active, that works too.

Stick with this and you’ll definetly lose 5 pounds if not more. Probably more.

Good luck! Email me if you want to talk more.