You only need to be motivated to be able to lose weight quickly. Here are a number of tips that will be sure to help you lose lots of pounds.
Make Habits
It's likely that your eating habits are the causes for your being overweight. It could be snacking, it could be food choices, it could be binges, but whatever it is, it has established itself as a habit in your life.
You need to replace those bad habits with good ones in order to stay on your diet through the rocky times that may lie ahead. That means you have to make a meal schedule. For example, you have to do the dishes or some other chose as soon as you're done eating.
People develop habits only when they have done it everyday for about 30 days. If you can stick to your new healthy habits for 30 days without cheating, you will find that it becomes easier after that.
Control Your Mind
You'll have an easier time losing pounds if you don't keep thinking about all the forbidden foods. Thoughts are not something that you can completely control, but you should also do your part to not want to think about food. You should think about something else.
It really helps a lot if you don't watch much food advertisements. Remember that the best food advertisements will make you crave for something you know isn't good for you. You can avoid them by changing the channel or leaving the room.
Have An Emergency Plan
You'll need to have something up your sleeve for the times when you'll be tempted to snack or binge. This is a list of 3 things that you will do instead of (or at least before) you have that unhealthy snack.
Your plan should include some quick exercise (e.g. going up and down stairs 10 times), then drinking a large glass of water, followed by something you can do for around 10 minutes that will make you feel good such as putting on makeup, taking a shower, playing with the dog etc.
Stick a copy on the refrigerator. Make that list even if you don't think you'll need it. Then promise yourself that any time you are tempted to go off plan you will do ALL of those 3 things before snacking.
This is usually very effective. The water fills your stomach while the other activities improve your mood to help you deal with any emotional upsets that triggered the wish to snack. But if you still feel hungry, then eat a healthy meal. But most times, you will not need to eat anything at all until your next planned meal.
Following these tips will help you stick to any diet, and that is the secret to losing weight fast.
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