Helen’s Diet Blog

To lead a healthy long life, it is very certain to learn the facts about health, nutritious diet, and physical activities. The key for a healthy lifestyle is to know about eating right food and how to be physically active. An individual needs 30 minutes of physical activity at least 5 days a week. By avoiding illegal drugs and tobacco, the life span of an individual is sure to increase.

The most important thing in keeping healthy is losing the extra pounds and maintaining the weight. Out of every 3 Americans 2 are obese. Losing weight is the first step and keeping it off permanently is the next step. Weight loss is the combination of healthy diet and physical exercises. People tend to lose pounds within a short period and they are prone to regain it again in short while.

Below is the list of top 8 tips on losing weight and keeping it off.

• Crash diet to lose weight is not the right way. By losing weight rapidly you are losing only the water content and glycogen and not fat. When you are in strict diet your body finds it difficult to burn calories. Once when you start eating normally your body starts to store as much as food into the fat cells that will result in regaining the lost weight.

• Don’t avoid breakfast in the name of dieting. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day that supports your body with necessary energy for the whole day. For those looking for weight loss it is an important advice not to skip breakfast.

• Best plan for weight loss is to substitute food and not to eliminate food. Eat food with reduced fat and lower calorie. Replace junk food with fruits and vegetables that are low in calorie and rich in fiber.

• Always eat natural food. Avoid processed food and food with additives. Eating natural food shows that you are in the right track for a long-term weight loss.

• Avoid aerated drinks in your diet completely. By doing this, an individual can save an average of 360 calories or even more every day. Fruit juices, whole milk and diet soda can add unwanted calories to your daily intake. Replacing whole milk with skim milk or soymilk can bring lot of difference. Make sure to drink at least 2 liters of water everyday. Water is essential for your body in fat burning process.

• Don’t overeat. Don’t eat till your stomach feels full. Because nutrients in the food take time to enter bloodstream, and move to the nerve centers in the brain, which regulate appetite. Give your body a chance to feel that you had enough to eat by eating slowly.

• Exercising is very important in weight loss plan. But it doesn’t mean to spend 4 to 5 hours a day in gym. Select exercise options that can fit into life style.

• Set realistic goals on weight reduction for a specific period of time.