| This article contains 10 very doable and | | | | 4. Eat more veg. Vegetables are great when |
| simple tips to help you shift those extra | | | | it comes to losing pounds. As with fruit, try |
| pounds. Get rid of those extra calories and | | | | and eat fresh veg as opposed to tinned or |
| pounds as early as you can and try to enjoy | | | | frozen. Include a salad in your diet every |
| life the best you can without inviting all | | | | day. |
| those terrible diseases that come with a | | | | |
| few extra pounds. | | | | 5. Watch what you eat. The difference |
| | | | between man and animal is that animals are |
| 1. Drink plenty of water. Your body needs a | | | | driven by instinct while we are driven by |
| lot of water. It is not just way to flush out | | | | intelligence (well, we should be!) Do not eat |
| toxin but if you have more water in your body | | | | just because you are bored or you feel like |
| you will generally feel healthier and fitter. | | | | eating. Ask yourself if your body really |
| This in itself will discourage any tendency | | | | needs it or not. |
| to gorge on junk food. The best thing about | | | | |
| water is that is has no calories at all! | | | | 6. Control your sweet tooth. Remember that |
| Start your day with a glass of water. It lets | | | | sweet things generally mean more calories. |
| out all your digestive juices and it is good | | | | |
| for you. | | | | 7. Have fixed meal times. Try to eat at |
| | | | fixed times of the day and stick to it as |
| 2. Avoid fizzy drinks. All those sodas and | | | | much as possible. Otherwise you could easily |
| fizzy drinks are sweetened with sugar and | | | | spend a day picking at junk food and not |
| sugar means calories. The more you can cut | | | | actually eat a proper meal. |
| out on these sweetened bottle drinks, the | | | | |
| better for you. So if you must drink sodas, | | | | 8. Avoid fried foods. The more fried foods |
| then stick to diet sodas. | | | | you can avoid, the better for you! They are |
| | | | cooked solely in oil which is no no if you |
| 3. Turn up the fruit! There are so many | | | | are trying to shift a few extra pounds. |
| reasons to increase your intake of fresh | | | | |
| fruit. They contain fibre, which prevents | | | | 9. Make chocolate and sweets a luxury and not |
| constipation and assists in a healthy | | | | a routine. Chocolate and sweets should not |
| digestive system. They are an excellent | | | | be part of your diet. Keep them as a treat. |
| source of vital vitamins and minerals. Where | | | | Do not indulge in them too much. |
| possible, choose fresh fruit over canned or | | | | |
| processed fruit. Processed fruits are nearly | | | | 10. Do not skip breakfast. Try to eat |
| always sweetened and if you look at the | | | | breakfast within 1 hour of waking. That way |
| expiry date on the tin, you will see just how | | | | your body has time to charge itself with the |
| many preservatives must have been added! | | | | energy it needs for the day ahead. |
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