| Please, just because you want to lose weight, | | | | Drink water instead of soft drinks and fruit juices. |
| don't dump yournutritious foods and live on celery | | | | This willlower your calories and provide you with |
| sticks and diet sodas. | | | | the fluids you needfor health and weight loss. Yes, |
| It will hurt you in the long run by depriving you of | | | | water and plenty of it will helpyou lose weight. |
| needednutrition and fiber. | | | | I saw a show in which an obese teenager did not |
| Instead replace some of your unhealthy foods | | | | have a clueabout calories or nutrition, but she was |
| with healthyfoods. You can start a better diet and | | | | very willing to learn. |
| it will be a lowcalorie diet compared to what many | | | | Dr. Phil told her that cutting out the sodas the |
| people have been eating. | | | | teenager wasdrinking would allow her to lose 50 |
| Focus on more vegetables in your diet. Especially | | | | pounds of fat in a year. |
| the leafygreen vegetables. Eat 7 or more half-cup | | | | This may apply to you as well, if you drink a lot |
| servings of vegetablesa day. This would mean | | | | of sodas. |
| two or three different servings ofvegetables per | | | | Be ready ahead of time for snacks. Don't reach |
| meal. | | | | for the nearestgoodie or candy bar, instead get |
| Eat a variety of vegetables, with a variety of | | | | out the snack you thought aboutahead of time. |
| colors each day. | | | | Maybe a little cheese and apple, a piece of fruit, |
| This creates visual appeal, different textures and | | | | orsome cottage cheese with mixed fruit. Keep |
| the goodnutrition that you need. | | | | the serving small - it isnot a meal, just a snack. |
| Don't cut them out, but don't use as much of the | | | | All of these suggestions give you an idea of how |
| rootvegetables because they are more starchy. | | | | to have a lowcalorie diet without depriving you of |
| Example:potatoes, sweet potatoes. | | | | needed nutrition. |