Copy the good and avoid the bad.
I am sure you must have heard this before about habits.
Why not apply it to managing your weight also.
Look at a slim person and copy their eating and lifestyle habits, and you may just find yourself losing some weight and keeping it off.
Eat Frequent Meals Have you noticed that thin individuals eats often and frequently, but not in large quantities.
This is important for weight loss and for keeping it off.
Do not skip meals.
Making a habit of skipping meals does not help you lose weight.
It may even lead to weight gain.
Generally, reducing food intake could make the body go into starvation mode and triggers fat storage as a defense mechanism.
This may even happen with just one meal! Fight Snacking Temptations We are all guilty of snacking between meals.
However, while many thin individuals snack a lot, have you noticed what they snack on? You know that certain snacks are not the best for losing weight or keeping it off such as cakes, cookies and biscuits, soda pop, fancy coffee, ice cream and other unhealthy foods and drinks.
Your best bet is to find alternatives that many thin people eat, such as fruits, nuts, seeds and healthy drink substitutes.
If you do, and when temptation strikes again, at least you will have on hand the "good" snacks and not the "bad".
The good snacks will help you overcome your hunger pangs and provide better nutrition.
Avoid Artificial Foods Artificial and processed foods have additives and substances that provides no real nutrition.
Too much of these foods and it will result in a decrease of the percentage of nutrition you get from food.
When this occurs, our body will naturally want to eat more food to compensate for the lack of nutrition.
Guess what, you will put on weight and still not feel satisfied, a vicious cycle.
Try to eat foods that are as natural as possible, which slim folks often do.
Drink Plenty Water You may notice that many thin people drink a lot of water.
Drinking water helps to keep your body hydrated and functioning the way it should.
Unfortunately, most don't drink as much water as they should.
This can affect other areas of our health and also weight.
Generally, it is recommended that most should drink six to eight glasses of water a day.
However, if you are obese or overweight you may benefit from drinking more.
Increase Alkalinity Here again, thin folks seem to eat a diet with a higher percentage of raw foods including fruit and vegetables.
This provides greater alkalinity in their diet.
So why not try to copy the thin person's habit.
Try to increase alkaline foods in your daily diet.
You just may be able to lose weight and stay (or get) healthier.
Enjoy Regular Exercise Slim people generally enjoy being active.
Are they active because they are thin or are they thin because they are active? Who knows.
Irrespective, find some form of exercise that you can enjoy taking part in.
It is important, if you want to lose weight and maintain weight loss.
Naturally slim people seem to keep their weight off without much effort.
Actually, they are most likely following a few basic principles, without realizing it, that enable them to stay healthy and thin.
They enjoy regular exercise, follow a healthy diet, drink a lot of water, never skip meals and snack healthy in small bites.
Learn and copy these principles and the weight will come off and stay off.