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Women want to loos weight for different reasons, mainly to be more attractive to men. This isn't that strange with the media image we know. Since we know the size zero discussion by now I'm not going to start about this again. And besides that, if we are honest we have to admit we want to be nice and slim anyway, right? Of course we do!
That's why I snooped around to find things which really work. Not the so-called crash-diets but adjustments to your habits which cause weight loss and a long-term slimness.
1. Be honest and realistic in all ways
Take a good look at your body and think of what is possible and how much effort you want to put into it. If you think that going to gym once a week, eating one kilo of candy a day and having a peer-shaped figure gives you the legs of Gisele Bündchen, think again. Also to close deadlines are not going to work. You can't get 20kilo's off and keep them off in three weeks.
Don't chance radical. The advantage of my approach consists little changes which give big result over time. If you go from a die-hard fastfood lover to a rabbit in two weeks you will run ashore.
Don't be to hard to yourself! If you deny yourself everything nice you will get frustrated and strand faster compared to when you sin once in an while. You could also sport an hour more to compensate this, or make your dinner even more strict than you planned.
2. Loosing weight starts at the super market:
There is no easier trick in the book. If you do your groceries don't buy bad thing, or just a few. If you get an snack-attack it's better to eat one candybar than 3bags of chips and a cake and 2bags of Haribo as well. Cause be honest, once it's in your house you ware not going to stare at it for a week right? This is most easy when you don't go to the store with an empty stomach.
Buy things you can snack, pay attention to high protein and low fat and carbs. The amount of calories is not always what you need to know.
Be careful with to much fruits, the contain lots of sugar. Examples of thing you can eat as much as you like:
Low-fat yohurt (possibely with some muesli), nuts, low-fat fish and meat but also cheese and vegetables like cucumber, carrots, spinach, tomatoes, pickles etc etc. For a good overview of Kcal in your dinner check this.
If you want to have something with carbs either choose the good stuff like brown rice, wholegrain products and legumes or the bad stuff like whit bread which digests faster.
3. Take a good look at your eatingpatern. What do you eat and when?
Do you have breakfast and in case yes, what do you eat than? research shwed that if you start the day with proteins you have less hunger during the day and also a lower calorie intake. Specially for those among you who don't like to have breakfast eating eggs is a good solution. By preference without yolk or with a ratio of 1:3. Also, boiled eggs are better than backed. If you combine this with green or white tea you will loose even more weight.
Is your lunch a fast, fatty snack because you eat at school or at work? Make something at home form now on. You can do this even the day before. Most companies do have microwaves so you can warm your food. Otherwise you can take stuff to make a filled salad. Think like cold pasta with tuna of chicken. Pay attention to the dressing. Rather no mayonnaise but a mix of vinegar, olive-oil, lemon and some salt and pepper. Or use mayonnaise on yoghurt-base.
You can do a few things to make your dinner less fat next to paying attention to your food itself. Research showed eating from a red plate makes you eat up to 40% less.
Next to that it's a fact we usually stuff our plate with potatoes or rice with some meat and than vegetables. It's better to focus on your vegetables and mark meat and potatoes as a side-dish. Don't use to much salt in your food.
I recommend you to use smaller plates and to teach yourself to only scoop once. In this way you won't be in a hurry thinking like 'I have to eat fast before it cools off' but you are giving yourself the opportunity to enjoy your meal.
Consider if you are a television-snacker or a boredom-snacker. As soon as you realise this you can change it. Make sure you have healthy snack in the house, see point 2. Being hungry for chocolate, ice-cream or chips can also show a lack of protein. You can solve this with a glass of milk or a handful nuts.
Agree with yourself about fixed times for your dinner with a deadline like 20h. But don't be to hard in this, see point 1. Eat when you are starving, not just a bit hungry. Otherwise a bottle of water or bouillon will take the hunger away as well.
Don't forget to pay attention to your drinking habits. What do you drink on a day and how much? If you start the day with three cups of coffee with sugar be aware of how much calories that contains. Drink enough water or home made ice-tea. It could help to leave one bottle in your fridge and to take little ones to school or your work.
Alcohol contains 'empty calories' which make you hungry for fatty snacks and sweets the day after. Also don't drink alcohol on an empty stomach, these calories get stored right away.
4. Use 'Light' in the right way
A certain research of the American Marketing Association showed that light can lead to overweight.
In my opinion light can help you if you keep some rules in mind:
* Always read the label of the normal and the light version of the product.
* Light means less Kcal/fat/sugar than the normal version. 'Less' can differ from 10% to 95%. Most consumers think the difference is 40% when the average actually 11% is.
* Don't eat more of it. How many times do you think 'ah they are light chips, I can easily eat the whole bad'? Don't do this! In this way you fuck the effect.
* Some 0% fat products have more sugar and the other way around. Pay attention to this!
* Keep in mind that producers will put light on everything if this makes them earn more.
5. Start exercising more!
Use your bike more often of go by foot when you need to go somewhere. If you take the bus, get out one stop earlier and use the stairs instead of the elevator. Specially since I have a car myself now I know how deep you can fall into this pitfall, cause going to the market fast is more attrective in my Swiffer than by bike, specially in this shitty weather.
Combine cardio with strenght training. It's bullshit girls shouldn't do this, a muscular body ensures you burn more calories than a fat body and you won't look like a body-builder in a month ;).
If you are not that much into sports try different kinds of sport. In this way you can understand what does and doesn't fit you, which makes you having more fun when you found something really suitable. This is also a good idea in case you are playing the same sport for years.
In case you really don't like sports, or you don't want to go or you don't (or want to) have (make) the time to sport you can drag your lover a bit more into the bed. And don't play dead lying on your back doing nothing:
Start your foreplay with a striptease and do more squatting, bending over, hip-shaking or use yoga poses like 6, 7, 8, 16, 20 en 22.
But also playing around can get you in the mood in a more energetic way.
Instead of lying down, stand up or sit. Make him sit on a low chair or stool and sit on his lap facing him. In this way you can controll the ryth and it trains you ass and legs.
If you make him sit on a sofa or bed you can get on his lap making him face your back, This will not only train your muscles but also give him the best view, specially when you bend over really deep.
You can also squat over him when he is lying on his back. By holding his chest or shoulders you can support yourself.
Yoga poses can be really fun in bed, for example, lay down on your back push your hips of the mattress and support your back if needed with you hands, this also tightens your ass;)
Get out of your comfort zone and use the kitchen, garage, stairs or bathroom to have some extra fun. Don't forget to bring a towel to prevent a mess and to protect you from abrasions and bruises.
An of course this speaks for itself but just to make sure: The longer you have sex, the more you will burn. And don't eat chocolate after the effort.
6. Don't be alone in it
Ask your friends if they want to go to the gym with you, your friend or flatmates to buy less candy or to keep it away from you.
7. Fake it untill you make it
If you don't want to go on a diet there are a few tricks which make you look thinner.
* A fake than will make you look thinner, specially when you put a but more on the sides of your legs and the inside of your arms.
* Wear heels, put one leg in front of the other, pull you shoulders back and keep your head up.
* Buy shape-wear, preferably out of one piece.
* Make sure you always sit straight and best in a Z-shape; legs together to one side, upper-body and hands a bit to the other side.
* Wear long pants or short skirts, if you're able to create length you will appear thinner. Don't wear shoes with ankle straps under your skirt, they make you legs look shorter and you calves and ankles thicker.
* Don't cut your hair short and don't volumise it to much.
* Big accessories make you look more slim.
* Don't mix to much colors, patterns and layers.
* And the old classic: Dark colors as black and dark blue dress off.
In case you really don't like sports, or you don't want to go or you don't (or want to) have (make) the time to sport you can drag your lover a bit more into the bed. And don't play dead lying on your back doing nothing:
But also playing around can get you in the mood in a more energetic way.
Instead of lying down, stand up or sit. Make him sit on a low chair or stool and sit on his lap facing him. In this way you can controll the ryth and it trains you ass and legs.
If you make him sit on a sofa or bed you can get on his lap making him face your back, This will not only train your muscles but also give him the best view, specially when you bend over really deep.
You can also squat over him when he is lying on his back. By holding his chest or shoulders you can support yourself.
Yoga poses can be really fun in bed, for example, lay down on your back push your hips of the mattress and support your back if needed with you hands, this also tightens your ass;)
Get out of your comfort zone and use the kitchen, garage, stairs or bathroom to have some extra fun. Don't forget to bring a towel to prevent a mess and to protect you from abrasions and bruises.
An of course this speaks for itself but just to make sure: The longer you have sex, the more you will burn. And don't eat chocolate after the effort.
6. Don't be alone in it
Ask your friends if they want to go to the gym with you, your friend or flatmates to buy less candy or to keep it away from you.
7. Fake it untill you make it
If you don't want to go on a diet there are a few tricks which make you look thinner.
* A fake than will make you look thinner, specially when you put a but more on the sides of your legs and the inside of your arms.
* Wear heels, put one leg in front of the other, pull you shoulders back and keep your head up.
* Buy shape-wear, preferably out of one piece.
* Make sure you always sit straight and best in a Z-shape; legs together to one side, upper-body and hands a bit to the other side.
* Wear long pants or short skirts, if you're able to create length you will appear thinner. Don't wear shoes with ankle straps under your skirt, they make you legs look shorter and you calves and ankles thicker.
* Don't cut your hair short and don't volumise it to much.
* Big accessories make you look more slim.
* Don't mix to much colors, patterns and layers.
* And the old classic: Dark colors as black and dark blue dress off.
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