If we set our goals too high, we can sometimes get discouraged by the right gate. And when this happens, we might even find that we get a kilo or two from our "weight loss program."
This time, groped a fresh approach to diet by adopting a series of small changes healthy. Over time can lead to major changes on a leashScale.
Here are 14 simple ways to get started today:
1 Expanding your goals. There are many reasons to look better in addition to the weight of your bathing suit on to lose in the new jeans. A nutritious diet and active lifestyle, you'll get a better general health, more energy, strength and flexibility and increases endurance. Probably sleep better and feel better in general.
Before starting the "diet" to identify their health goalsevery way possible about the number on the scale: Dropping cholesterol levels, for example, or the exercise of a certain number of hours per week.
2 Reduce simple sugars. No need to go cold turkey. Make gradual changes to the intake of sugar and you may find that not to lose, not what's there. Then you can more drastic changes over time to do.
Here are some examples of small changes: put a teaspoon of sugar in the coffee in the morning, instead of two. KitchenQuinoa instead of white rice one night a week. Choose whole grains whenever possible. Start the sugar content in your food and choose varieties with less sugar.
3 Go meatless once a week. Many people think of "meatless Monday". Experiment with meatless meals here and there.
4 Try a new vegetable. Do your family a new vegetable every week and also receive the American staples of potatoes and iceberg lettuce.
5 Take a new, healthyCookbook, or searching online is a good source of recipe, which is a healthy version of your old favorites. This can be extremely motivating, as it turns out that some of your salty foods, is also relatively low in fat and calories.
6 Cooking with herbs and spices fresher. If cooking with fresh herbs, you will probably consume less oil and butter, of course, because the flavors are so bold and fresh.
7 Skip the cream of mid-table and a half in your coffee. Off on wheatWhole milk to 2%. Once you are used to change the situation, you switch to skim.
8 Serve all your meals in smaller plates. Your portions will be reduced.
9 Eat more slowly. Challenge yourself to also chew each bite 20 times. Make a point to slow down and enjoy the company of your neighbors. Try to drag, with meals. They turn off the lights to turn on bit 'of music. In other words, a meal an event.
10 Finding alternatives to fry food. Stop frying at all.
11 Finding alternatives to mayonnaise for your sandwiches. See if you can not enjoy the taste of spicy Dijon mustard brown, even more than the white stuff.
12 Try some salad dressings again. If you have a ranch dressing are fanatics, try a light raspberry vinaigrette and walnuts drizzled over spinach, with a few dried cranberries and toasted walnuts.
13 Try some of the new fast-food restaurants that appear throughout the country in those days. It 's easier than ever to find fresh, locally sourcedFood as an alternative to burgers and fries. Even if you're in a hurry.
14 Walk more. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Park away from your destination. Call the friend you meet for a coffee and usually ask them to meet in a brief walk around the neighborhood instead. Get a pedometer and see if you gradually increase as the number of steps in an average of 500 days or 1000 steps until you reach 10,000 steps a day.
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