25 Tips for Losing Weight Safely and Effectively

"Healthy Diet - 25 Tried and Tested Way to Weight Loss You Can Use Today! "

Here are some weight loss diet tips that can be followed anywhere, everyday:

1. Skip Mayo, altogether if you can. Sounds harsh so here's a great recipe to help reduce the stomach and thighs.

Make a delicious low fat mayonnaise by combining one teaspoon of Dijon mustard or satay sauce with a low fat yogurt.

2. Never, never skip meals. Skipping meals slicks the body into slowing down the metabolism, attempting to conserve calories during a period where limited fats and fuel are available. Remember that eating increases the metabolism. Especially if combined with a moderate aerobic exercise like walking just 20 mins a day.

3. Stuffing vegetables like capsicum and zucchini with flavored fillings or minced chicken, white meat or fish. These are healthy and contain low fat. Don't use full fat cheeses or fillings!

4. Take pita bread roll ups or wraps with salad fillings. Use the same fillings for 'stuffing vegetables' Tip No. 3

5. Eight hours after waking up, our metabolism slows down, that is why 30 minutes of exercise before dinner will increase the metabolism for about two to three hours. This produces an increase in burned fat even hours after the work out is over.


6. Add alfalfa or mung beans to salad to get extra iron.

7. Good cooking and healthy eating begins with learning about nutrition and how to prepare healthy recipes. Remember to stay away from faddy diets. They sound great but can seriously damage your health.

8. Learn how to make the family favorite recipes and make sure that fats, salt, and sugar are cut out. Substitute non-fat yogurt for cream, stir-fry without oil and use herbs and spices instead of salt to taste.

9. Consult the doctor before beginning an exercise or weight loss program.


10. Slowly eating and chewing each bite during meals as this decreases appetite.


11. Complete three small meals and two snacks everyday instead of one or two huge meals.

12. Use chicken stock when stir-frying. This will cut down on hidden fat.

13. Buy non-toasted muesli instead of the toasted ones. A plate of toasted muesli contains more fat than a plate of bacon and eggs.

14. As much as possible do not remove the skins of fruits and vegetables since most of the nutrients are concentrated under the skin.

15. Warm water with just a squeeze of lemon juice before breakfast get the metabolism going for the day, this also help preventing constipation and is excellent for the skin.

16. One of the best sources of vegetable protein is from soya beans or tofu. All legumes provide some protein, so include lentils, lima beans etc into casseroles and soups. Vegetable protiens need combining with other protiens to give a maximum effect.

17. Look for a weight loss "buddy," club, or support mates. This will motivate you to stay and enjoy your weight loss program. Take a good look at who's there. If they are all still overweight, ask yourself if they are serious about losing weight, if they're not run to another club, programme or buddy group.

18. Though it's hard at first, try not eating 3 hours or more before bedtime.

19. Make pasta a fast food choice - preparing a pasta meal or salad will only take 10-12 minutes. Pata is good for long slow energy release as well.

20. Chilli helps to speed up metabolism - even the milder varieties.

21. Try making omelettes without adding the yolks! A dramatic decrease in fat.

22. Substitute baking soda, baking powder, MSG and soya sauce in cooking.

23. Remove fat by dropping ice cubes into the baking tray. Fat will stick to the ice cubes.
24. Drinking hot water instead of cold water in the morning can increase the speed of your metabolism and burn more calories.

25. Eat before you go food shopping and always prepare a shopping list. Only buy food which relates to your weekly menu plan and don't be tempted to buy goodies.

Make sure that the right discipline is still practiced to promote consistency on the diet plan. This will lead eventually to a healthy life-style and a more fruitful living without the extra fat and extra pounds on the side.

Remember not all fats are bad, transfats and certain cholesterols are avoid these like the plague. Educate yourself in the use of fats that are beneficial and include some in moderation into your diet.

Don't forget weight loss is best achieved with a good low impact aerobic exercise plan.

We'll discuss exercise and weight control in other posts.