The top 25 diet tips ever . . .

The top 25 diet tips ever . . .

1. Add just one fruit or veggie serving daily. Get
comfortable with that, then add an extra serving until you
reach 8 to 10 a day.

2. Eat at least two servings of a fruit or veggie at every
meal.

3. Resolve never to supersize your food portions-unless
you want to supersize your clothes.

4. Make eating purposeful, not mindless. Whenever you put
food in your mouth, peel it, unwrap it, plate it, and sit.
Engage all of the senses in the pleasure of nourishing your
body.

5. Start eating a big breakfast. It helps you eat fewer
total calories throughout the day.

6. Make sure your plate is half veggies and/or fruit at
both lunch and dinner.

7. Eating out? Halve it, and bag the rest. A typical
restaurant entree has 1,000 to 2,000 calories, not even
counting the bread, appetizer, beverage, and dessert.

8. When dining out, make it automatic: Order one dessert to
share.

9. Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate.

10. See what you eat. Plate your food instead of eating out
of the jar or bag.

11. Eat the low-cal items on your plate first, then
graduate. Start with salads, veggies, and broth soups, and
eat meats and starches last. By the time you get to them,
you'll be full enough to be content with smaller portions
of the high-calorie choices.

12. Instead of whole milk, switch to 1 percent. If you
drink one 8-oz glass a day, you'll lose 5 lb in a year.

13. Juice has as many calories, ounce for ounce, as soda.
Set a limit of one 8-oz glass of fruit juice a day.

14. Get calories from foods you chew, not beverages. Have
fresh fruit instead of fruit juice.

15. Keep a food journal. It really works wonders.

16. Follow the Chinese saying: "Eat until you are
eight-tenths full."

17. Use mustard instead of mayo.

18. Eat more soup. The noncreamy ones are filling but
low-cal.

19. Cut back on or cut out caloric drinks such as soda,
sweet tea, lemonade, etc. People have lost weight by making
just this one change. If you have a 20-oz bottle of
Coca-Cola every day, switch to Diet Coke. You should lose
25 lb in a year.

20. Take your lunch to work.

21. Sit when you eat.

22. Dilute juice with water.

23. Have mostly veggies for lunch.

24. Eat at home.

25. Limit alcohol to weekends.


From: toddhealth2@getresponse.com [mailto:toddhealth2@getresponse.com] On Behalf Of Todd Wesley

5 Tips For Sticking With Your Exercise Commitments

5 Tips For Sticking With Your Exercise Commitments


1. Focus on positive self-talk. Congratulate yourself every
time you take a step towards your resolution goal. Be your
own best cheerleader. Much of the back sliding we face with
exercise and losing weight has to do with ourselves. We beat
ourselves up before we hit our goals. Don't do that!

2. Avoid berating yourself if you should fall back or break
a resolution. Just brush yourself off and start over again.
When you missed an exercise session or ate something you
shouldn't have just say "oh well, that's over, let's keep
moving forward!" It's okay if you slip a little. It's not okay
if you let yourself stop your regime completely.

3. Stick to your resolutions by considering it a promise to
yourself, not a test of your willpower. Make sure you are
getting fit for YOU and nobody else. Your the only one that
matters so make a promise with YOURSELF today.

4. Avoid situations that put you in temptation's path,
meaning if you're on a diet, don't go to the ice cream
parlor. This could also mean bringing healthy snacks with
you and not going long periods without eating. I travel a lot
to speak around the country and often lengthy delays in airports
are my worst enemy. So, I bring healthy snacks along with me
so I won't give in to temptation!

5. Keep a sticky note in a prominent place so that you see
it every day, reminding yourself of your resolutions.
(i.e., on your bathroom mirror, next to your bed, on the
visor of your car, on the refrigerator). What you focus on
WILL GET DONE!


From: toddhealth2@getresponse.com [mailto:toddhealth2@getresponse.com]