Do you know easy ways to lose weight?

There is no easy way to lose weight. Now in my thirties, I have learned a very valuable lesson about weight loss and health. There just is not an easy way to lose weight, period. Mind you, there are fad diets that may help you to lose weight quickly. However, the weight always comes back once you finish the diet.

I have tried everything. Atkins, Detox diets, cabbage soup, starvation, the diabetic diet, and so on. These diets and every other diet have one thing in common, once you stop them, the weight comes back.

My way is an old fashioned, it is hard work.

Here is my advice:

1. I religiously read magazines such as Fitness, Shape and Prevention. These magazines offer tips, recipes and a variety of workouts to ensure that you do not become bored with your routines and continue to challenge your body to work harder.

2. Portion sizes are often smaller than half of the portions we are piling on our plates or being served in restaurants. I have found it helpful to keep a food diary. This way I am not depriving myself of anything on any given day. I had a burger and a small order of pouting yesterday. I simply tailored my eating for the rest of the day to make up for the extra calories and fat. There are free calorie counters available on the Internet. This is a quick and easy way to track what you are putting into your body.

3. Our body is machines, they need to work. Muscles work like this: move it or lose it. Muscle loss slows your metabolic rate (the rate at which we burn calories). Less muscle means fatter and fatter means less energy. I do 45 minutes of cardio 3-4 times a week and weight training twice a week.

4. Losing weight is hard work. You must never give up. There is no excuse for not taking care of you. You are not only doing yourself a disservice by not being healthy and active, you are also letting your friends and family down by shortening your life expectancy and the quality of your life. Once you stop making excuses not to work out, you will soon find that you're feeling so much better about life and yourself that you will be finding excuses working out.

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