1. Remember why you want to lose the weight. The best way to stay motivated is to remember why you want to lose the weight. Write down a list of the reasons why you want to lose weight. Put this list somewhere where you will see it everyday. Putting it on the fridge wouldn’t be a bad idea… Every time you see this paper you will remember your motivations for losing weight, and for this reason you will continue living healthy and losing weight.
2. Keep a log. Make some sort of chart or log so that you can write down every day, if you stayed true to your weight loss regiment. Perhaps, check one box for the days on which you think you ate healthy and worked out. Check a different box for the days you forgot to workout or ate unhealthily. This way, you will be able to track how you are doing. Another good type of log to keep yourself motivated, is a sort of numerical log. On the days you stay true to your workout / eating regiment you go up one number; and on the days you don’t eat healthy etc. you go down one number. You should set a number at which you want to be at, at the end of each month. A number like 25, would show that you didn’t complete your goals on five days (depending on how long that month was), and you succeeded on the other 25.
3. Tell someone how you are doing. Try to tell a close friend / spouse / etc., how you are doing every week. You won’t want to tell that person that you gained a pound this week, so you will be more motivated to lose weight and stay dedicated to your original goals. Another way people do this is by video blogging. Which means posting videos on a website such as youtube, explaining how your weight loss is going.

These 3 techniques can help you stay dedicated to your weight loss goals. Not only will these techniques help you throw off the weight, but more importantly, they will help you keep the weight off.

A simple change in your eating habits can have tremendous weight loss results. I recommend not eating anything after 7 PM. Just making this one simple change will really help you lose weight. Eating your last food item of the day at 7 PM will give you just enough time to burn off those excess calories, so that they don’t turn into extra body fat. When you don’t eat anything after 7 PM, you will wake up hungry. This will lead to eating a larger breakfast, and less for lunch and dinner; so that most of your calories will be consumed earlier in the day.

Sometimes it may be hard to not eat anything past 7 PM, and you may get late night food cravings. I find that a hot glass of tea helps to stave off hunger (But remember, drink decaffeinated tea or else you won’t be able to fall asleep!). And if you are still hungry before going to bed, only eat very low calorie foods. Vegetables are always a good low calorie late night snack to fill up your stomach.

When Chocolate Is Bad:

Milk Chocolate is usually a bad choice. It is very sweet (lots of sugar) and very high in fat. Also milk chocolate has dairy fats that are worse for you than the cocoa butter which comprises dark chocolate. Because milk chocolate is sweet, people tend to eat too much of it, and this is what really leads to weight gain.

When Chocolate is Good:

Chocolate can actually be good for you. Dark chocolate, also known as semi sweet chocolate, is much healthier for you than milk chocolate. Dark chocolate has less sugar and fat than milk chocolate. Also dark chocolate has high levels of cocoa content containing flavanoids and antioxidents, which have many health benefits. These flavonoids and antioxidents have positive cardiovascular properties. Also, because dark chocolate is quite bitter, it is less likely that one will eat way too much of it. However, remember that despite dark chocolates various health benefits, it is still a high calorie high fat food. So, remember to eat it in very limited quantities.

The reason many people are overweight and always are going to be overweight is because they have made eating a too big part of their lives. After a hard day’s work you should look forward to seeing your family, doing some activity, pretty much doing anything other than eating. Eating will not bring you long term happiness in life. If you disagree with this statement, then I guess you just have to deal with being overweight your whole life.

If eating is your favorite thing to do, it will be impossible for you to lose weight. So, if you have subconsciously turned into a “foodoholic”, make some changes in your life so that you can look forward to things other than food. Maybe join an art class or join a basketball league, anything is good. You will feel better with yourself, and you will not be living for food. Get some hobbies, live happier, (make it so your life does not revolve around food!) and lose weight as a result!

Why Not To Skip Breakfast

Skipping breakfast is a very bad idea. You should always eat a relatively big (but healthy) breakfast. When you skip breakfast your metabolism slows down, and you do not burn calories. You will also eat more later in the day. When you eat a good breakfast, you will be able to burn off these calories throughout the day, your metabolism will function faster, and you will eat less later in the day.

The Healthy Breakfast

A healthy breakfast is the most important meal of the day. For this reason you need to make sure to eat right. Make sure your breakfast is not too high in sugars. A bowl of high sugar cereal is not a healthy breakfast. But, eating a bowl of cereal which is low is sugar, but high in protein and fiber, can make for a very good breakfast. Good breakfast items include egg white omelets, fruit, whole wheat toast, whole wheat pancakes, and non fat milk. I even tend to eat vegetables with my breakfast. Just try to incorporate high protein, high fiber foods into your breakfast. The fiber and protein will help keep you full throughout the day and provide you with long lasting energy. But remember to avoid too much sugar. Sugar will only give you an initial boost of energy, and will not keep you going throughout the day.

If you don’t get creative with your workout routines, excercising will turn into something you hate doing. And if you hate doing it, then you won’t do it; it is as simple as that. The bottom line is, make your workouts fun, and always mix up your routine. If you make working out something you like to do, then you will be able to do it on a consistent basis.

To surpass your weight loss plateau, it usually helps to speed up your metabolism. Cinnamon, does just the trick. In some ways, cinnamon can be thought of as a natural weight loss supplement. By speeding up your metabolism, cinnamon will help you lose weight and avoid the weight loss plateau.

Eating a half teaspoon of cinnamon in the morning is perfect for speeding up the metabolism. You can eat this cinnamon in any way you want. You can eat it straight, or mix it with something else. I sometimes mix the half teaspoon of cinnamon into my glass of tea.

Does drinking those 8 cups a day help weight loss?

So, are the claims that water helps weight loss true? It was previously said that water helped suppress appetite, and therefore helped weight loss. However, a recent study indicated that there is “no consistent evidence” that water supresses hunger.

The reason many people think that water is so healthy, is because if you do a search on google, you will find a ton of websites that make water seem like this miraculous medicine that cures everything.

Although, water may not be a magical cure for everything, it certainly is a healthy think to drink, and actually can help you lose weight. Substituting water for other higher calorie drinks definately helps weight loss. Also, sometimes the body mistakes hunger for thirst. On many occasions I have found myself feeling hungry in between meals. Instead of getting a snack, I drank a bottle of water and truly felt much more full. Although water may not be scientifically proven to help suprress hunger, it definately helps me fight my food cravings in between meals.

Water definately can help you lose weight. Although it may not magically suprress your apetitie, it is always a great zero calorie drink.

Many people look to weight loss pills, as the magic answer to weight loss. However, weight loss pills haven’t been proven to be safe or effective.Most weight loss pills just leave a hole in your wallet. I was wondering why so many people resort to drastic measures like weight loss pills. So, I went online and just pretended I was someone who was researching if weight loss pills were safe and effective. So I googled the term “why weight loss pills are bad”, I expected to get results from reputable sources with honest information, about some of the reasons weight loss pills should be avoided. Instead, I found almost all the first results to be websites who were “reviewing” weight loss pills. They rated the pills and recommended some etc., etc… When the average overweight person sees a website like this, he or she is probably likely to want to try these weight loss pills because they got such good reviews. However, most of these people probably fail to realize that these “review sites” are simply sending you to buy these pills, while they make a hefty affiliate commision. Most of these sites were not reputable, and shouldn’t be trusted.

These days, more and more magic answers to weight loss keep being promoted. However, none of them have truly been proven to be completely safe long term ways to lose weight. Trust me, if you just make better food choices and incorporate some excercise into your daily routine, you will not only lose weight, but also feel much healthier and better. I personally, would never take some sort of pill that is supposed to chew away at my body fat. It just reminds me of some sort of poison, that is slowly making me weaker…

Losing weight isn’t bad, it just takes making better choices. There won’t ever be some magic pill to make you healthy and skinny, and if science does find one; I will make sure to inform the Neoweight readers… But until then, there still won’t be any magic answers to weight loss, so just learn how to effectively lose weight with the neoweight blog. Pretty soon, you won’t need any of those magic weight loss pills.