Lose Weight and Keep it Off

Curb your boredom eating. Image by rob_rob2001 Boredom eating is one of the most common reasons for putting on weight. To be able to lose weight quickly, you need to curb the habit of eating because you are bored. Here are some ideas to help with curbing this habit and get back on track with your weight loss. Get Moving When you get bored, instead of eating, get on your feet and start moving. Go for a jog around the block, put on a fitness DVD for in the house or work run up and down the stairs. By doing exercise, you will feel better for it as the brain releases the happy chemicals that you need. You will also feel like doing more exercise as you realise how much better you feel. On top of that, you will lose more weight because you will burn calories instead of eating them! Get Into a Hobby This is the perfect time to find a hobby. It doesn’t need to involve exercise, as long as you enjoy it and it takes you away from the eating. Some ideas include photograph...

This week I jumped on the scales and found that I lost 1lb! That I can definitely be happy with since a usual weight loss on Weight Watchers is between 1lb and 2lbs. So, what did I do this week? I Stuck to Last Week's Plan The truth is that I didn't do anything different, really. I stuck to the same plan this week as I did last week. The only difference, maybe, is less exercise. The weather has been shocking the past week and there was no way that I was taking my daughter out in the pram. We pretty much drove everywhere to make sure she stayed snuggley and warm. If it was just me then I'd happily walk in the cold, wet and windy weather. I Still had Takeaways We still had a takeaway on a couple of occasions. I just made sure that I pointed them so that I would lose weight. I may have slightly overdone the takeaways this week though as I hit very close to 0 on my weekly propoints before the weekend! If I did overdo it then I knew that I could gain some propoints back...

Why is weight training good for weight loss? Image by KetuGajjar It is worth setting up a weight training programme to help with your weight loss journey. While the best type of exercise to lose weight is cardiovascular, weight training is also beneficial. It will help to tone and build muscle while losing weight, which helps the body to burn fat calories instead of the ones stored in the muscles. Speed Up Your Metabolism Adding weight training will help to speed up your metabolism and help to burn calories, even when you aren’t exercising. It is a great way to lose weight quicker than just relying on a healthy diet and cardiovascular exercises. Build Up Muscle One problem with losing weight is that the body will take calories from the easiest places. The calories stored in the muscle are much easier than calories stored in the fat, so the body will go for those first. This is why people who lose weight quickly start to look like skeletons. Weight training wil...

My fourth week on Weight Watchers and I managed to lose 2.5lbs. That was a big surprise when I jumped on the scales as, by the end of last week, I would have been happy to stay the same! This 2.5lb weight loss has taken my total weight loss to 8lbs so far and meant that I received my first Silver 7 - my first target. I am now just 2.5lbs away from my 5% goal, which I should gain over the next two weeks. What Did I Do Differently? Surprisingly, this week I ate a lot more than the week before. I used up almost all my pro-points - I ended up with 9 weekly pro-points left by the end of the week! This was a major change to the week before, when I hardly touched my weekly pro-points. It showed to me that maybe eating the whole amount isn't so bad after all! I also allowed myself to have takeaways and chocolate. I had an Indian takeaway, a McDonalds and a Subway within the week. I tracked everything that I ate to make sure that I didn't go over my points. What About Exercise?...

When losing weight, part of the challenge is snacking. While fruit and vegetable sticks are the best options, they may not be something you want or even practical when it comes to snack time. Graze offers healthy options for snacking and a wide variety of choices, including breads, flapjacks and chocolate! What Is Graze? Graze is a company specialising in healthy, low calorie snacks. You receive four snacks in a box and each of the snacks are packaged separately. It means that you can take them anywhere you want and never worry about lids opening and a mess going everywhere in your bag. You choose when you want to receive the boxes and the number that you want each week. Variety of Boxes Available Their NibbleBox is the most commonly chosen box available but there are others available. The NibbleBox allows you access to all the different food choices while others limit your choices depending on the type of box. For example, the EatWellBox takes out many of the brea...

Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped at the age of 10 and held in captivity for eight years. The new movie, 3096 is about the life that she led while held captive by Wolfgang Priklopi. Northern Irish actress, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, was recently spotted at the London Film Festival looking like dangerous thin but has revealed that it is all for the role in the movie. The 30-year-old actress is well-known for her role in Lead Balloon and has never been overweight. However, recently she looks much thinner – almost as if she is anorexic. The star revealed to The Independent that it is method acting . She has created a similar situation to understand how the young Kampusch must have felt during her ordeal. The film 3096 has gained the title from the number of days that Ms Kampusch was held in captivity. It goes through her life while being held captive in a basement, never seeing daylight and only knowing her captor, until escaping on August 23, 2006. The case sparked media in...

This week I lost 1/2lb. This wasn't anywhere near what I wanted but as my Weight Watchers leader said - it's still a loss. At least the weight is coming off. What do you do when you have a much lower loss than you wanted? How do you handle the disappointment? Looking at Where I Went Wrong This week, I genuinely can't tell where I went wrong. I didn't eat out as much this week and didn't eat all of my propoints allowance. Maybe this is where I went wrong. However, I did eat 26 propoints each day, which is the minimum Weight Watchers tells you to eat; it was my weekly propoints allowance that I did not touch. Feeling Better This Week One thing that I will touch on is the fact that I feel better this week. I feel thinner and have more energy. I got out and walked a lot more with my daughter, which meant that she also got some fresh air. We got out every day and took a walk down the high street and back or to the train station to meet her dad once he finished w...

While losing weight may be a long term goal, getting a flatter stomach is likely to be something on your list in the interim. The stomach size fluctuates on a daily basis, whether from bloating, eating the wrong foods or due to weight loss or gain. Here are some top tips to getting that flatter stomach today. Avoid Bloating Foods Watching what you eat will help you lose weight and gain a flatter tummy area. Foods like curries, chillies and anything with spice digest quickly and lead to gas building up in the intestines. This gives the bloated feeling and leads to you looking like you’ve gained 10 pounds in the space of an hour or two. Eat Pineapple Regularly Pineapple actually contains an enzyme which helps with digesting protein. This is excellent to help lose that stomach quickly and easily. Pineapple juice will not do the same so eat fresh pineapple on a daily basis, especially if you do eat something that is bloating. Drink Plenty of Water Water helps t...