Lose Weight and Keep it Off

Drink water to lose more weight Water on its own is not a healthy way to lose weight. However, drinking water is essential if you want to live a healthy life. It can also aid your weight loss journey. In fact, the main reason you struggle to lose weight, especially those last few pounds, is because your body is dehydrated. It starts to act in strange ways when it doesn’t get enough. You Start to Retain Water When you don’t drink enough, your body retains water. This makes you feel bloated and you tend to gain weight because of it. This is why during the first couple of weeks of weight loss you will find that your weight drops considerably—you will get enough water for your body to survive and it won’t feel the need to retain it. Yes, there is such a thing as too much water. If you drink too much, your body naturally retains the excess because it doesn’t need it. Two litres of water per day is the optimum amount for your body to survive but up to four litres is gene...

Portion sizes are a major reason for weight gain. The truth is that people are just so used to eating much more. They believe that they need to eat more to survive but they really don’t. The main reason for portion sizes getting bigger is our plates. They’ve gotten bigger over the years and we always feel the need to fill them, right? Fill the Plates with the Right Foods! There’s nothing wrong with filling the plate as long as it is with the right food. Make the majority of it vegetables or fruit. These are low in calories. Most people will choose another piece of meat or a larger helping of potato or pasta but this is just fuelling your weight gain. Your body doesn’t need to eat the extra helping. It won’t be able to burn the extra calories and will store them instead. Guess what happens? You gain weight! Not Filling It Up Psychologically Tells You It’s Empty Even if you know the portion size is just right, seeing a partially empty plate pl...

Sorry I'm not updating this every week. I did try to post the link for last week but Bubblews was down and then I never got around to it. Over the last two weeks, I've lost 1lb. I didn't lose anything in week 40. I'm annoyed that I've lost so little over the last two weeks but I did work out that I've almost lost, on average, a pound per week since starting. In 41 weeks I've lost 40.5lbs. That I can be happy with. Here are my stories: http://www.bubblews.com/news/895125-weekly-weight-loss-week-40 http://www.bubblews.com/news/919188-weekly-weight-loss-week-41 Now I just have to kick my butt into gear. There isn't going to be a weekly weight loss in two weeks time as I'm away. I really want that 1.5lbs to get my three stone on Tuesday!

The South Beach Diet is one that I tried many years ago. It was before I decided that Weight Watchers was the way to go for me and when I was going through a time of trying all the fad, crash and latest diets to hit the streets. For me, the South Beach Diet just didn’t work. It was a little like the Atkin’s diet for me. I did lose a lot of weight in the first week—if I remember correctly, I lost 11lbs—but that wasn’t sustainable. After that first week, I just couldn’t stick to it and found it very hard to live on. It’s time that I write my own South Beach Diet review to help you understand why I don’t think it’s the way to go. This is just my opinion though and you may find that it works for you. What Is the South Beach Diet? Before starting my South Beach Diet review, you need to know what the diet is. It was created by American cardiologist, Dr. Agatston, who needed something for his heart patients. He wanted something that would help to improve the health of the...

Make losing weight and having a coffee easier to deal with Have you ever tried to enjoy a tea or coffee on a diet? Whether you have it at home or you go out with friends, it can seem like hell trying to make it fit into your weight loss plan. A tea or coffee break is always seen as the time to have a treat—usually a biscuit or two (or the whole packet!) or a cake. It is possible to enjoy your coffee on a diet. Yes, honest! Here are a few tricks so your coffee break is still weight loss friendly. Only Take the Number of Snacks Allowed for the Day If it’s at work, limit yourself to only taking the amount of snacks you are allowed for the day. If you want others, take healthy ones with you. Vegetable sticks with a hummus dip or a handful of nuts are so much better than biscuits or cake. Are the snacks readily available in the workplace? Keep them out of reach. You’re less likely to get up for another snack (and be seen doing it) than if they were just in reach...