25 ways to lose weight

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25 Ways to Lose WeightEveryday ways you haven't heard of and they work!

By Lambeth Hochwald

When it comes to losing weight, a little inspiration can go a long, long way. So we looked into

the latest studies, combed the most intriguing research and interviewed real women on how

they shed extra pounds to come up with 2 winning weight!loss tips that are well worth

trying.

"emember to always check with your doctor be#ore beginning any dietor exercise program.

1. Put the kettle on.

$rinking green tea %which is also known #or its power#ul cancer!#ighting compounds& may

help you burn more calories by inducing slight changes in metabolism, according to

researchers at Baylor 'ollege o# (edicine in Houston.

2. Choose cereal.

)ating cold cereal with skim milk #or break#ast and as a replacement #or lunch or dinner can

help *ump!start your diet, according to a +urdue niversity study released last #all. -he men

and women in the study, who all ate Special , lost an average o# six pounds in two weeks.

. Consider eanut "utter.

/oods rich in monounsaturated #ats %including nuts,peanut butter, olive and canola oils and

avocados& can help you lose weight, according to a study conducted at Boston0s Brigham

and Women0s Hospital. "esearchers studied 11 overweight people who were divided into

two groups. 3ne group was put on a low#at diet that got about 2 percent o# its calories #rom

#at4 the other #ollowed a diet that got 5 percent o# its calories #rom #at, mostly the

monounsaturated kind. While both groups o# women lost an average o# 11 pounds in the #irst

year, only those on the so!called 6peanut butter6 diet were able to keep the weight o## #or 17

months or longer.

#. $ee siing.

)xperts say you should drink enough water to e8ual hal# o# your body weight in ounces. 9#

you weigh 1: pounds, aim to drink 7 ounces a day. 3ne way to keep tabs; $rink #luids

with each meal and keep a water bottle with you at other times so you remember to drink,

suggests imberly


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>tlanta. $rinking ade8uate water will help keep you #rom mistaking thirst #or hunger, which is

a common pit#all.

5. Prioriti%e your workouts.

63nce 9 put my workouts in my datebook, 9 #ound mysel# getting to the gym and en*oying my

time there,6 says +am Silvestri, 5?, a public a##airs manager in $allas, who lost 1 pounds

last year. 69 consider my workouts *ust as important as any other business meeting.6

&. Pu u the volue.

/oods with high water or #iber contenttend to #ill you up #aster, according to researchers at

+enn State niversity. -he idea here is that you0ll eat less o# %and it0ll take longer to eat& a

spinach omelet versus a plate o# scrambled eggs.

(. )each for dairy.

Low#at dairy products can be among the best weight!loss staples, according to researchers

at +urdue niversity who studied a group o# women #or two years. -hose who met therecommended dietary intake %"$9& #or calcium %1, mg& and ate less than 1,@ calories a

day lost an average o# six pounds, while women who consumed the same amount o# calories

but less calcium actually ended up gaining weight. "esearchers speculate that calcium may

help promote the breakdown o# the body0s #at stores.

*. Change your orning routine.

Boston public relations executive Sherry (oskowitA, 2, switched #rom drinking a large

co##ee with cream every day to a large cup o# tea without milk or cream. 69 still treat mysel# to

co##ee on the weekends, but during the week 9 get the same amount o# ca##eine with tea,

without the added #at or calories.6 Cust by switching her morning beverage, she cut about

2 calories a week.

+. ,et fi"er first thing.

6-he easiest place to start getting the thirty grams o# #iber you need every day is at

break#ast,6 says niversity o# 9llinois study revealed that overweight women who ate 1,? calories

comprised o# 5 percent protein, percent carbohydrates and 5 percent #at lost 17

percent more body #at than those who ate the same number o# calories but a higher

percentage o# carbs.

11. dd rotein to your eals.

)very meal or snack should include protein, says


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dinner is over,6 she says. 6Since the #lavor o# your meal is no longer in your mouth, you won0t

crave the #ood that you were *ust eating.6

1+. tow the scale.

69 don0t have a scale in my house, and when 9 go to the doctor, 9 get on the scale backward

so 9 don0t see the number,6 says >urora Cohnson, 5:, a marketing and communications

consultant in +asadena, 'ali#ornia, who has lost 1 pounds in the last 1 months. 6=ow 90m

able to #ocus on doing healthy things like eating right and exercising #or the right reasons E

because it0s good #or me. 9 don0t need the number to know what 90m doing is e##ective.6

2-. Cook ore than you can eat.

9# you #reeAe extra portions o# main dishes, you0ll save hundreds o# calories, says atherine

-allmadge, (.>., ".$., president o# +ersonaliAed =utrition, a weight!loss and nutrition

counseling service in Washington, $'. 6eeping pre!prepared dinners on hand will mean

you0ll be less likely to order high!calorie meals in restaurants or grab calorie!laden

convenience #oods #rom your cupboards,6 she says.

21. nack sart.

eeping some staples, like grapes, mission #igs, almonds, apples, peanut butter or herbal

tea with honey, around will help you stay #ocused without overdoing it, says Silandara

Bartlett, 2, a news and Web specialist at the "ochester 9nstitute o# -echnology in =ew Dork,

who lost 1 pounds last year.

22. Eat with your oosite hand.

Dou0ll automatically slow down and experience #ullness and en*oy what you0re eating, says

(ichele L. -rankina, +h.$., a nutritionist in San >ntonio. 9# you0re ambidextrous, try eating

with chopsticks. 6(ost o# the time, we don0t let ourselves #eel #ull because we eat on

automatic pilot,6 she says.

2. Walk don't run.

> recent study conducted at Washington niversity in St. Louis #ound that those women who

walked rather than *ogged %although both moved at a 12!minute!mile pace& burned percent

more calories than the runners.

2#. Let yourself feel hungry.

69 don0t let my hunger go until 9 #eel my stomach rumbling, but sometimes when 90m hungrylate at night, 9 realiAe 90m not as hungry as 9 think,6 says >manda 'ushman, , a che# in

(iami Beach who lost 1 pounds over a two!month period. 69t0s important to really think

about that rather than acting on it immediately and reaching #or a snack.6

25. ice u your eals.

>dding cayenne pepper and salsa to your meals may boost your metabolism. 9n one recent


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'anadian study, two groups o# women were #ed a stir!#ry meal. -hose who ate the spicier

meal ended up burning more calories and #at than those who ate the blander meal.

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