If you follow the information I have given you so far, and have the mindset to lose weight the day will come when you reach your weight goal.  Once you reach that goal you want to maintain it for life.  Here are some tips and guidelines that work for me. You can diet only two to three days a month if you eat well the other days. 

I weigh every morning and I never let myself put on more than three to four pounds in fact three pounds is my number.  As soon as the scale shows a three pound increase I immediately go back to eating no carbohydrates for two to three days and those extra pounds drop off.  This is how you can maintain the rest of your life.  Never let your weight go up more than three to four pounds.  It is a lot easier to get three to four pounds off than ten to twenty.  If you will use this guideline for the rest of your life, you can maintain.  Click here for more information.

If you are like most people you struggle with your weight and maybe jump from one diet to the other without really gaining the results you want.  If you do lose those pounds than you struggle to keep them off.

  We usually think of a diet as a momentary thing.  While we are on the diet we confine ourselves so much that we become fed-up and usually give up.  There is a way to achieve your weight goal without depriving yourself.  You can enjoy eating without the guilt (food is not your enemy) you just need to learn what to eat and when. 

Some think that if I just miss a few meals that will do the trick.  However that is totally the opposite.  Did you know when we cut down are body goes into starvation mode and  begins to start storing for lean times ahead?.  Exercise is good but unless you eat right your defeating your purpose.  I would work out five times a week and struggle to lose a pound.  However when I started eating right and working out only three times a week the body fat started falling off.  It’s a great feeliing. Food is not our enemy we just need to know what to eat and what time we should eat. 

The key to losing weight long term is to start making steady lifestyle changes.  But do not think its going to take forever to lose this weight.  You will be amazed how quick and simple it really is. 

 If your like me I do not like to take weight loss pills because of the way that they make me feel (grumpy and irritable) and we never know what side effects we will experience down the road.   To be slim and not be healthy what have you really gained.  

You can have the best of both worlds if you do it right.  Summer is fast approaching so click on the link below and grab your copy of this guide to eating right and enjoy the good feeling you get when you like the way you look.  Do not wait get started today.  Click here for the Diet Solution.

Rainbow Salad Recipe

Here is a basic salad recipe that you can use for any party.

The grating of the vegetables exposes so much of their natural sweetness. Serving the salad like this in a rainbow of colors is always pleasing to the eye. Enjoy it with your favorite dressing.

Ingredients:
Grated Red Cabbage
Grated Beets
Grated Carrots
Grated Squash (e.g. Butternut, Yellow Zucchini)
Grated Jicama
Red, Yellow, and Orange Bell Peppers
Sprouts
Cucumbers
Fresh Green Peas from the pod
Any thing else you want!

Start with: one big salad bowl with fresh, clean, dry greens (baby greens, spinach, lettuce, etc.). Arrange the ingredients from the list on the top, going from the deepest dark colors to the lightest. Top with a dressing of lemon juice and desired oil, with a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

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We all are created equal, however when it comes to losing weight we are different.  You need to learn to know your body.  You may be a calorie sensitive person, if so you need to watch your portions.  However if you are a carbohydrate sensitive person, you can eat larger portions of protein and fats, but you will have to watch the carbohydrates. One way to determine is if you have been over weight most of your adult life, its a good chance you are a carbohydrate sensitive person.

 Our metabolic rates are different some or lower than others some are higher. When you learn how to change the metabolic rate of your body you can lose those extra pounds. In three to five days you can get your body into the fat burning mode and the pounds will drop.  During this time its very important to exercise this will speed up the process.  It increases your heart rate and allows more blood circulation in the body. It allows you to burn more fats and when your in the fat burning mode watch those pounds drop off.

You should always drink plenty of water this is a must when you’re trying to lose weight.  Water will help to flush out the toxins in your body and flush out the body fat. Water dose the body good and when your wanting to lose weight it is essential.  Replace your soda with water.

Eat Breakfast, breakfast is very important and should be your largest meal of the day.  You body has just came through at least 8-10 hours of fasting this causes your metabolism to drop.  Try to eat at least 30 minutes after you wake up to get your metabolism moving.

Eat small portions at least every 2-3 hours this will keep your metabolism up and this will cause you to lose more weight.  Dinner or supper should be the lightest meal because your body is starting to slow down and getting into the resting mode. Click for a free sample.

Most diets today prove to be very stressful for many men and women in their quest to lose weight. When you learn the reason behind what you need to be doing it makes it easier to stick to your plan.

When you’re wanting to lose weight you need to understand how the body works. The body always uses the free and easy fuel first. So the fat deposits get put on the hips until needed by the body at a later time. If you keep fueling your body, the fat deposits never get used and they have nothing more to do than just get bigger. 

When your dieting exercise is very important.  Always consult a doctor if you are thinking about dieting or exercising, as we individuals all differ in many ways. You want to lose fat not muscle, so to do this you need to add exercise into your daily routine.  Weight bearing exercise is important as this helps you to build muscle and in turn helps to burn the fat. However the most important things is to get moving. 

A few ideas to help speed up the process try dancing round the kitchen table with the kids, they may think you are mad but who cares you are on a mission to find the new you. Spring clean not once a week but maybe twice, this will help hurry things along and in turn you get a cleaner house. Walking is always a great form of exercise. 

This is your routine so do it when it suits you. Results will only come if you stick to what you started out to do. Remember you did not pack those pounds on overnight so don’t expect results over night.  If your faithful and determine you can get the results you want.  Keep moving.

This may surprise you but diets do not work. When you say your going on a diet you are setting yourself up for failure.  Take the word Diet out of your vocabulary.  Now is the time to quit dieting and start living.

What we don’t need is another diet book, we need a lifestyle change. Statistics state if we continue on the path we are going, we will continue to see a higher rate in type 2 diabetes.  Do you know type 2 diabetes can be reversed just by eating the right foods?

We our raising unhealthy children, type 2 diabetes and kidney disease are at record highs among our youth.  I don’t know about you but I am ready for a change. 

The food pyramid would be better if it was turned upside down and we ate just the opposite.  The food pyramid was good years ago but not today.  Our lifestyles have changed from our parents.   It used to be we only had dessert on Sunday’s now its most everyday  and we wonder why we are an obese nation. 

We have been told to get the fat out of our diets and eat these “Healthy foods”.  You will be surprised when you learn the following:

• The Diet Soulution will reveal the truth about the So-called “healthy” foods that actual make you fatter.
• You will also learn about the fat-burning foods you thought were unhealthy that are actually good for you.

In the Diet solution you will learn Fat Burning Tips that will explain how to Stop Dieting and start living.  Believe it or not, it is possible to eat too few calories.  Low-calorie diets may bring your weight down but they can also lead to serious health problems.  Learn how to safely get the weight off and keep it off.

People often regret the things they don’t do, not the things they do.  So don’t wait until tomorrow click here to start taking the steps today to take control of your health and those you love. We owe it to our children to stop this endless cycle.