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.

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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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.