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7 Simple Tricks For Lasting Weight Loss

Asking your Doctor to prescribe Generic Phentermine or some other weight loss pill is a short cut. Here are seven (7) simple tricks for last weight loss:

  1. Clear your environment of unnecessary calories – weight loss requires that you take charge of your environment. Try to get rid of high-calorie, high-fat foods that are in your refrigerator and kitchen, and replace them with healthy, low-fat options.
  2. Non-stick is the way to cook – always cook with non-stick sprays and pans. That way, you’ll automatically save 100 calories each and every time (because you’ll be eliminating the margarine, butter or oil that is used to grease the pan). Or, when frying or sauteing, try to coat the non-stick pan with a spritz of vegetable oil cooking spray. Also, try to use fresh, full-flavored ingredients (to cut the need for fattening oils and butter to add flavor).
  3. Frozen dinners are low calorie – supermarkets stock numerous delicious low fat meal alternatives. Simply add vegetables and fruit to boost the nutrients, and you’ll save 300-500 calories every time you have a frozen dinner instead of ordering fast food or having a high-fat meal. You can have four (4) frozen dinners per week and be in with a chance of losing a minimum of 18-30 pounds per year.
  4. Don’t deny your sweet tooth, satisfy it – if you deny your sweet tooth, almost certainly, binging will follow. Satisfy your cravings with a low-calorie (120 calories) that you can have everyday. Try to limit your intake of ‘rich’ desserts to just once a week (you’ll save approximately 380 calories per day for six days).
  5. Try the dilution solution – one 32-oz soda has approximately 400 calories. Try to fill your cup with ice every time that you have a soda – so you end up drinking maybe as little of a half of the liquid that the cup can actually hold. Also, try to gradually substitute soda with water, sparkling water or natural juice – to cut calories permanently from your diet on a daily basis.
  6. Eat slowly and don’t stuff yourself – let satiety register. It takes the stomach 20 minutes to send “full” signals to the brain, but you’ll save approximately 100 calories each time that you stop eating when you’re almost full (instead of eating until you’re stuffed).
  7. Cut down your meat intake – eat less meat, and eat more of certain types of meat. If you eat fish instead of red meat four times per week, you’ll save 200-300 calories every time. Try to grill, broil or steam your preparations.

Good luck!

10 Tips To Help You Lose Weight

So you want to lose weight? First, lose the idea of being on a diet – your diet is what you eat everyday. If you need to lose weight, then you need to change your lifestyle i.e., a weight-loss diet to reduce your calorie intake; burn some extra calories by increasing your activity; and gradually change some behaviors that sabotage your weight loss.

Focus on healthy eating – not a ‘diet’, which begins and ends. Aim to make changes which become long-term habits. Persons, who win at weight loss long term, continue to eat the same way even after they have reached their goal. Here are some secrets of those who have won the battle of the bulge:

  1. Have regular, scheduled meals. Do not skip meals, especially breakfast, and don’t go more than five hours without eating.
  2. Keep tempting, high calorie (sugar and fat) foods out of sight. You should be able to have an occasional treat.
  3. Control portions.
  4. Keep variety in your diet. Do not regularly exclude food groups.
  5. Pay attention to what you drink as well as what you eat, also, to the way that foods are prepared.
  6. Stay connected (friends/family/pet) and have some fun. Boredom and loneliness often lead to mindless eating.
  7. Don’t drastically cut calories (below 1,000 calories per day). You may lose tissue (muscle) which can slow your metabolism.
  8. Learn to eat slowly. Goal: chew each bite at least 15 times. This is much easier if you are not ‘starving’. Of course, feeling a little hungry is okay.
  9. Be active. Get up and move more, whether a structured exercise program, or begin by just increasing you daily activity.
  10. Learn to manage stress and get enough sleep.

The 411 On Losing Weight

A course of Generic Phentermine is not the only sure shot way to lose weight. Here’s the 411 on losing weight, the ins and outs and more:

  • Weight loss products are effective but expensive. There are numerous prescription medications (including Generic Phentermine) drugs, weight-loss supplements, meal replacement protein shakes, and herbal products but it’s almost guaranteed that they won’t be cheap. If you can afford it then go for it.
  • Exercise and portion control are a critical component to losing weight and keeping it off. You can’t simply take a few pills or supplements and expect them to do the work for you. A strict, sensible diet as well as a daily exercise routine are critical.
  • Consider trying weight control products. Different ones work in different ways … some suppress the appetite, others block chemical messages in the brain to give a feeling of fullness while others act in the stomach to decrease the amount of fat which the body absorbs. See if any work well for you.

Other products to consider on your weight loss quest – meal-replacement protein shakes, green tea extract and of course prescription medication. Good luck!