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April 25, 2011

Looking For An Easy Way To Lose Weight?

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If Obesity Persists, Consider An Easy Way To Lose Weight

Despite the smorgasbord of weight loss programs and tips, shedding off some pounds remains the frustration of many. Sometimes the weight reduction plans may not be the main issue, but your compliance. Your excess weight may be more persistent than you are. No matter how effective a program is, but you do not stick it out, then it becomes a lame duck. Complicated. Hard to carry out. Risky. Expensive. Dull and Onerous.
These may be what is keeping you from soldiering on, thus, barricading your way to Slenderville. Your disinclination to follow your program will weigh your persistence down. Hence, the lack of success. Why not adopt an easy way to lose weight that you like doing or that does not cause you to go against the grain so that it will prod you to press on? Consider some of these painless, inexpensive and simple weight reduction techniques.

4 Easy Ways To Lose Weight

Use Smaller Dinner Plates. Dinner plates these days measure between 10 and 14 inches. They look desolate if serving is not bounteous. However, research has shown that people tend to eat less when they see less food in front of them. This also works vice versa: you tend to eat more if food is heaping in front of you, even if you may be not that hungry. With this in mind, use salad plates, which usually measure between 7 to 9 inches, to dish up your main course. Do the same for glasses and coffee mugs. Revive your 6-ounce coffe cups and 8-ounce glasses.
Eat What You Like. Depriving yourself of the food that you love will only inflame your cravings. Instead of eliminating them from your diet, add them as highlight to your diet. For high-caloric foods that you cannot go without, add just a little amount once in a while. But as much as possible, choose delectable foods that are healthy to highlight your diet. For instance, topping grapes and deep-red cherries on your breakfast cereal. Do not overdo and keep an eye on calories.
Walk Your Way To Trim Town. Walking is innate in us that we often take this ability for granted. Walking can take us to where we want to go. We walk towards the bathroom, to the parking lot, etc. It takes us to where we want to go. We can walk all the way to Slim City. Walking outdoors allows you to breathe in fresh air, to help maintain good health as you shed the pounds. Or you can simply incorporate it in your daily activities: by taking the stairs instead of the elevators, getting off the bus some number of stops earlier, parking your vehicle at the far side of the lot, and so many others.
Stop Working Out. Literally, a workout sounds like a lot of work. For many people, it really requires a lot of work. So to avoid its negative undertone from going against your grain, stop calling it a workout. Rather, baptize your exercise activities hiking, swimming, beach-combing,  playing Frisbee, catching baseball, basketball, biking, walking the dog,  and any other physical activity that you enjoy.

To help you to keep going in your efforts to shed off some pounds, ditch techniques that you dread and adopt an easy way to lose weight and enjoy it.

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Dr. Joe Jacko


Dr. Joe is board certified in internal medicine and sports medicine with additional training in hormone replacement therapy and regenerative medicine. He has trained or practiced at leading institutions including the Hughston Clinic, Cooper Clinic, Steadman-Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, and Cenegenics. He currently practices in Columbus, Ohio at Grandview Primary Care. Read more about Dr. Joe Jacko

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