No.1 Do not skip meals, (particularly breakfast). In order to maintain your metabolic rate you must eat regularly. If you do skip a meal your body will react to the lack of sustenance, by considerably reducing metabolism, in order to conserve energy. This is why starvation diets generally do not work. If this tactic does result in a weight reduction it will probably be muscle weight rather than fat, so not recommended at all. No.2 Increase your exercise as much as you possibly can within your personal limitations. Exercise burns off fat and increases your metabolic rate. Modern thinking says that the best time to exercise is about 8 or 9 hours after you wake up. This is because it is at this time that your natural metabolism starts to slow down and exercise will give it a boost and get it going again thus burning off more fat. No.3 Eat slowly. Chewing every bite really well will tend to decrease your appetite. Also, by eating slowly, your brain will keep up with your stomach, and will tell you at the right time, when you have had enough to eat. No.4 Never go out food shopping, on an empty stomach, and always try to prepare a list of you needs before you go. A hungry supermarket shopper is very easily seduced into buying the wrong sort of foods. Make sure that you do not fall into that category. No.5 Never eat after 8 pm. Particularly, do not indulge in snacks that contain anything that resemble calories. Read more...

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