Just some weight loss tips ..

Here are some tips I found helped me when I was trying to lose excess lbs..

• Cut out the following foods and it should help towards losing extra weight you might be carrying: You must cut them out 100%, even a little nibble of these foods every so often will hamper your efforts!! I think sometimes it is hard to just have a little nibble and leave it at that. Remember, every time you eat something, no matter how small, you are consuming calories!

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So, cut out 100% the following, even on treat day !!

• White pasta
• Fried food
• Pizza
• Sweets
• White Rice
• White bread
• Cakes and biscuits.
• Also, watch your alcohol intake, alcohol is full of sugar and therefore empty calories. When you drink alcohol also, it tends to weaken your willpower and the snack press starts calling!
• Every time you feel like snacking, drink a pint of water, or have a herbal tea. Green tea with lemon, or peppermint tea are my favourites.
• Have healthy snacks out where they are easily accessible, and hide the junk. I like to have raw broccoli, carrots, celery, radishes etc out on the work top during the day. If I feel like snacking, I have some of these. Even my two year old eats raw broccoli !
• Remember, once you give into your cravings, you are left with nothing but the empty wrapper and a dose of guilt maybe. Is it really worth it after all ? It takes no time at all to eat a biscuit or chocolate, and then it's gone. Just think before you eat, cravings will pass. Think of how you would feel if you got to your ideal weight, isn't that feeling much better than a few minutes/seconds of eating something calorific? 
•  Have a treat once a week. Decide what day you are going to have that treat, and enjoy it. If you deprive yourself totally it is very likely you will binge at some stage and undo some of your good work ! But remember, even on treat day avoid the above list !!
• Keep a food diary. This definitely works. Once you see everything you have eaten during the day in writing, you might just put that cookie back in the jar.! It is very easy to forget what we have eaten during the day, or we might trick ourselves into thinking we have eaten less than what we actually have.. Once it is written down, it cannot be denied !
• Decide why exactly you want to lose weight and keep that in your head at all times. When you are looking in the presses for something to eat just stop and think of how much you actually want to lose some lbs. It is hard to deprive yourself, believe me I know,  you just have to have willpower ! If you have willpower you are well on your way to getting to your target weight. Just finding it is the tricky bit. :( 
• Stay away from "feeders". You know those people who try to get you to have just one slice of cake, or just one scone.. At the end of the day you are your own person and you decide if you want to indulge or not !

Hope some of these tips help ! Best of luck and remember, willpower !!