4 Ways To Lose Weight That Don’t Require Much Effort

Weight Loss Can Be Worked Into A Busy Life

There are many easy ways to lose weight without having to devote your entire life to a time-consuming diet and exercise regimen. Because losing weight is really about changing habits, it doesn’t matter whether they are small habits or large. Every time you change one, you are one step closer to your ideal weight.

Losing weight this way may not get you fast results, but for the busy person who has doesn’t have much time, it still works. Some of the following habits can be implemented right away and others can be gradually introduced into your over-all plan to slowly but permanently help you lose weight.

 

One of the biggest setbacks dieters have is shopping for groceries.  

They walk down the aisles with their shopping cart and load it up with too much junk food instead of buying what healthy groceries they need. To a hungry person, everything looks good. Grocery shopping right after eating will prevent this from happening. When you aren’t hungry, food looks much less appealing and you buy less. Also, always take a list and buy only what is on it and then promptly leave the store.

Avoid eating out. 

All dishes in restaurants have twice the fat, calories, sugar and salt than something you would make yourself. One health study shows that a person who stops eating out can lose an average of three pounds in a month simply by eating at home and taking their lunch to work. Also, replace sugary drinks and sodas with flavored water and you may shed another two pounds per month.  

           

Walking is another good habit to start. 

You don’t have to be a marathon walker or even take time out of your day to do it.  Park your car at the back of the lot. Walk your dog. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. If it’s a rainy day, walk the entire length of the shopping mall to look for the new clothes you will be soon be able to wear. Just take a bottle of water and pass up the food court. Walking every day will take off another three pounds a month. 

Drink plenty of water. 

This not only keeps you hydrated, but can also help to stave off food cravings because your stomach thinks it is full. Water also helps flush out your system and keeps it regular.  Eight glasses a day is recommended, but most people don’t have time to keep track.  The best way to get eight glasses of water a day is to buy individually bottled water by the pack. Set eight of them aside every morning. When they are gone, you know that you have consumed enough water for the day.  Drinking this much water daily helps you lose about three pounds a month.

If you add it up, that’s about ten pounds a month. After a year that equals one hundred and twenty pounds. There aren’t any guarantees, but as you can see, there are many easy ways to lose weight that require very little effort.

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