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1. Hungry after a meal?

Drink water. This will fill up your stomach and alleviate your hungry pangs. This I have found the most useful. After supper, approximately 2 hours before bedtime I start to get snack-ish. By drinking a glass of water I trick myself into thinking I am not hungry. Then, by the time my body realizes, I am fast asleep.

2. Replace the sodas/pops with water.

This will cut down the calorie intake drastically. Bored of water? I know I am…try sugar-free flavored powder.

3. Stop eating 2 hours before bed.

If you have to eat something, have something light, or a meal supplement. Going to bed after having a huge meal is taxing on your digestive system. By not eating before bed you will get a better sleep and the calories won’t be directly stored instead of burned off immediately.

4. Eat 5 small meals a day.

This will keep your metabolism going and help to curb your hunger. Calorie burning will be easy if your metabolism is always idling.

5. Add protein into your meals.

As many sites state, they are better for you than carbs and fats and are good for helping repair your body after exercises, which you will hopefully coupling with your new diet.

6. Leave food on your plate.

This will short circuit the instinct to eat everything in sight. Stocking up on calories use to be beneficial to our survival since many days may have passed without any food. Since our society is now over flowing with food, this instinct to eat all is mal-adaptive.

7. Get stressed and look for chocolate?

Instead, deal with stress through cardio or through yoga or mediation. You will feel great afterwards.

8. Stock your house with healthy snacks.

I know when I am about to watch a movie I look for the candy, soda and popcorn immediately. Replace this with fruits or vegetables. Try the reduced calories popcorn. Cut out the soda. Trust me, it might be hard at first but it is doable.

9. Limit alcohol.

I freaked out when I saw how many calories were in a glass of wine or a bottle of beer. You may not think it, but alcohol is huge for calorie intake.

10. Hate to say it, exercise.

It takes about three weeks to make a habit. Start slow, about 10 minutes of running on a treadmill a day or something similar. I started in January, doing approximately 5 minutes on an elliptical bike, 2 days a week. I am now doing 30 minutes on weekends and 20 minutes during the week. If you want to lose weight you need to burn the calories.

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Creator: MsFranklin
Category: General/Other
Posted: 2/18/2008

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	“ Well, I do love chocolate too - especially dark chocolate. I agree, though... A long run, a good cardio session, or even a heavy lifting workout all seem to do the trick for me. ”
	- plucky on 5/11/2008 in response to runningbear

	“ It's 7 that would do me in. Maybe it's a girl thing ; ) I love the articles that tout the antioxidant properties of dark chocolate. It's not so much a destresseer; for that I really do turn to exercise. There's no better way to clear my head than going on a long run. Hey, maybe that's a good way to counterbalance the calories in the chocolate ; ) ”
	- runningbear on 5/10/2008 in response to plucky

	“ Yes, I think the general agreement on this site is that everyone has decided to dismiss rule number 9, which works for me haha. ”
	- MsFranklin on 3/17/2008 in response to plucky

	“ I am personally filtering out #9... Instead, I just workout like crazy to make up for it ;) We all need help with motivation, right? The rest of the tips are very in tune with my mode of operation. As far as eating before bed, your original advice is good, too! ”
	- plucky on 3/14/2008 in response to MsFranklin

	“ Well I'm actually starting to doubt my advice. Maybe eating before bed isn't as bad as I thought. I've been reading some tips and I found one like this, http://tips.fitconnect.com/dantezorzi/Protein-while-you-sleep and it seems like eating before bed might not be as bad as I thought. ”
	- MsFranklin on 3/12/2008 in response to lizette11216

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