6 Wonderful Ideas to Encourage Yourself to Weight Loss

• Be a shutterbug! Before you begin your weight loss programme whatever it may be spend time taking some pictures of yourself. Keep clicking every week or month as you go ahead. The idea may sound crazy to you now but it is going to be a great morale booster on a later date as you start losing your hateful body fat. The “after weight loss” photos would look beautiful and inspiring only if you know how far you’ve come through. Upload the snaps online (or make an album for yourself) and show off your success to your loved ones. Another tactic behind such a venture is to limit temptations which may come by in the form of parties and events. If people know about your earnest weight loss programme they may not coax you to drinks and dinners.
• Join a weight loss group. You can do that online or otherwise depending on your convenience. This is the best way to meet hundreds or thousands of people like you who have lost weight or are trying to lose weight. Here, you will share your joys and pains with your fraternity and learn many things about weight loss which you would not have learnt otherwise. I bet you will find the weight loss community a great moral support and you won’t feel lonely anymore.
• Involve your family. Weight loss is easier said than done. Neither your body nor mind is going to work as you choose. So do not hesitate to actively involve your family in to your weight loss programme. Let them know your plans without really ‘bugging’ them. They may have new ideas and if not, may keep away from sabotaging your efforts by not making tempting dinners and desserts. By involving them in to your goals, you are keeping a door open for joint ventures which could make weight loss a pleasurable experience. Who knows, some of your family may also get inspired and try losing weight loss themselves.
• Stop listening while losing weight. Family can be a friend or equally an enemy at this stage. No offense meant. Often you find your family is the culprit in making you gain weight. How? Delicious foods and unconscious emotional blackmailing. “You’ve lost enough already” and “I made this with my own hands” are dangerous dissuading statements.
• Talk and publicise. You have already made the first step of publicising by uploading your pictures online. Many of your friends may be already jealous of your weight loss ventures but secretly. And many others may be seeking an opportunity to share their experiences with you. You may even get new tips and suggestions without really doing much.
• Dance to music. For those who hate gyms I have a brilliant idea. Dance or exercise to your favourite music at home. Many of us find frequenting a gym a drudgery due to physical (laziness and tiredness), mental (lack of mood) and economic reasons (money, the boss). So the best way to tackle this affair is to exercise at home and make time fly by concentrating in your favourite jazz music. Use the idiot box to your advantage or get a portable music player.

   Eat fruits to lose the bulge. Too good to be true? Read on, I will definitely be able to convince you.

Weight loss is all about burning calories, eating less fats, taking right nutrition and leading a healthy lifestyle. You can see effective weight loss without compromising energy and nutrition by eating a whole variety of fresh fruits of the current season.

Fresh fruits don’t need introduction as the storehouses of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. See how they can help you to lose weight in an ideal way.

• Consuming a serving of fresh fruits would help you get the nutrition, adequate fibre and a whole lot of other goodies. It is recommended that you eat at least five pieces of fruit a day for effective weight loss.
• They also help your body to detoxify and purge itself of all waste materials.
• Fresh fruits are low in sodium and eating them prevents weight gain from water retention.
• Another good thing about having fruits is that the more you eat them the more you crave for them preventing you from eating all artificial and unhealthy foods. But, if you idle away from eating them they don’t attract you towards them with their healthy pigments or their natural aroma.
• Eating fruits will also supply you with more energy for exercise and thereby increase your metabolism.
• Additionally, fruits help you to regulate your cholesterol, blood sugar (type II diabetes) and blood pressure, reduce the risk of cancers, delay aging and maintain a good cardiovascular health.

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One of the known but underrated effects of blueberry is its ability to accelerate weight loss and to bust belly fat.

  A fresh blueberry contains antioxidants like anthocyanin, chlorogenic acid, pterostilbene, vitamin A, C and E, B complex, beta carotene, copper, potassium, manganese, magnesium, selenium, zinc, iron and more. It is also a source of rich fibre with low calories ideal for a weight loss diet. As you eat a healthy diet with loss calories your weight loss starts then and there. You may not find this a breaking news as most of the fruits are low in calories. And you also know that a fruit being only low in calories does not help weight loss much. But there are many other ingredients in blueberries that help you stay healthy and fit.

   Fresh blueberries are not like those low calorie labelled food products which convince you that you are eating healthy. They are superfoods which are natural without any unnecessary preservatives, carbohydrates and sugars.

   Blueberries are small yet fibrous filling and satisfying you curbing your excessive hunger and food cravings. Fibre will give you a steady supply of energy, keep you trim, and further clean your digestive tract. So if you feel like eating a bar of chocolate munch a handful of blueberries.

   A fat middle is often the cause behind cardiovascular disorders, Deep Vein thrombosis, blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and many other medical conditions. Studies prove that those who ate low fat diet enriched with blueberries were able to effectively reduce their abdominal fat.

   A healthy lifestyle, meaning, adequate nutrition, low fat intake and regular physical activity is a must for weight loss. But you will need a healthy body with a good resistance power to ward off diseases and infections. Blueberries with its reservoir of antioxidants fight diseases, keep free radicals at bay and heal your body.

So, why not give these delicious fruits a try?

Warning Note: Blueberries are not recommended to people with kidney or bladder disorders as they contain oxalates which are harmful to their existing medical condition.

     Motherhood is a joyous experience. But many mothers detest the physical changes they undergo after their baby. A few new flabs, a belly with two or three folds and total change in their figure and a change of sizes which can be endearingly called as baby fat. Weight loss at this stage is difficult and so too is weight control as she has diet restrictions and needs a lot of nourishment for the sake of both herself and the baby. And it may not be easy later on!! Now what to do?

   Are you preparing for a baby? Then it is the right time to read this post. A quick read may help you a great deal to lose weight and control it after delivery.

   The first step is to ask your doctor about weight gain during pregnancy. Make sure that you have the right weight at that time with a balanced diet and adequate exercises. Even if you are overweight and are unhappy about it, you need to keep in mind that you cannot afford to have any weight loss during pregnancy. Click here to know more about controlling weight during pregnancy while eating a nutritious diet.

If you are a little late reading this article we still have a few helpful tips to keep you in ship shape.

1. No worries! Don’t worry over your fatty middle. It is natural and you are not to be blamed. If you lose your self confidence you may feel stressed making weight loss all the more difficult.
2. No stress! As you have a wonderful time with the sweet little member of your family stop thinking about those ugly flabs and fat bellies. Stress makes matters worse by adding up to obesity.
3. No booze! Booze at this time is not a great idea to get you through. By boozing, you are, in fact, adding to your calories and pounds making weight loss a dream. The number of calories a drink gives you makes drinking suicidal.
4. With the advice of your doctor exercise daily. Start with light walking.
5. Do not go overboard when you are eating. Eat healthy as you did all these months of pregnancy to support your physical activity.
6. No fast foods, sodas and fad diets.
7. Stick on to that small but many meal plan to keep your blood sugar level steady. Healthy snacks are a bonus. Eg: Yogurt, whole wheat crackers, low fat milk
8. Enjoy breast feeding as much as the baby does. Though breast milk you lose a lot of welcome calories boosting your weight loss process. It can burn around 500 calories a day!
9. Ask your doctor about abdominal exercises a month after delivery and once the doctor has cleared you of diastasis.