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10 Great Fat Burning Foods

There are a lot of foods which claim to help promote weight loss, but here are 10 useful ones that help you lose weight and taste great.  In many cases, they have low calories and a high water content, and help you feel full, and also satisfied that you have eaten something yummy.

- cayenne pepper

- ginger
- eggs-packed with protein

- citrus fruits

- apples
- berries

- soybeans-packed with protein and calcium

- bananas

- garlic

- whole grains (beware of wording on labels-everything claims to be whole-grain these days, so make sure it is whole grain wheat flour to get the most nutritional value)

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* Look at the size of your dinner plate. Choose a smaller one and don’t pile up the food on it.
* Eat small portions of a variety of foods, to eliminate cravings or feeling deprived. That way, you allow yourself more variety in what you eat
* Eat lots of fresh fruit. It has a high-water to calorie ratio, plus fiber to help you feel full.
* If you’re craving a sweet chewy snack, opt for a healthier alternative like prunes, apricots, or other dried fruits.
* Don’t punish yourself for naughty foods. Instead, make a deal with yourself, like “I can eat whatever I want so long as I have a non-creamy soup and salad with low fat non-creamy dressing first.” Those two items will fill you up and stop you from over-indulging. (cream adds tons of calories from fat, so it’s best to avoid it!)
* Remember your ratio!
2000 calories 1 pound gained
3000 calories, 1 pound lost
Do the math to help you stay on track

* Avoid commercial fast-food like the plague. Go for quick and easy recipes at home, and make enough for leftovers for lunch or dinner you can zap in the microwave quickly.

* Always bring a healthy snack with you to avoid temptation in public.

* Always eat salad and some lean protein before you go out for a party or social occasion like a dinner out in a restaurant. It will stop you binging, and the energy spikes that come with starving and then indulging.

* Practice eating mindfully. Do not do anything else while eating, like checking email or talking on the phone. Chew your food slowly and savor the taste and flavor of every bit to get the most satisfaction and not be tempted to cram down a whole lot more.

* Cranberry juice is a great pick-me-up by itself, or as a spritzer. It is fantastic for relieving cystitis and keeps your bladder in good working order. Just watch the high fructose corn syrup used to sweeten some brands, and juices which are not pure juice. You can get a small bottle of concentrate in health food stores.

* Keep your toothbrush and mouthwash handy after every meal. Not only will it help keep your mouth fresh, in your medicine cabinet. Not only does mouthwash freshen your breath, food never tastes quite so lipsmackingly good before or after you’ve brushed your teeth!

Above all, enjoy, and be optimistic.
Little changes can add up to big results!
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Today, many men and women (and children) around the globe, but particularly in America, are significantly overweight. As a result, a growing number of people find themselves starting different diet programs all the time, going for fad diet after fad diet hoping for some sort of miracle for them being overweight.

Unfortunately, most people who embark on a diet plan fail to lose weight. Or, even if they lose, it often not only creeps right back on, but in many cases, it rebounds back again, so that they end up even heavier than they were before they started attempting to diet. Dieting can cause you to put on weight because you are playing with your metabolism in a potentially dangerous way.

Many of the fad diets being promoted are hazardous to a person’s health. While you may lose weight at the outset on one of these diet plans or programs, many of these plans are not designed to promote a healthy and balanced eating lifestyle which you can sustain long-term in order to keep the weight off.

In the final analysis, when it comes to healthy living and reaching and maintaining an appropriate weight, the only true course of action in which you can follow is a balanced diet and exercise, and those are not things that you can get out of a pill bottle or a box.

By eating a balanced diet, you will be able to maintain the energy and nutrition levels needed to keep your body running like a well-fuelled and well-oiled machine.

For those of you who hate counting calories, the facts are sad but true. To gain a pound takes 2000 calories. To LOSE one, takes 3500, because your body stores fat to later be used for energy.

Do the math! Only regular exercise or physical activity is going to help you budge the pudge!

Regular exercise will also help you maintain a healthy, toned and trim body, and a toned body helps you burn more fat, again, because your body is operating efficiently.

Through a balanced diet and regular exercise, you can not only reach your weight goal, you can get the pounds off and keep them off.

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