There are many practical, easy ways to help you lose weight if applied over time. These tips are often overlooked thinking that it cannot be that simple, but it really is and when you practice these fun ideas consistently, they become part of your lifestyle. They help you maintain your ideal weight and stop the yo-yo trend of dieting. They really work. Try it out. Get involved in your own weight loss game and enjoy the results.

See how many times a week you can use a salad plate instead of the normal sized dinner plate. Challenge yourself to keeping a cut off time after dinner after which you will not eat or snack at least 4 times per week if not more. Find ways to cut out 100 calories per day in your daily eating plan that you will not even miss... Set out to find 1 new healthy and tasty item each time you go grocery shopping. Surprise your family by suggesting a family exercise activity 3 times a week or more. Take turns choosing what you want to do. Count the number of times per week you choose to leave some food on your plate instead of cleaning up the plate. Go out for dinner to your favorite restaurant and look for how many healthy meals there are to choose from. List them. Compare this number to other restaurants in your area and rate the restaurants. Now you have a choice of restaurants to help you be successful, even when going out. Use pastas, rice or other heavy carbohydrate and fatty foods as toppings on your main meal instead of the other way round. Mark off on the calendar the number of days in 1 week you consciously make good food choices 100% of the day. Start with 1 and see if you can hold to this or do better. The following week, challenge yourself to 2 days. Set yourself up for success by taking small steps and building yourself up, just like a marathon runner or body builder does in training. No-one starts at the top. Plan your steps and work your way up. In this way you will improve your self-esteem and confidence too. Try not weighing yourself everyday. How about every 2nd day and eventually once a week? Can you do that?

Have fun and stretch yourself to enjoy your weight loss process. You are your own authority. Create a weight loss success plan that works for you and reap the rewards. One last challenge, if I may? Keep your “game” up for 4 weeks and weigh yourself again at the end of your 4 weeks. Please feel free to email me with your insights, new perspectives if any and weight loss results.