The 15 Best Diet Tips?

Excellent set of tips! I would add to avoid processed foods whenever possible.

:-)

Brian

Also:

-avoid sugar
-never food shop when hungry
-cut the carbs out at night, trust me you will FEEL leaner the next morning
-if you are starting some type of change in eating habits, start small, do it a few days at a time, so your body becomes conditioned to eating the better

I like number 3. I know that if I'm bored or sad I will head into my refrigerator. Now I always ask myself, Are you really hungry?

It's hard, especially late at in the evening when you are alone at home to avoid food.

Water and Exercise is probably the most important ones, that almost nobody takes serious!

#14) I guess I will go out and have a smoke instead.

Great tips! When it comes to eating out, I always order the smallest item available and I box half my meal. If you bring you own reusable (more environmentally friendly) container, you can do that without inconveniencing the waiter and avoid having to use the bulky to go containers the restaurants use these days.

:) That's funny... 2 sets of different top tips! My brother once bought a CD "The best rock anthems ever". He was well chuffed thinking he had the best tracks ever made. Then a few months later they released "The best rock athems ever--part 2!!" :)

More marketing shananegans... which is fine if there's integrity behind it.

~Mike.

A good set of tips - but I'd probably tweak a few of them. For example - #6 eating your treats away from home, this could also backfire because those treats could still be oversized and filled with calories. I would add something like have a treat only occassionally and make sure you know how it fits into your overall calorie limit for the day.

good tips.

i'll add:

1) do not reward yourself with food.

2) workout at roughly the same time on your workout days. make it an appoitment.

3) limit foods with an ingridents list. the aim is to basically not buy processed foods, make things from scratch instead.

4) dont get caught up with the number on the scale as weight fluctates daily. do it once every two weeks. taking measurements is a better way to go.

5) eat every 2-4 hours.

6) when workouts become easier step up the intensity.

oh & i forgot to add:

* if you dont buy it, you wont eat it. dont buy snacks or food that you know you will over-eat. it's best not to have it at all. dont buy it to see if you can "test" your self-control around it either, you'll probably eat too much of it in the end. temptation is no good on a diet.

Good List.
I would hit home the value of being physically active everyday and making fitness a part of daily living just like brushing your teeth. It is just something that you do.
I also like the recommendation to eat protein at every meal. protein will help moderate the glycemic load of your meal.

Some of the best diet tips I've ever heard have absolutely NOTHING to do with food.

1) Have a good laugh every day.
2) Get some fresh air every day.
3) Turn off the tv and read a book.

In other words, get a life that doesn't involve food.

Everyone knows how to lose weight, but not everyone knows how to live.

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This is a really excellent list. However, I take issue with #2. While it's a smart idea to look for ways to "add" healthy items to your diet, you do have to cut things out, plain and simple. Adding broccoli to fattening, high-carb fettucine alfredo, tossing almonds into sugary yogurt, or dipping carrots into unhealthy dips is not going to get one very far. I actually think this whole concept of "adding health" to regular things we eat is why we're not making better general progress in health and the obesity epidemic. Food marketers are responsible for this sort of mentality: enriching cereals that are sugary with a few vitamins; adding C to soda; adding fiber or protein to completely unhealthy snack bars. Adding may be better than nothing at all, but ultimately, certain things really do have to be cut out of the lifestyle altogether, such as sugars, processed foods, trans fat and soda. Just my take. Cheers! Mark

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Great list. I would also add "Cut up on the alcohol. Not more than 5 drinks per week for the ladies and 7 for the gendlemen".
Oh! And don't drink sodas. They make your stomach look huge.