Stop eating 'heavy' food! We are truly what we eat. We eat a lot of heavy food, then we will become heavy. Nothing can compensate for the intake of excessive greasy and heavy food. As one's body becomes healthy and fit, the cravings for junk food disappear too. Healthy body comes from and is maintained by a healthy mind. Try to eat meals that are balanced with protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats. Add more veggies to your plate to increase fiber intake—fiber makes meals more satisfying, keeping you fuller for longer. It also helps prevent cravings and keeps you from grazing later on. For a balanced meal, choose at least three food groups. For example: grains, protein, and fruits/veggies. For a balanced snack, focus on two food groups.
Exercise! I have taken diet pills and followed various types of diet plans and nothing works more effectively or fast than exercising. I am not going to say do 15 crunches a day and walk a mile a day to start...because I know that we want to see the results. Start small but start well to prepare yourself to overcome yourself; don't put yourself to get disappointed with workouts that do not match what you desire. For example, if you want to burn fat, start off with cardio workouts with yoga (passive, stretching your muscle type of yoga) - running (walking fast at first for 3 minutes) continuously for 35 to 40 minutes a day to start and dedicating 20 minutes of stretching afterwards. You will find that running outside can be a much more enjoyable experience but running on a treadmill can be good if you have weak knees or ankles. Lifting light weights (for women - it should be 3 pounds max) twice to three times a week and no more. Work your oblique muscles to slim down the waist and whenever you walk/sit/stand or do whatever, always consciously make an effort to suck in and hold your stomach in. Do 2 cardio workouts - one in the morning and one in the afternoon AND stretch before and afterwards for 10 minutes each.
Don't overeat, you will be overweight. It's a simple process, if you take in more than you can take out, you will burst. But the majority of what we're made up of is fluid and 'elastic' layers. Therefore, we'll not burst, but we get big and we begin to manifest and nurture all types of dysfunctions of organs— diseases. How do we know how much is too much for one person? When one sees or thinks of food (whether it's sitting inside the fridge or in your mouth/stomach) as a trigger to continue on a conversation or to keep up the mood; or catching yourself thinking of food when someone or something pops into your head; and when you 'initially' feel like you are 'stuffed.' It's important to set consistent eating times that work with your schedule. A good measurement is to eat every 3-5 hours. Eat adequately during the day and match your eating to when you are actually using the energy you're consuming.
Learn to love water—water is going to be a hot commodity in the future. Love the water and admire it and drink it with love. Buy a beautiful water bottle that you will love and something that can be easily carried around that will be with you. Drink and drink throughout the day but do not think 'I must drink 1L or 1.5L at least.' Enjoy drinking the water when you drink it and don't even think about a certain level of consumption you have to reach per day. Add fruit, citrus juice, or fresh herbs to your water if you don't want to drink it plain.
Love seeing yourself—fall in love yourself. Capture yourself when in a great dress and heels on camera and look at the image and admire it sincerely. LOVE IT! Put on a nice dress or even cute sweatshirt when eating a salad dish by yourself at home. Do not put up diet or weight loss goals and pressure yourself mentally and subconsciously disappoint yourself from not seeing the result right away. Just pick a good role model (anyone around you in your immediate network or a celebrity whose body seems healthy and glamorous/beautiful to you) and always look at the image of that person and envision yourself in that image. In simple terms, love the qualities and image of a person sincerely to be comfortable and accustomed to accepting that part into your life. To achieve anything in life, we aim at preparing ourselves to achieve the goal(s); not to view the present moment as black-and-white/win or lose.
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