A Weight Loss Plan to Succeed

Successful weight loss doesn't happen overnight. It takes practice and planning. People who successfully lose weight plan what they'll eat and how they'll be active on a regular basis. Planning is a big part of a healthy lifestyle. Read more about the steps to help you start living healthy

 DID YOU KNOW? You can make the most of your summertime picnics by adding a variety of fruits and vegetables using the Volumetrics approach. Pick your favorite vegetables and make a salad with a light dressing.Then, grill a chicken breast or a serving of salmon to serve with it for a healthier, more satisfying meal.

I LOST A TOTAL OF 32LBS SO FAR!!!!

YOU CAN TOO!!!

LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP!!!!

Why Is Water Important To Drink?

We know water is good for us, but with soda, juice, coffee, tea, energy drinks, and other drinks so readily available, it’s hard to make the decision to choose water. Here is why it is important to drink water.

• Keeps skin looking great. If your skin looks tired and unhealthy, so do you. Staying properly hydrated removes all the toxins that build up in you skin, and helps prevent it from drying out. If you have the opposite problem; puffy bloated skin, lack of water is likely your problem too. When skin doesn’t get water, it retains what it already had, leaving your skin cells full, puffy, and not too attractive. If you want to look beautiful, you should keep yourself hydrated
  
• It’s cheaper. Sure, if you buy bottled water, it’s about as expensive as soda, juice, and coffee. However, studies have shown that tap water is usually as clean and safe as bottled water, and costs a whole lot less. If you have a problem with the taste of your tap water, buy a filter pitcher or one that attaches to the faucet. It still costs a lot less.
  
• A healthy heart. When you’re properly hydrated, your blood is thinner and easier to pump. This means your heart has to do less work and ultimately lasts longer. Studies have shown that people who drink plenty of water have fewer heart problems. 

Simple Slimming

Spring is right around the corner and retailers have already begun stocking their floors with warm-weather goods -- including swimsuits. Besides looking great on the beach, commonsense tells us that one of the best things you can do for your overall health is to drop a few pounds. Or maybe more than a few pounds.

Being overweight significantly increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer ... the list seems almost endless. Plus, if you do get sick or need surgery, being overweight can make any treatments riskier. 

The first thing you should know is: DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF!!!!!!

TIPS:

• Start getting on the habit of eating every 3 hours... that makes your metabolism work a little faster helping you lose weight!
  
• Drink your 8 glasses of COLD water and remember... your body needs to work extra to turn that cold water into your body's temperature!!
• Eat small portions, you are not going to be hungry because you are eating often!
• Eat 6 times a day: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack , supper, snack ( 3 hours in between )
• Always leave the house with a healthy snack like a power bar, just in case you are hungry so you don't end up stopping at a fast food place.
• Try to eat you carbs for lunch and have something light for supper, your body works better in the morning.
• Try not to eat and drink at the same time, drink either 30 min before or 30 min after a meal.
• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, but watch out for the calories, if something is high in calories, eat just a little bit to satisfy you.
• Juice is very healthy, but it can contain a lot of sugar!!!! watch for that!!!
• One thing I love and that I find to be helping me a lot as well is to eat a couple of oranges before I go to bed as my night snack... try that!!!
• Eat at least 1200 calories a day, this is what an average person should be consuming. 

It's easy to lose a few pounds, you just have to WANT it!!!

    We all know that most people struggles with their weight after having a baby. Some people goes back to their normal weight almost immediately, others are on all types of diets to desperately lose a couple of pounds.

    After having my child, I lost a few pounds but not to the point that I would be comfortable in a bikini. My beach vacation was coming up and I bought for the first time a 1 piece swimsuit. I felt very uncomfortable the whole trip and decided that first thing I would do when I got back was go on a diet!

    On my first week back from vacation I went to my doctor and he said that to get back to my ideal weight I would have to lose at least 20 pounds.

    I have tried many methods to lose weight before: diet pills after diet pills, no more carbs, no more this, no more that... you name it, I did it, and nothing seamed to work. I thought to myself that I didn't want to give up anything, and this time around I wanted to lose weight the healthy way.

    I got some tips from my doctor and I started my own diet...2 months later I have lost 25 pounds.