| Summer is here and we are already half-way | | | | important meal of the day. Choose a breakfast |
| through the year!As the weather starts to get | | | | with complex carbs and fruits to kick start your |
| warmer, we start to ditch our warm clothings and | | | | day. You can have a small snack before your |
| prepare for our summer vacations. We love to | | | | lunch and your dinner. As for your dinner, it is a |
| spend time with our family or friends at the | | | | good idea to reduce the portion size and have |
| beach, and we become more conscious about our | | | | more vegetables for easy digestion. Remember, |
| own body shapes.If you have been putting off | | | | do not starve yourself as this will backfire on you, |
| starting your weight loss plan, this is a great time | | | | and make it more difficult to lose the weight in |
| to start seriously.But the truth is that it is not | | | | the future.5. Exercise. |
| easy for women over 40 to lose weight within a | | | | A good old advice. Exercise is one of the keys |
| short period of time. It will take a lot of hard | | | | to lose weight regardless what kind of diet you |
| work and consistent effort if you want to | | | | are on. A 30-minute routine of aerobic exercises |
| achieve the weight loss you desire.Eating right, | | | | such as brisk walking, jogging or swimming every |
| making smart food choices, and working out | | | | day can help to burn more fat in your body. Even |
| regularly are the keys to the body almost | | | | doing housework can be treated as a form of |
| everyone will envy. Having said that, it's never too | | | | exercise. Remember, you must keep your body |
| late to improve your body and your look for your | | | | moving if you want to burn those fats.6. Increase |
| bathing suit, bikini, or tankini.Start your beach body | | | | your metabolism |
| "boot camp" today!Here is a simple 7-step plan for | | | | The key to increase your metabolism is really to |
| you to lose some pounds and tone up for your | | | | build muscles. Muscles are like a furnace that |
| summer...1. Write it all down on a journal. | | | | increases your metabolism, allowing you to burn |
| It is always a good idea to write down | | | | more calories even when you are at rest. Thus, |
| accurately what you eat and drink everyday | | | | muscles are very important and essential for your |
| including your occasion snacks (e.g. a chocolate | | | | fat loss. You can do weight resistance training 2 |
| cookie). Also, you must jot down what kind of | | | | to 3 times every week. Furthermore, you will also |
| exercise you do every day. From there, you can | | | | look better with a toned-up body when you are in |
| learn about your own eating and exercise | | | | your swimming suit or bikini... just like the |
| behaviour. You will be able to zoom in your weak | | | | Hollywood stars.7. Sleep. |
| points which you can make improvements on.2. | | | | Many people tend to ignore the importance of |
| Learn to read the food labels. | | | | sleep. In fact, if you have sufficient 8 hours of |
| This is a very important habit you must adopt. | | | | good sleep, you will not only feel refreshed and |
| Do not be deceived by words such as "Low Fat" | | | | recharged, but you will find yourself losing some |
| or "Less Sugar". The products may have reduced | | | | weight. Recent scientific research has shown that |
| its fat or sugar content from the original products, | | | | people with insufficient sleep tend to have |
| but you must still do a proper comparison with | | | | difficulty to lose weight and tend to get other |
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| label before you purchase anything that will end | | | | you won't succeed in achieving your weight loss |
| up going into your body.3. Drink more water & | | | | goals. You really need to have patience as results |
| cut down on other beverages. | | | | do not happen overnight. The most important |
| It is very important that we drink 8 to 10 | | | | thing is that you must not GIVE UP even when |
| eight-ounce glasses of water a day. You will need | | | | you hit a temporary setback.Copyright 2006 |
| drink even more when you are doing your | | | | Tracy LeeTracy Lee is the owner of the "Weight |
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