7 Ways You Can Lose Weight and Keep it Off!

If you're one of the millions of Americans who have struggled with their weight, you've probably tried to lose those extra pounds....and you probably did....only to gain them back again!

It's time to put an end to the yo-yo dieting and the New Year's resolutions that were never resolved! Follow these 7 tips and you'll begin to lose weight and keep it off!

1) Stop counting calories!---Believe it or not, when you restrict your calories your body goes into a kind of "starvation mode" slowing down your metabolism. Your body doesn't know that you have cabinets and refrigerators filled with food. It needs to hold onto that energy....by storing it as fat!

2) Don't skip meals!---Skipping breakfast is the worst! Your body hasn't been fed in 9 or 10 hours....talk about going into "starvation mode!" Skipping breakfast is a one way ticket to fat storage city!

3) Eat "Slow Carbs"---Foods like potatoes, rice, white bread, and candy bars have a high "glycemic index," meaning they cause an immediate spike in your blood sugar levels.....your body says to itself, "Give me a break! You're not going to use all of this sugar for energy!" and it stores most of it as fat. The secret is to eat "low glycemic" carbohydrates and foods high in fiber. Some of the best information on low glycemic foods can be found in Dr. Shari Lieberman's book "Dare to Lose."

4) Get off the "sweet stuff"---Not only do sweet foods spike your blood sugar levels, they also harm your body's ability to know when you've had enough to eat....You don't believe me? Watch how many candy bars and Mountain Dew's most kids will absorb given the chance! You think they need all that food for energy?!?

5) Move your butt!---Like I said before, if you're not using energy your body knows it! Instead of sending those calories (energy) to your muscles where they can be used, it will store them as fat! This doesn't mean you have to spend 3 hours a day at the gym...just go for a walk after dinner!

6) Pump some iron!---Muscle burns calories....even when you're not exercising! If you've gone on a meal replacement or calorie restricting diet in the past, you're now fatter than you were when you started! You lost weight as "calorie burning" muscle and regained it as "dead weight" fat! Do some strength exercises and start to get your metabolism back!

7) Relax!---When you get stressed out your body goes into "fight or flight" mode, causing it to release a bunch of glucose (sugar) into the blood stream for an immediate burst of energy. Since you're probably not trying to run away from a lion, or kill a gorilla with your bare hands, your body is not going to use that glucose for energy. Guess what it's going to do?...That's right...store it as fat!

With all these calorie restriction diets, sugary foods, and sit down jobs, many of us have become "metabolically challenged" over the years. Follow these tips and you'll be on your way to getting your metabolism working again so you can finally lose weight and keep it off!

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5 Reasons You Can't Lose Weight and Keep it Off

If you're like most of us who have struggled with your weight loss you probably feel fatter than you were when you first started! There's a reason for that....it's because you are! No offense, but if you're like many Americans, your metabolism is in lousy shape! Here are some of the reasons why:

1) Yo-yo dieting --- When you lose a lot of weight quickly you're typically losing a lot of lean muscle rather than body fat. Muscle burns calories even when you're not exercising, while fat is nothing more than "dead weight." This slows your metabolism, causing you to store more of the food you eat as body fat. Not only that, if you ever start eating a normal amount of food again.....forget about it! You just bought yourself a ticket to "fat storage city!"

2) Crash dieting --- You know those diets that tell you to "drink a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch, and eat a reasonable dinner?" It is not at all uncommon for people to lose a lot of weight initially, when they go on these diets. But did you know that 95% of these people gain the weight back after a year and 97% gain the weight back after two years!!* Talk about yo-yo dieting!

3) Sedentary lifestyle --- If you're not using energy your body knows it! Your body says, "Give me a break! You're not going use the food you just ate for energy!" Instead of sending those calories (energy) to your muscles where they can be used, it will store them as fat! This doesn't mean you have to spend 3 hours a day at the gym...just go for a walk after dinner!

4) Eating garbage --- Many of the foods we eat are loaded with chemicals, saturated fats, sugars, and high glycemic carbohydrates (foods that cause our blood sugars to rise quickly). None of these are good for us! Believe it or not, by substituting a few of the foods we eat with healthier foods, we can really start chipping away at that unwanted body fat!

5) Chronic stress --- When you get stressed out your body goes into "fight or flight" mode, causing it to release a bunch of glucose (sugar) into the blood stream for an immediate burst of energy. Since you're probably not trying to run away from a lion, or kill a gorilla with your bare hands, your body is not going to use that glucose for energy. Guess what it's going to do?...That's right...store it as fat! So next time you start to feel stressed out take a few deep breaths or go for a walk.

With all these calorie restriction diets, sugary foods, and sit down jobs, many of us have become "metabolically challenged" over the years. Don't worry! If you can put an end to these trends, you'll be on your way to getting your metabolism working again so you can finally lose weight and keep it off!

There's no reason you should be embarrassed about your weight. Click here to get the information you need to effectively lose weight permanently.

If you're ready to read more about how we can help you burn fat, visit our permanent weight loss page at http://fixyourmetabolism.com/. Join the thousands we have already helped lose fat and visit us now.

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