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Article: Would you like to be healthy?

Book Summary by: rgiyer     

Original Author: R.G. Iyer
Would you like to be slim and healthy?
G. Ravishankar
Do want to become slim? Reducing the intake of food
can
certainly help to reduce weight to some extent. However,
we need to analyse and satisfy ourselves with specific
advantage of dieting.
Being on a diet is good thing to keep ourselves heal and
healthyThe hardest thing about being on a diet is actually
adhering to it and not getting temped. If you have a hurdle
in sticking to your diet, following tips will help you to
remain focused.
Be realistic
Firstly set your goals and decide how much weight you want
to lose. Accordingly, set your diet plans and work toward
achieving your goal through realistic means. If you are not
endeavoring to lose weighty but are only dieting for
specific purposes, like improving your skin or overall
health, try eating five servings of fruits and vegetables
each day. Try to avoid sweets and fatty foods.
Rewards
If you are on a diet and being stick about counting
calories, it’s important to reward yourself every few weeks
because this will strengthen your will to stick with the
diet. Do things to pamper yourself like getting a massage
or going to a spa. Even if you’re not on a diet, you should
treat yourself for eating healthy.
Don’t over do it
Everyone has days when they tend to eat too many unhealthy
foods. IF you do yield to temptation don’t be too hard on
yourself and decide to give up completely. Getting support
from family and friends will help and you can always talk
to other people who are also on a diet and ask for tips.
Eat Healthy Snacks
If you like fruits, make yourself juice and eat lot of
fresh vegetables. They are not only good for dieting, they
are good for overall health. Another way to ensure you
don’t ruin your diet, is to eat when hungry but stick to
eating healthy food. Have a serving of fruits or some salad
when you are hungry.
Enjoy your exercise
Good exercise will help to stick to the dieting plan. If
you don’t do exercise, you may eventually give up. So,
ensure that whatever form of training you choose to get in
shape, it is some thing you will enjoy and not get bored
of. For example, some people prefer to do yoga instead of
going to gym or joining dance class, which is both great
exercise and fun to do. Similarly, find something that you
know you will have a lot of fun doing. This way it will
ensure that you are regular and willingly so.
Eat sensible portion.
Watch your portion sizes, if you always like to fill your
plate, it might help to start using smaller one. At the end
of the day, it is your body and it is really is up to you
to make sure that you stick to your plan. It is not always
easy to be on diet because it might mean you have to give
up on many things that you enjoy eating. But remember the
reason why you decided to go on a diet in the first place.
After you have achieved your goals and are looking and
feeling fabulous you will know that you set your mind to do
it, anything is possible.
Depending on the individual capability, environment and
circumstances, one can reduce the intake of food in a
systematic way so that we can achieve weight loss. So,
undue haste in controlling food will lead to health hazard.
Why don't you adopt slimming techniqus in a creative way?
Published: July 30, 2006
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