Is spring and summer weight loss easier or harder than other times of the year? It's up to you. Warmer weather can be "the best of times or the worst of times" for successful weight loss.
For example, how can you resist all the in-your-face fattening foods you're confronted with at picnics, weddings, amusement parks, fairs, ball games and during summer vacation trips? After all, a major part of fun-in-the-sun for many people is all the rich and tempting foods.
Healthy Spring and Summer Weight Loss Tips
Summer weight loss success doesn't have to mean staying home with your celery. By getting clear about your weight loss goals and planning ahead, you'll be able to say, "No thank you" to all the hot dogs, potato salad, sodas, cotton candy and fried dough.
If you haven't already reached your summer weight loss swimsuit targets, here are seven simple weight loss tips for super successful summer weight loss slimming.
1. Plan your summer to support your goal. You can't expect to win the "battle of the bulge" without a clear strategy, especially since it takes changing a lifetime of bad old habits. So plan your summer campaign and visualize a successful winning outcome.
2. Drink "water, water everywhere!" Water has zero calories, helps curb your appetite, keeps you cool and hydrated in the summer heat and quenches your thirst better than anything else. So learn to love it. Add a twist of lemon or try herbal iced tea.
3. Exercise first thing in the morning. Morning's the perfect time to beat the heat with exercise and weight training. You can get your weight loss plans off to a great start, burn calories and rev up your metabolism before the hot sun makes you feel lazy.
4. Pack healthy low calorie snacks to go. Don't leave it to chance. Take plenty of portable calorie-counted mini meals wherever you go chopped veggies, strips of cooked chicken breast, fresh fruit, low fat cheese or even a low cal sandwich.
5. Focus on low calorie high fiber foods. Keep a bowl of raw baby carrots, snap peas, red pepper strips or lightly steamed cold broccoli, cauliflower or green beans for snacks. By choosing from this healthy vegetable list youll fill up first on foods high in fiber.
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How to Lose Weight in the Spring & Summer
