Step 1

Click here to find out how many calories you use in a day – just sitting on your butt, you probably use anywhere from 2500 upwards easily.

Step 2

Eat less calories than you use. By eating 1000 calories less than you use a day you can loose 1lb in 4 days, or 1kg in 9 days!

Thats it, there’s no hardship. Dont stress yourself with carbs/protien/fat etc until you have those first 2 steps going ok. Once you can do the first two you can move on to worrying about the rest.
Contrary to popular belief, weight loss is not that hard, and you DO have the will power and self control. Forget waiting for ‘motivation’, if i waited for motivation i would have never lost anything!
A lot of people looking for weight loss hear the words ‘eat less and exercise more’, but what do they mean? How much less? of what foods? how much exercise? what kinds?

You will learn to understand weight loss, how other diets work, and why others fail.

It will not cost you a cent, nor will i sell you anything. All it takes is for you to spend a few minutes reading.

Liz Q

You will soon find you naturally start selecting foods with less sugar and fat so you can feel more full. Heres a few items that helped me.

Sugar free lollies or mints, i always keep a packet spare for whenever i need them.

Low fat, sugar replaced yogurt. You can get a fair bit in for the calories and its pretty healthy.

Coffee and tea! not to much, but a good flat white gives me both protein and fills me up for a couple of hours (though it was hard to wean myself off the sugar). Soup has the same effect.

Sushi, nice low calorie yummy treat!

Order hamburgers without the Mayo or Cheese, you will save yourself a lot of calories.

Potato chips are only about 140 kcal per cup. If they are about then grab a couple so you dont feel deprived, just make sure you stick to only a handful.

Avacado – whilst it is good for you and does contain healthy fats, it is a very high calorie item. I generally ask for it to be removed from rolls or salads I have.

Nuts are similar to Avacado, they are nice however to put into a salad to give it a new taste. 1 Tablespoon = 200 Kcal though (these Kcal are from memory, i may be wrong so double check them)

I found If i did not drink enough water then i didnt loose as much weight, however whenever i had my period I would not loose any weight and the week following i would drop twice as much (water weight?)

Avoid Salty stuff, it tends to make you retain water (and therefore weight). Its also pretty bad for you

Sausages, Mince, anything processed. It tends to be made up of floor scroungings and has a lot of hidden fat. Try and stick to pure foods (Steak and Salad and Egg is agreat meal!)

Check out this website for some alternatives to your favourites http://www.hungry-girl.com/

Keeping your metabolism higher
Exercise:
Regular exercise is great, but dont be fooled, 3 20 minute workouts are just as good as 1 60 minute workout! If you do it in the morning you are less likley to talk yourself out of it and arrange to be busy. Try and get that heart rate up doing bikeing, skipping, or if you are really having trouble – swimming.

Meals:
Space your meals out so you’re eating 4-6 meals a day. It fools the body into thinking its eaten more than it has. Lots of water! Soup is a great low calorie way to fill up inbetween meals or you are waiting for dinner.