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Looking great is not seasonal, for just a couple of months on the beach with the favorite bathing suit! Our commonsense tells us that a balanced weight, dictates the overall state of our health and wellbeing! Heavy weight can significantly increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and so much more-but we already know that right?
The advice for losing weight is almost the same everywhere- eat less calories, burn more calories. But here comes the trick not everybody talks about-diets and weight-loss plans are lacking substance, focusing solely on our eating habits and workout routine! Along with counting calories or carbs, and following the cardinal rules of eating more vegetables, less fat and working out more, comes the most significant, yet the most challenging power to control – mental! The good news is that through the use of colors, smells, accountability and several other tricks listed here, you can condition yourself into a constant state of self-control; and once you win the mental battle, nothing can get in your way!
1. No fear, blue is here-wear it and feel full! Why do you think that so many of these fast-food restaurants are NOT bedecked in blue? There’s a very good reason behind it: Believe it or not, the color blue acts as an appetite suppressant. So what can you do? Serve up food on blue plates, cover your table with a blue tablecloth, dress in blue while you eat (remember Sex and The City the movie? Carrie’s newly remodeled apartment was dominating in blue). There’s a method to this madness-conversely, avoid red, yellow, and orange in your dining areas, as studies find they encourage eating.
2. Trick your appetite-sniff a banana, an apple, or a peppermint. When Alan R. Hirsch, M.D., (neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago) tried this method on 3,000 volunteers, he found that the more frequently people sniffed, the less hungry they were, thus more weight they lost — an average of 30 pounds each!! One theory is that smelling the food will trick the brain into thinking you are actually eating it. You might feel silly, but it works-remember though when to do this, as the goal is to lose the weight in a healthy manner for both your body and your mind!
3. Look at yourself at the dinner table-mirrors are friends! I know that when I look at myself in the mirror and I feel my body is not in the best shape, I feel motivated to adopt a healthier lifestyle right there on the spot! So why not use these mirrors as a reminder of what I want to be at my most vulnerable point in the process-the dinner table? One study found that eating in front of mirrors cuts the amount people ate by nearly one-third. One third you guys!!!! Seems that having to look at yourself in the eye reflects back some of your own inner standards and goals, and reminds you of why you’re trying to lose weight in the first place. Fabulous!
4. Brush your teeth after every meal. Nothing like that clean, minty fresh taste in your mouth to serve as a cue to your body and brain that mealtime is over.
5. Passion is great-kiss your partner 10 times a day! Can you believe this? Ten minutes a day of kissing equals to about 23,000 calories — or eight pounds — a year! This is amazing- the 1991 Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex research, stated that a passionate kiss burns 6.4 calories per minute. I wish somebody would have told me that sooner!!!
6. What “fat” clothes? We throw ours away! They say that once you’ve reached your target weight, you should throw out or give away every piece of clothing that doesn’t fit. They also say that the idea of having to buy a whole new wardrobe if you gain the weight back, will serve as a strong incentive to maintain your new figure. I agree with that, but only to a certain extent – I strongly believe that if you are really motivated, you should start getting rid of your “fatty” clothing while you are in the process of losing the weight. What better way to keep motivated?
7. Your notebook is your new friend! One of the best things we can do for ourselves during this lifestyle change is accountability! Holding yourself accountable for the way you feel and the way you eat – by writing down every single morsel that enters your lips — even water, you will be able to keep yourself in check, acknowledge your efforts, and if craving something, not having to feel bad about it! Studies have found that people who maintain food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don’t.
8. Once a week, spoil yourself with a high-calorie-tasting, but low-calorie, treat. Here’s something that I recently learned, and it should help keep you from feeling deprived and hoping on the bad stuff. For instance:
• Lobster. 83 calories in 3 ounces.
• Shrimp. 60 calories in 12 large.
• Smoked salmon. 66 calories in two ounces. Sprinkled with capers, yummy…
• Whipped cream. Just 8 calories in one tablespoon. Will make your fruit taste so much better too!
9. My pedometer friend is counting my steps-add 2,000 a day! On average, deskbound people take only 2,000 to 3,000 steps a day. By adding 2,000 steps you will be able to maintain your current weight and stop gaining weight; adding more than that will help you lose weight.
10. What does your online weight-loss buddy do? A study performed by the University of Vermont, found that online weight-loss partners can help you keep the weight off. The researchers followed volunteers for 18 months and those assigned to an Internet-based weight maintenance program sustained their weight loss better than those who met face-to-face in a support group. Thank goodness for the technology of the 21st Century!