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Shedding weight is only half the challenge. The other half of your challenge is keeping the weight off. At times when we notice that we have lost weight then there is a little voice inside that says that there is now slightly more room to gobble down more! So we find ourselves back at the starting point. Here are some guidelines for how to lose pounds and keep it off.

Our body uses fuel throughout the day, so it makes sense to keep the fires stocked up throughout the day. Most health experts agree that eating many small meals is a lot better for you. Rather than stuffing out system full 3 times a day when out body doesn’t need it, and letting it run dry when it does need some fuel.

This sounds like an easy one, but only eat when you are hungry! We tend to stick rigidly to our mealtimes and therefore we are really hungry when we sit down to eat and wolf everything on the plate down. Eat slower and pay attention to how you feel, the aim is not to empty the plate, it is to fill you up.

Don’t explain away this excessive behavior. The usual excuse behind cleaning a plate is that not doing so is discarding good food, and that there are individuals who are starving all over the world. In actuality, you are wasting the food when you put it into your body without need.

You will find that it is easy once you start to decrease the amount of food you put on the plate each time. Your body and mind adjust to having less food so you don’t feel hungry afterwards, and you will feel much better as you are not bloated and heavy from having your stomach weighed down with too much food.

It is a lot easier to be tempted if you have temptation in sight - get rid of all the bad food from your cupboards etc. If people in your house want that kind of food then get them to keep it in the garage instead! That way they me be less tempted as well as it is harder to go and get. You will find it much easier to stick to your healthy eating routine when you do not tempt yourself every time you walk into the kitchen.

Now there will be times when you are challenged by events or people around you. Learn to be able to walk away from situations where you are going to be tempted. If you family bring fish and chips home, eat your healthy dinner in the living room away from them. If watching cooking shows leaves you hungry then make sure you are doing something else when they are on so you don’t start watching them.

Losing weight is easy, but it is keeping that weight off that is hard. You need to strong and take a step back from your lifestyle and evaluate it. If you really want to keep the weight off then you have to be strong and follow the guidelines above, you can do it though, and the results will be well worth it.