Posted by Jona

Ok, it’s time to finally get this out of the way. Are you looking for free weight loss tips? Let me answer that for you, yes… yes you are. This site contains fully detailed free weight loss information basically explaining EXACTLY what you need to do in order to lose weight . However, judging by the amount of emails I get that include the phrase weight loss tips, this information just isn’t quite enough.

I know, I thought it was strange too.

I don’t know what it is, but people love tips. Maybe there’s something about the word “tips” that makes people… happy? I can’t explain it. All I know is I can direct someone to the main weight loss page of this site and tell them that following that information will work, plain and simple, and they will email me back the next day asking if I have any additional weight loss tips for them.

This is usually when I scratch my head in confusion.

However, I have officially given up on trying to figure this thing out. Instead, I’m going to give in and just give these people what they want. So… without further ado… a list of free weight loss tips.

Weight Loss Tips

1) Replace bad carbs with good carbs when you can. By that I mean replace high glycemic foods (bad carbs) with their lower glycemic (good carbs) versions. For example, instead of eating white bread, eat 100% whole wheat bread. Instead of eating pasta, eat whole wheat pasta. Instead of eating white rice, eat brown rice.

2) Keep a workout log. It’s hard to make progress in the gym when you don’t remember what you did the previous time.

Did I lift that much weight? Did I do that many reps? How many sets did I do again? Wait, which exercise am I supposed to do now? Was I on the treadmill for 20 minutes yesterday… or was it 30?

A workout log will allow you to know the answers to these questions, and this will in turn allow you to make progress. And, in case you were wondering… progress leads to results.

3) EAT! Some people incorrectly and unhealthily starve themselves in an attempt to lose weight. Not only is this just plain bad, but in some cases it will have the opposite effect. Not giving your body enough food will put it into a protective state where it actually begins to STORE fat. Weight loss occurs when you take in less calories as a whole, either through diet, exercise or a combination of both. However, this reduction of calories should be very gradual and be in 250-500 calorie increments. Reducing calorie intake by some insanely high number is, to make a long story short, a very bad idea.

4) If what you are eating has a cartoon character of any kind on it, you probably shouldn’t be eating it. Seriously though, junk food is a waste of calories. There are no weight loss tips that are going to change the fact that there is a certain amount of calories that you are going to eat each day, and none of it should be wasted on crap whose only positive is that “it tastes yummy.” The food you eat should serve more positive purposes than just taste alone. If it doesn’t, you probably shouldn’t be eating it. That’s actually a pretty good food rule right there. If you’ve read the food cravings article, you certainly know I’m a big fan of this weight loss tip.

5) Here’s one you may know already since it’s mentioned on the main weight loss page, but since there are only so few weight loss tips, and since I need to fill an entire list of them, I’ll include it anyway. Instead of eating 3 big meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) eat 5-6 smaller meals spread out over the course of the day, typically every 3 hours or so. Doing this not only helps speed up your metabolism, but it also helps keep you full. Eating more meals more often will make you less prone to becoming hungry in between meals and eating something you shouldn’t be eating.

6) Take pictures. No, not of pretty flowers and your friends, but of you, wearing the least amount of clothes you’re willing to wear. Before this one becomes a little too creepy to be on a list of weight loss tips, let me explain it’s purpose. It’s to help you track your progress. To help you see if what you are doing is working. To give you something to look back at and compare yourself to. You’d be very surprised to see how quickly a person forgets where they started at. You become so used to seeing yourself every day that you don’t notice the changes to your body. Taking pictures (once a month is good) is your way of reminding yourself. This not only helps track your progress, but it will also serve as motivation.

7) Weight loss will happen when one specific thing happens… when you end up below your calorie maintenance level. This can happen as a result of either decreasing your calorie intake by adjusting your diet, or by working out enough to burn the calories needed to drop below the maintenance level. So then yes… it is technically possible to lose weight through diet alone. Is it ideal? Not really. For the same reason it is also possible to lose weight through exercise alone. Is it ideal? Not really. The ideal way to lose weight is through a combination of both diet and exercise. It is also better for all around health, too. So, while it is possible to lose weight through just one, for best results, put both to use.

Drink water , lots of water. A half a gallon a day, at least. I know, I know… this one is far from rocket science. But it is still true and still helpful, and I think that definitely qualifies it for addition on a list of weight loss tips.

9) STOP looking for the magical list of weight loss tips that’s going to make losing weight easy or fast for you! IT DOESN’T EXIST! No matter what, you WILL have to put forth high amounts of effort and hard work. Yes, effort and hard work. Sorry to ruin your hopes and dreams, but weight loss isn’t as simple as “taking the stairs instead of the elevator.” There is no list with a tip on it that is going to change the fact that you’re going to actually have to eat right and workout. Stop looking. There is no such thing.