Great Healthy Ways to Lose Weight

Each one of my weight loss tips are great ways to lose weight! But if I could give you ONLY one tip, this is the ONE I’d give you!

This is the MOTHER of all 'weight loss' tips I can give you! Are you ready???? Get this one, if you don’t get any of my other tips, get this one!!!

EAT SLOWLY! SLOW DOWN! EAT SLOWLY! SLOW DOWN!

EAT VERY SLOWLY! CHEW YOUR FOOD! EAT VERY SLOWLY!

CHEW YOUR FOOD! CHEW YOUR FOOD SLOWLY AND THOROUGHLY!

I am asking you to taste your food and enjoy it!

If you taste your food and enjoy it, you will be much less likely to overeat. When was the last time you can honestly say you sat down and really thought about the food you were eating? We seem to get used to just 'eating', and forget to taste how good it really is.

Food was meant to be medicinal. It nourishes your body and your cells and gives you energy. And it should be enjoyed and appreciated. You will find that tasting your food and chewing thoroughly is one of the best ways to lose weight that you can utilize!

When I was a child, we had chewing contests at the dinner table while we ate! I had siblings, who with me, were expected to see how long we could chew each bite! And whoever chewed their food the longest won and got a big prize!

Guess what was the prize?

Well, we got nothing. Nothing at all! We just 'won'! That was it!

The real prize that we 'got', we really didn’t understand at the time. That prize was simply 'good digestion'. I have rarely had indigestion my whole life because I learned at an early age to chew my food a lot!

Good digestion is one of the best ways to lose weight that I've ever learned! You'll have better digestion if you eat more slowly too. Each of these things works hand in hand. They are necessary for you to feel healthy and unbloated.

My mom sure knew a lot more than she was aware of, for sure! One of the best ways to lose weight, is to eat slowly. Your digestive process starts in your salivary glands. The mixture of food and saliva prepare the food for further digestion in the stomach. You will lose weight if you just slow down!

When you don’t chew your food properly, you are setting yourself up for a variety of stress on ALL your major bodily functions. And if your body is stressed, there is NO WAY that you are gonna be able to lose weight!

1)You should realistically chew food at least 50 times per mouthful!

2)If you are a cancer patient or a cancer patient in recovery, you should chew your food 100-200 times per mouthful!

Moreover, chewing your food properly helps you FEEL FULL faster! The faster you eat, the less you notice you are getting full, and then BAM! You are so full you can hardly move. You will be much more likely to overeat if you eat too fast! Make sense?

Don’t you remember as a child how you would mess around with your food at the table and either eat really slowly, play with your food, or not eat too much at all?

Do you remember why that was so?

It was probably because you were thinking of going back outside and playing or finishing up your homework or talking to your friends on the phone! Food was not your main focus, therefore you ate slower and you ate less.

(Unless you were totally bored, and boredom can make you gain weight just thinking about it!)

Food is supposed to be ingested slowly. How can you expect to lose weight if you are eating at the speed of light? It is better not to eat at all, than have to eat too quickly! Eat food in an orderly and relaxed environment if possible. If you eat out at a fancy restaurant, they extend the meal over several hours. Not so? They serve you a bit here, and a bit there, and by the end of the meal, guess what? You are REALLY FULL! That's the same principle that I am talking about! You need to enjoy your food and STOP stuffing your face! Don’t add another mouthful of food until you have finished the one that is in your mouth! That's one thing I constantly have to remind my son about. He forgets sometimes and stuffs more food into his mouth, before he has finished chewing his first bite. I have been preaching to him, since he was a toddler, 'to eat slowly and enjoy your food'. One day he will remember by himself, but until then I am determined to be the 'harp queen'.

Chewing your food properly is not rocket science, but its still one of the best ways to lose weight that works really well!

***Since I wrote this page over a year ago, my son now comes to my room before we eat dinner and reminds me to 'enjoy my food and eat slowly'. He is now 17 years old with learning disabilities and remembers what dear old mom has been saying to him since he was a toddler.*** Too cool!

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Cut your food up into bite sized pieces. Cutting your food up into smaller bite sized pieces will ultimately make you 'think' you have more food.

You can 'see' it.

This optical perception is transmitted to your brain. If you see more food on your plate, your brain will acknowledge it and you'll trick yourself into believing you've actually got more food on your plate. Your stomach will feel fuller from eating such a 'large' meal, when all you really did was cut your food up into smaller bite sized pieces.

You can lose weight, just by utilizing the perception that you have eaten more!

This is a 'brain trick' you can use often. Cut your food up into smaller pieces and you will 'see' why its one of the most terrific ways to lose weight that I know!

One of my favorite dinners includes smaller bites of sweet potatoes and cooked cabbage. The combination is extremely satisfying and extremely healthy. Sweet potatoes are high in nutrients like vitamin C and cooked cabbage helps provide the intestines with the healthy flora you need for good bowel movements, which are especially important if you want to lose weight. When you combine healthy foods with smaller bites, your benefit is two fold.

I have also been known on a regular basis, to set my dinner aside during dinner time and get back to it later when I am ready to eat again. It’s not that I make large dinners either.

Over time, my body has adjusted to eating slowly and getting full fast. You too, can get full fast if you just slow down! Take smaller bites, enjoy your food, and take your time.

Just don’t WOLF YOUR FOOD!

AS MY DEAR MOTHER USED TO SAY:

'You are not going to a FIRE so slow down!'

And when you are through eating, get busy! You will burn off those extra calories by getting busy and doing something! Just another one of my great ways to lose weight!

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