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We all need a few tips on losing a bit of weight. You probably know many of these tips but it always helps to get a reminder every now and then. Here are 10 tips to get you started in the right direction.

1. Avoid Trans fats. That means avoiding fast food restaurants for the most part. It is possible to eat healthy at fast food restaurants but you will have to leave out fried foods including the tasty french fry. You can eat healthy mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats. Eat fish and nuts.

2. Lift weights and build muscle. The more muscle you have the higher your metabolism and the more calories you will burn during the day.

3. Instead of performing steady state cardio exercise do interval training. Rotate 45 seconds of sprinting with 1.5 minutes of brisk walking. Do this for 20 – 30 minutes.

4. Eat smaller meals more often during the day. Try to eat at least 5 small meals during the day. And make sure you eat enough. If you do not enough your body will go into protection mode and begin to stack on the fat.

5. Eat high quality protein. If you hope to build muscle then you need to eat protein. Choose lean meats and fish. You can also supplement with some Whey or Casein Protein.

6. Be more active. Take more walks. Walk to the store, the video store or other places it may be reasonable to do so. Rather than sit during your lunch hour, get out and walk around.

7. Exercise in the morning when you glycogen stores are lower. This means your body will tap your fat reserves for energy much quicker.

8. Drink a lot of water. Water will flush the garbage out of your system and help keep your metabolism high. It also fills the belly so you don’t eat quite as much.

9. Get enough rest at night time. It is ironic that I say this since it is now after midnight. I need to get to bed. Without rest you will sap your body of the energy needed to exercise and will put your body in harm’s way on the health front. You should get at least 7 hours each night.

10. Eat slower. This is one of my problems. I have a tendency to blow through my plate of food. My initial temptation is to get another plate. Sometimes I give in. It takes your body a few minutes to realize it is full (about 20 minutes or so) so eat a little slower and allow you body to send you the signals.