10 Secrets of the Effortlessly Thin
The majority of thin people—whether they have been lean all their life or managed to lose weight and keep it off—share several healthy strategies that help them stay thin and healthy with seemingly little effort. Here are 10 secrets you need to know in order to join the ranks of the thin.
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They don't diet
Or at least not in the traditional, all-or-nothing, deprivation sense of the word. "You need to get rid of that diet mentality and realize that what you are doing is making a permanent lifestyle change," says Anne Fletcher, M.S., R.D., author of the Thin for Life book series. She adds, "You do have to cut back on calories if you want to stay thin, but it's about reassessing what you eat and being more sensible in your choices, not about a quick-fix, crazy diet." Research has also shown that thin people tend to have a better quality diet than those who are overweight. They eat more fruits and vegetables and more fiber, and drink more water—all healthy things that provide more food volume for the number of calories.
By Sally Wadyka for MSN Health & Fitness
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:50:09 PM
Reading this article has a lot of information that should be helpful to almost anyone. Seem like one key to point out is that some things just take patients and determination. The weight didn't come on overnight and it's not going off overnight either, but it will happen if you hang in there. Maybe everybody won't get skinny but we can sure get more healthier. Weight loss has many benefits if you are too heavy. Here is a short article on two of the best ways for losing weight and keeping it off.
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Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:10:19 PM
To people using those colon cleanses, I wouldn't bother. I don't know if they work or not, but if they do, it's just a 'quick fix' and won't work forever. There is no getting around putting in the work. It's winter, and instead of being holed up the house eating food and watching t.v., use this time to excercise!
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Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:05:44 PM
For women: If you are looking to get rid of your midsection, get a weighted hula hoop. I don't like crunches or sit-ups, and it really worked for me! Listen to music and hula hoop for 30 minutes, then get on the elliptical for 30 minutes. I drink alot of water, and plain green tea with nothing added. You'll get used to it. Stay away from pop and beer. Before I eat, I drink a glass of water. Also, if you have a sweet tooth, eat an apple- it helps. I work in an office, and there is ALWAYS food and desserts. Be disciplined and just say no- or take a small amount. I eat several small meals a day, and this has worked quite well for me. Good luck!
Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:13:02 AM
As time goes by, you will naturally only eat what your body needs, and
weight will be what is natural for your body, not somebody else's. So
all I am really saying is, the 10 items in this article are exactly
what I have done and do and I am one of those "naturally thin" people
who never diet.
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Monday, November 02, 2009 1:36:44 PM
Great article: Be active always (you'll get used to it), NEVER eat everything on your plate(ignore the people who think you should). Be busy! (only have one full time job? Not enough: work more!).Don't eat cheese! (every heavy person I know loves cheese!). I know, Wah! Wah! Do you want to be thin or not!
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Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:16:25 AM
I am a guy who likes certain types of foods. I 've always stayed away from Mayo, and won't eat any type of salad dressings, but love salad.
I always use portion control, and at 43 I am still 6'0 165lbs. If I have a big lunch, I won't eat dinner. It's really not that difficult. I don't excercise as much as i used to but i still walk and ride my bike. The secret to making a dent when you do excercise is you MUST sweat or it is not going to help you.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:19:41 AM
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#8
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:19:57 PM
I have my 3 secret weapons to keep myself thin. Of course, the truth is, they are not the very expensive secrets you use in the world.
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- I keep a watch on my abs - A little bit of abs exercises and a protein rich, nutritious, yet tasty food (What is that? Wheat preparation, millet meals, no meat, no - seriously no-)
- Walk, walk and walk in one stretch, for about 4 Kms. I don't take more than 40 mins to complete this. Some time even less. (no breaks in between, no loss of tempo, no loss of heat, nothing of that sort)
- Drink a liter of water more than what the nutritionists recommend. May be naive, but that's my way and my body which it assimilates. May be 2 liters suffices all the metabolic needs but this extra liter keeps you away from food for an extra length of time. (See, you have dieted without knowing you did). When I feel hungry, just head to a cucumber and eat the whole of it, even if it's meal time. Cucumber is more water and nothing else, not even cellulose nor starch (again you have dieted without knowing it). Secret is, eat but don't give the body anything to manufacture out of it. (Mind you, you should be feeding your brains continuously whether you eat or starve. So give it proteins and a little bit of sugar. Will juice do? of course it does for non diabetics)
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#9
Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:05:24 PM
Nice article. I agree with all 10 points. In the past especially, when I lost weight and maintained my goal weight, I used to weigh myself on a daily basis, and I always watched what I ate. It became second nature not to indulge. I stopped getting onto the scales for about a year and paid for that mistake by gaining 20 pounds! Now I weigh myself daily, and use a set of free online weight loss tools to track my weight loss and my daily calorie intake. The results are starting to show again.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:37:25 AM
well i think this article has great ideas of what to take care of the dieting problem. people tend to think of depraving themselves of certain joys in life(chocolate, sweets, etc.) but its actually everything in moderate proportions. like for example i read it in a magazine, a serving of rice in a meal should be two fistfuls, you know? things like that, help out a person. am sure most of the time, a lot of us wont be using measurements or exact ones at that. but it helps out in having an idea, to be smart of how you do things to how you feed yourself and how you exercise, something as small as taking the stairs instead of the elevator
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