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  1. Drink lots of water.. I mean at least 8 - 8 0z glasses a day PLUS a glass of water for every 25 pounds overweight you are. I weigh 235 and I am drinking 100 OZ of water a day. For information on WHY you need the water... read this article, it is chalk full of good reasons.This is written by a fellow ASDer, Claudia, and is excellent. http://dietchef.ecorp.net/articles/health/water.htm

  2. LEARN all you can about the importance of getting to your desired weight.. Whatever way of eating you do, learn all about it. I do Weight Watchers, I learned about WW and am making it my life's journey. That is what we on the WW NG are doing.. so join us! There is a great website that I like to tell people about built and written by a fellow WW member... she has filled her website with GREAT ideas, tips, ways she lost, before and after pics... I highly recommend you click on this link and look around. I go there for inspiration and motivation. I love this site.. http://www.dwlz.com/mystory.html

  3. Exercise!! The BEST way to speed up your weight loss, is to add regular exercise to your lifestyle (wol = way of living). SHAKE IT UP... eg: do gym cardio one day.. on alternate days do... walk, hike, dance like a fool in your living room.. don't let your body have the chance to get used to what you are doing. ) You need to trick it, as your body can adapt and that is where you reach plateaus. Some of us on the WW NG have joined Destination 2000... there is a web site dedicated to this if you are interested in setting exercise goals for yourself...

  4. Snack during the day using healthy foods. There are a lot of good ideas on here to be had, keep your eyes open. Junk food binges usually happen because your body has had an insulin spike after a meal, and if you satisfy that craving or urge to eat, put something good in your tummy instead of junk... by eating junk food... you slide back, your exercise will have been for nothing, as you are giving your body more fat to store. MAKE YOUR EXERCISE COUNT!! Nothing tastes as good as slim feels REMEMBER THAT. ) Joanie's Dr. recommends chromium for cravings.. the doctor said that if she takes one with the main meal, it will help to even out your blood sugar level, and thereby prevents cravings.

  5. Ask yourself why you want to lose weight? Make a list of the reasons you have to lose... put them in one column.... then ask yourself why you should not lose weight, put those reasons in the other column. I think you will find that you have every reason on earth to get healthy. Many of us were not taught the right way to eat. (we grew up on hamburger helper... you just don't know how many ways there are to serve it.. ) I don't blame my mum, as she didn't' know better... but in this day and age, where information is at our fingertips... make it your business to learn about all of this! If you need help coming up with your list, check out ours.

  6. Eat breakfast! It will help you to have energy during the day, and prevent cravings mid morning and lunch time. It also helps your metabolism as your body doesn't go into starvation mode... and slow your metabolism. Also, if you are having difficulties making your minimum points for the day, adding a few extra points for breakfast is a great way to make sure you're eating enough!

  7. Set minigoals for yourself... how about setting your goal to lose 5 pounds... and that is ALL you have to think about... getting down 5 pounds! . Once you reach that, you set a new number... It helps to say "I have 5 pounds to lose!" I can do that!!! Rather than saying I have 125 pounds (like me) to lose UGH!

  8. Dont' be in a rush for it all to happen at once.... it took a long time to put the weight on, it won't come off in a week or two. Patience. You have a lifetime to get this right, there is no hurry.

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