by Tara Zimliki

 

 

If you start your day with a healthy breakfast of lean protein, such as eggs, you will make better choices throughout the day. For the lazy dieter, this is an easy choice you can make each day. Most people who skip breakfast weigh more because they eat larger meals throughout the day to make up for their morning deprivation.

Do you want to know the best weight loss tips for the lazy? Crazy fast, high intensity workouts are not for everyone. Some people lack the motivation or they may be so out of shape that they want to ease back into becoming healthier. There are simple things you can do to lose weight that do not require endless hours pounding the pavement. Here are the weight loss tips for the lazy to help you to reach your goal without endless hours dieting and exercising. After all, you have to start somewhere, right?

1. TRACK YOURSELF

Track your food intake and daily activity by wearing a tracking device like Fitbit. This is one of the easiest weight loss tips for the lazy because simply tracking your fitness and health will hold you accountable. You would not want to type into your computer that you ate a sleeve of Oreo cookies, right? Studies show that people who track their behavior lose twice the amount of weight as those that do not.

2. WEIGH IN DAILY

If you weigh in on a regular basis, you will be surprised how this will motivate you to make little changes. Even if you are unhappy with the number on the scale, it is worthwhile to face the music daily or every other day. Studies show that people who lose weight and keep it off weigh in regularly.

3. START YOUR MEAL WITH SOUP OR SALAD

By starting your meal with soup or a salad, you will eat significantly less at your meal. This pre-meal will fill you up so that by the time you eat dinner, you will be grazing rather than gobbling down a plate full of food!

4. ALWAYS EAT BREAKFAST

If you start your day with a healthy breakfast of lean protein, such as eggs, you will make better choices throughout the day. For the lazy dieter, this is an easy choice you can make each day. Most people who skip breakfast weigh more because they eat larger meals throughout the day to make up for their morning deprivation. So make your breakfast the most important meal of the day!

5. DRINK WATER THROUGHOUT THE DAY

To speed up your metabolism, aid digestion and fill yourself up before each meal, drink plenty of water. Your goal should be to drink 10-12 glasses of water a day. Pay attention to drinking 2 glasses of water before your meal so you will eat less. This is an easy trick for the lazy looking to lose weight.

6. KEEP CUT UP VEGGIES IN THE FRIDGE

Have cut up veggies in your fridge so that, on a whim’s notice, you are prepared to choose healthy snacks. This is a great thing to do! Veggies will provide you with the vitamins and minerals essential to your body and you will lose weight by choosing this instead of an unhealthy snack. Remember, little changes add up to make a big difference on the scale, and in your life!

7. CLEAN OUT YOUR FOOD PANTRY

If you have temptation hiding in your food pantry, it is no wonder you are making poor food choices! So clean out your food pantry and make it healthier. If you replace unhealthy snacks with healthy ones, you can focus on all the new things you can enjoy, rather than what you are giving up. And when in doubt, throw it out!

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