Tips On How To Lose Weight

If you’re looking for some tips on how to lose weight, then keep reading because I’ll give you a couple in this article …

More specifically, we’ll talk about some simple measures you can take to make sure you’re shedding fat, virtually every single day — without having to be too “strict” with everything.

If you’re in “normal” shape — that is, not TOO overweight and don’t need to drop like 20 pounds fast — then these tips should probably work for you pretty well.

Does losing fat require a strict regimine?

Not really … at least that’s what me and my friends found.

For example, A. is a friend of mine and he used to be fat in high school. He didn’t like the way he looked so he took some simple steps:

• He stopped sitting on the couch (or whatever it was he was sitting on) and took up a sport he liked (in his case it was martial arts which is great overall conditioning). He was doing this sport 3-5x per week.
• He stopped eating crap food. Although his diet isn’t super clean, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t spend all day eating bon bons watching oprah …
• He stopped drinking useless calories, mostly. He used to drink a lot of soda, which is just a bunch of empty calories. While he still drinks a lot of alcohol with me, we try to restrict it to just a couple nights per week (like the weekend — you drunky!)

And he’s now a LOT leaner than when he started.

Start Enjoying Life, Find Active Stuff To Do …

It amazes me that the average American watches something like 2-4 hours of T.V. a night. That’s effing ridiculous!

I’m not saying I don’t ever get bored … or that I don’t enjoy watching movies (because it’s one of the most enjoyable things for me) — but there’s tons of things to do in life that don’t involve mushign up your brain by watchin T.V.

Why not?

• Go for a walk every day? Just walk around the neighborhood, get some fresh air …
• Take up a sport? Not chess, something that gets you off your butt and moving around …
• F”*ck it, why not try martial arts? You’ll get some confidence, learn to defend yourself, and maybe impress some chicks/guys (I don’t judge) …
• Find a hobby? In addition to your sport, find something to interest you? Fix up a car, start a lil side business doing something you like … volunteer somewhere … anything but sitting on the couch.

Then of course, the next step is controlling what you put in your mouth, and this is the part everyone thinks is hard, but it’s really not

How To Not Eat Like a Fat@$$ …

Cleaning up your diet does NOT have to be hard.

• Do you really need fries with every fast food meal?
• Do you really need dessert with every meal?
• Do you really think you’re going to slow down your metabolism if you go 3 hours without food?
• Do you really need to drink alcohol 5 nights per week?
• Do you really need to drink soda? Try water.
• Do you really think you need to “carb up” for your workouts? Are you running a marathon? Do you even realize how little calories you’re burning in your workout?
• Do you really think you need to drink a “power drink” with 100’s of sugars and electrolytes to recover from your hour workout or 40 minutes on the treadmill? Come on!
• Do you really think eating meat is bad for you? Or eating low fat is good? Or following the Food pyramid is the best way to eat? (hint: Americans have been eating like this for the past 15 years and we’ve been steadily becoming MORE obese with each passing year)

Seriously, the majority of losing fat is pretty simple. In fact, one might even say that it’s common sense.

Some of it (like ignoring the food pyramid and not following the “common” diet advice of the day) is just about educating yourself and putting the words of some very successful people I know to practical use:

“Whatever you see everyone else doing — do the EXACT opposite if you wanna be successful!”

So there you have it, those are some quick, simple tips on how to lose weight.