20 Dieting Tips You Can Use Immediately To Start Losing Weight

Dieting is not easy. If it were, we would probably all bethin. Since we are not, here are some tips that successfulpeople use to lose weight so that others can benefit, too.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 1: DRINK 8-10 GLASSES OF WATER EACH DAY

Okay, for many people this is a big problem. Water doesn'ttaste all that great generally because water doesn't really"taste" like anything. Drinking water 8 to 10 times eachday gets easier the more you actually do it. It is simply amatter of conditioning your taste buds, and yourself, sothat it becomes easier to do. Once you get started, youwill begin to crave water.

To begin with, you should drink a glass of water in themorning first thing, before you eat. This is probably theeasiest glass you will drink all day and it will help youremember to drink water all day long. Better yet, why notdrink two glasses?

If you really cannot bear the taste of water, try using awater purifying pitcher or filter. You can also add a fewdrops of lemon or lime to your water - but no sugar orsweetener! Ice also helps.

Check out flavored waters on the market, too. Just keep aneye out for additives.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 2: EAT BREAKFAST

Do not skip breakfast. If you need to go to bed a littleearlier so that you can get up 20 minutes earlier eachmorning - do it! Breakfast is so important to your goodhealth and to weight control. According to Dr. BarbaraRolls a professor of nutrition at Penn State University,"Your metabolism slows while you sleep, and it doesn't revback up until you eat again."

Eating breakfast is not only good for overall weight loss,it will help you stay on track with your diet the rest ofthe day. You are more likely to binge on something sweetand in the "bread" group if you skip breakfast.

You can always keep a couple of hard-boiled eggs in thefridge or some high-fiber, low starch fruit around. If youplan to eat fruit at all during the day, breakfast is theperfect time to do it.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 3: EAT AT LEAST 3 MEALS AND 2 SNACKS EACHDAY

This can be one of the hardest adjustments to make. Afterall, you are busy! You already have a "full-plate". When doyou have time to worry about filling your plate with morefrequent meals?

Just like eating breakfast will increase your metabolism,so will eating more often. This will also help you curbyour bad-carb intake by making sure that your snacks areplanned and occur regularly throughout the day.

Really, it will just take a minimal investment of planningtime at the grocery store and at Home each morning beforeyou head out for the day to make some healthy food choicesand prepare a few healthy snacks and meals.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 4: AVOID WHITE FOODS

This is one easy way to remember what not to eat. If it ismade from sugar, flour, potatoes, rice or corn - just sayno. Remembering this rule of thumb will make it easier torecognize those rice cakes as an unhealthy high-carb snack.

Always look for colorful fruits and veggies to substitutefor the white ones. Buy broccoli, lettuce, bell peppers,green beans and peas, brown rice in moderation, leafygreens like kale and spinach, apples, melons, oranges andgrapes.

These foods are not only colorful they are also high infiber, nutrients and important antioxidants. Eatingcolorful fruits and vegetables will give your diet varietyas well as give you added health benefits.

SUCCESS TIP NO. 5: EAT YOUR VEGGIES

It is so easy to use a low carb diet as an excuse for poornutrition. Resist this temptation. If the only vegetableyou have eaten in the last 5 years has been the potato, nowis a good time to begin experimenting with othervegetables. This is important for your overall health andto avoid some nasty side effects of not getting enoughfiber in your diet.

If you try hard enough, you will find vegetables that youenjoy eating. Experiment with grilling veggies and cookingwith rea