Weight control tips for optimizing your weight loss program

Sometimes a quirky diet plan is what’s needed to keep you interested, but if it’s too fad then you’ll find it hard to stick to as the weeks wear on – if you’re only allowed to eat red foods on Fridays or foods from China at weekends, or even if you’re just trying to stick to organic foods, what do you eat when you’re out with friends or at a business lunch?   

• Pick a plan that interests and inspires you.   
• Be aware that you may not be able to stick to it 100% of the time.
  
• Allow yourself some leeway so that you don’t give up the plan the first time you can’t manage to keep to the letter of the law – it’s better to do most of it most of the time than none of it none of the time…
  
• Beware of fads that are very restrictive or involve buying extremely expensive specialty foods.

Feeling hungry and deprived is the best route back into a chocolate-fueled feeding frenzy… The idea is to keep your blood sugar stable so that you don’t crave an instant sugar fix.   

• Don’t go for long periods of time without eating.   
  
• If you experience dizziness, palpitations or light headedness after a few hours of abstinence, you need to eat more often. It doesn’t have to be a gourmet meal: some fruit or a handful of nuts or seeds eaten in time will prevent you devouring a whole pack of cookies because you’re starving!   
  
• Take Kelpasan tablets, made of Pacific Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), to help increases your metabolism.
  

These are linked to the hunger pangs because the body demands caffeine, nicotine, alcohol or sugar in order to push the blood sugar back up if it’s dropped too low.   

• Don’t go for long periods of time without eating (are you noticing a theme here?)   
• Make sure that what you eat isn’t full of refined carbohydrates (white flour and sugar, or heavily processed foods) as these will cause your blood sugar levels to drop again quickly.

According to John A Sherman, ND of Portland, Oregon, a 3 day cleansing plan consisting of fresh fruit and vegetable juices (must be natural no sugar added) will clean your blood, strengthen your blood sugar and ease the glut of food cravings.
Once the cleansing is completed, add to your diet vegetables high in vitamin C, magnesium-rich foods, orange colored vegetables rich in vitamin A and herbal teas throughout the day.
8 to 10 glasses a day of purified or spring water will also help eliminate nicotine and other harmful toxins.