Summary: 20 Weight Loss Tips for Women You Should Know About

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1. Only eat when you sit – don’t stand and eat
2. Eat something before you go grocery shopping
3. Have a specific goal for your weight loss
4. Don’t snack after meals or when you’re bored. Have a plan to kick snacking uncontrollably
5. Have a workout schedule and keep it simple
6. Wear an activity tracker. It’s a motivation to stay active
7. Stand for 3 hrs extra daily – burn up to 150 calories per day
8. Get more sleep – aim for 7-9 hours each night
9. Get your chocolate fix in a healthier way
10. Eat healthier alternatives instead of junk foods
11. Get your workout clothes ready before going to sleep
12. Move for a minute after an hour of sitting
13. Don’t skip meals – don’t starve yourself
14. Eat lots of fiber with your meals
15. Get rid of junk foods that might tempt you
16. Have easy go-to meals that you can quickly make
17. Eat all the food groups whilst losing weight
18. Bulk up your meals with low calorie veggies
19. Avoid calorie-loaded salad dressings
20. Eat a decent breakfast every morning

Now let’s get into more detail on each of the top practical 20 weight loss tips women.

Weight loss tip #1: Only eat when you sit – don’t stand and eat

The first of the weight loss tips for women that I’m going to be sharing with you today is simple and easy, and it’s to not stand while you eat. You know how it goes well you’re hungry you go to the kitchen to look for something to eat. You grab something small out of the cupboard and eat it and then a few minutes later you go back for something small.

And then a few minutes after that you go back again to get something else small. And then you go back yet again to get another small part of something and before you know it you’ve eaten way more than you ever thought that you would have just from this constant kind of grazing.

Rather make yourself a decent-sized snack or a decent-sized meal and sit down to eat it. Then you’ll actually eat a decent amount of food and you won’t be hungry to keep on snacking constantly. Try to make it a rule that you only eat when you’re sitting down to avoid you this kind of habit of where you constantly snacking just standing around eating.

Weight loss tip #2: Eat something before you go grocery shopping

Whether it’s a meal or just a small snack even if you’re feeling a little bit hungry just grab a small snack before you go. And then you’ll be less likely to make unhealthy impulse purchases like buying junk food that could keep you from achieving your goal of losing weight because you know you won’t be as hungry so you won’t be thinking with your stomach.

Obviously I mean we have less self-control over food when we’re hungry so just by having a small snack before you go grocery shopping can help to keep you on track with putting healthier foods in your trolley.  Healthier foods that can help you to achieve your goals of losing weight.

Weight loss tip #3: Have a specific goal for your weight loss

It’s really simple sounding and that’s because it is but just by taking a minute to sit down and think about what your goal is, you can actually help yourself to achieve your overall weight loss goal having a specific goal in mind. Studies show that you’re more likely to achieve your weight loss goals if you have them written down, with time-bound deadlines.

For example, let’s say you’re going to lose two pounds in two weeks. Or five pounds in a month. This can actually make you more likely to lose weight because you’ve actually decided what you want and so you’ll be more likely to stick to your whole plan. Just saying you want to lose weight is so vague.

So rather decide how much weight you want to lose and then choose a date that you’re going to lose that weight by and it will give you something to work towards. It doesn’t feel like it’s just never-ending thing if there’s a specific date that you’ll have achieved your goal by.

Weight loss tip #4: Don’t snack after meals or when you’re bored

If you’re in the habit of snacking straight off the meals or grabbing a sweet treat after meals even though you’re not hungry anymore, or if you’re in the habit of snacking when you’re bored, this can cause you to eat extra calories that you just don’t need.

To break this habit rather make a cup of plain herbal tea and sip on that. Just the action of making the tea instead of sweet. Dessert can help you to break your old habit and form a new one. Then having that tea next to you or in your hand helps to act as a reminder to keep up with your new habit. You can take a sip every time your craving comes back.

Alternatively, you can also use gum to do the same thing. Choose a minty flavor so that it doesn’t necessarily resemble sweets but it kind of feels fresh and it helps you to break your old patterns. I understand gum is not the healthiest thing in the world but I think using it to help break your old snacking habit can really be helpful and just use it until you feel like you’ve broken your old habit. So you can keep a pack of gum in your bag or at your desk  for when those cravings hit.

Weight loss tip #5: Have a workout schedule and just keep it simple

Don’t make it too complicated or too extreme and actually schedule it into your week. That way you won’t have an excuse to say that you don’t have time to work out because the truth is that you just have to make time for it. For example you could write in your weekly planner to do a workout every Monday, every Wednesday and every Friday at say 6:30a.m or whatever time is convenient for you.

Weight loss tip #6: Wear a movement tracker motivation to stay active

Studies have shown that people who wear some kind of step tracker or an activity tracker are more likely to complete their workouts and maintain a more active lifestyle. Not that the tracker is going to be the thing that makes you lose weight but it can help to keep you motivated to stay active and to just keep you moving more.

This in turn will help to burn more calories which helps to burn body fat. The key though with using a fitness tracker or a step tracker is not to overeat to compensate for the movement that you’ve done. Just keep following your balanced healthy diet to lose weight but for some people wearing a pedometer or an activity tracker it can really be motivating to stay more active.

Sitting disease is on the rise and it’s costing lots more life because of our sedentary lifestyle. According to studies, we Americans spend 55% of our waking time sitting. It’s deadly to keep sitting for longs periods of time for a long time. Find out more in the article here.

Weight loss tip #7: Stand for 3 hours extra and burn up to 150 calories

Standing for three hours extra day can help you to burn up to 150 calories compared to a lower amount of calories burned while sitting. So try to stand for a little bit extra each day instead of sitting all day long. If you don’t have a table or a desk that you can stand at while you’re working or you’re studying you can easily make a little temporary standing desk just by using a box or a large container placed on your desk and then place your laptop on top of the box.

You can also set a timer for twenty to fifty minutes at a time and then when the timer goes off then you’ll know it’s time to sit again or stand again. This way you’ll remember to alternate your standing and sitting. Our bodies are designed to move and sitting all the time is not good for your health.

Weight loss tip #8: Get more sleep at least 7 to 9 hours

The next weight loss tips for women is to sleep more. Isn’t that like the best weight loss tips ever! When you don’t get enough sleep, the cortisol levels in your body actually rise.  Now one of the things that cortisol can do is activate reward centers in your brain which can actually make you want to eat more food.

A lack of sleep also causes your body to produce a hormone that increases appetite. So again makes you want to eat more food. However, on the opposite spectrum your body actually burned some calories while you’re sleeping so that’s pretty cool. So try to get at least seven to nine hours of sleep a night. That’s what the average adult needs.

Weight loss tip #9: Get your chocolate fix in a healthier way

If you’re a chocolate lover and you always find yourself snacking on chocolates with little bites here and there they can really start to add up. However, what you can do is get your chocolate sticks in a healthier way. Here’s how: pure cacao which is just raw cocoa is actually really good for you.

One of my favorite recipes is my three ingredient one serving healthy chocolate. It’s so easy to make, it’s lower in calories than your average kind of chocolate treat. What you’ll need is one tablespoon of melted coconut oil, two teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of 100% pure maple syrup. You can also use a little syrup instead of the maple syrup.

Weight loss tip #10: Eat healthy alternatives instead of junk foods

There are healthier alternatives to almost any of your favorite unhealthy junk foods. Let’s take french fries for example. What I like to do is make healthy sweet potato fries in the oven. It’s a great healthier alternative to french fries and it contains a lot less calories.

Weight loss tip #11: Lay out your gym clothes before you go to sleep

This one of the weight loss tips for women is so basic but I do it all the time. Now get your workout clothes out before you go to sleep. Then just change into them first thing in the morning and get your workout done before you can even think about it too much.

Weight loss tip #12: Move for a minute after an hour of sitting

The next of the 20 weight loss tips for women is to try to get up and move every hour. This does not only help to you know burn more calories because you’re obviously being more active as opposed to just sitting over time but it’s also much healthier to just keep moving a bit throughout the day. What are sometimes do is set a timer for every 50 minutes to an hour and then when that timer goes off I’ll just get up and move around a bit.

You can go to the bathroom, you can get some water, you can make a cup of herbal tea, you can stand while waiting for the water to boil. Just do something else other than sitting. Just do a few things, stand move around for two to ten minutes for every hour that you’re inactive or every hour that you’re sitting. Even just a minute, just stand up and move around a bit for a minute.

Weight loss tip #13: Don’t skip a meal – don’t starve yourself

Our next of the weight loss tips for women is don’t skip meals to lose weight and don’t starve yourself either. Your body actually needs calories even if you want in to lose weight so there’s no need to skip a meal. In fact it’s best if you don’t you can easily eat three decent-sized healthy meals per day plus some snacks if you need them and you can still lose weight in a healthy and natural way.

If you try to skip meals and you try to starve yourself you might actually find that you just get so hungry throughout the day that you just start snacking and eating foods that can add up to being way more calories than if you just eaten a decent meal.

Weight loss tip #14: Eat lots of fiber in your diet

Eating a diet that’s high in fiber will help to keep you fuller for longer. This great if you’re trying to lose weight but eating lots of fiber is also important for weight loss. Studies have shown that people who consume about 30 grams of fiber each day in their diet are more likely to lose weight, lower their blood pressure and improve their body’s response to insulin.

The average adult should be getting about 25 to 35 grams of fiber a day. Almonds, apples, sweet potatoes, chickpeas, oats, avocados, bananas. These are all good examples of foods that are high in fiber.

Weight loss tip #15: Get rid of junk foods that might tempt you

Get rid of any unhealthy foods in your food, pantry or your fridge that might tempt you or that could throw your diet off track. Then replace that junk food with healthier food options and then when you do go looking for some snacks you’ll be actually be more likely to choose something healthy to eat because there will be more healthy options for you to choose from and less unhealthy options.

Weight loss tip #16: Have easy go-to meals that you can make quickly

Have some go to meals that you can either meal prep ahead of time or that you can quickly throw together in a hurry. Having these easy go-to meals can be a total lifesaver when you’re feeling starving and you need some food ASAP or when you’re feeling tired after a long day and these go-to meals they can really help to prevent you from ending up in general eating fast food every single day.

I have a few go-to healthy recipes and meals that I make most often and I know these recipe so well that it really doesn’t feel like a big effort to make them. Also along with go-to meals have some go-to healthy snacks as well that you can keep on hand. Whether you know that’s apple or toast fruit and nuts or even some healthy snack bars. Just have some healthy snack options in your kitchen that you can just grab in a hurry when you’re feeling hungry.

Weight loss tip #17: Eat all the food groups while losing weight

Eat all three of the food groups to lose weight. Low-carb and low fat diets are so not sustainable if we’re going to be completely honest you know. These restrictive diets are out of fashion because they’re not very sustainable long term and so many studies have shown us that healthy fats and whole and processed carbs are actually good for us.

So if you’re trying to lose weight, eat good whole carbs, healthy fats and good sources of protein with each of your daily meals. This is going to help your body to get all of the nutrients that it needs. Your body does need to get all three of the main food groups and eating this way will also give your body better longer-lasting energy.

Weight loss tip #18: Bulk up your meals with low calorie veggies

Obviously you can’t survive on just low-calorie vegetables. Your body does need healthy calories to lose weight. After you’ve got a decent sized meal already, you can fill up the rest of your plate with some vegetables that will help you lose weight naturally. This will help to fill up your tummy in case you’re still feeling hungry. In any case, we need to be eating more vegetables.

Weight loss tip #19: Avoid calorie loaded salad dressings

The next of weight loss tips for women may seem strange but it’s true. Avoid salad that are calorie laden. Salads are usually healthy but the dressings are often loaded with refined sugar and lots of calories too. So avoid salad dressings out of the bottle and at restaurants if you can or rather make your own salad dressing.

Just throws a 1 teaspoon of olive oil over your salad with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, a little sprinkle of sea salt and black pepper and you can even make it a little more flavorful by adding about a 1 teaspoon of unsweetened balsamic vinegar or even some apple cider vinegar. Or you can just ask your dressings on the side when you go to eat so that way you’ll only eat what you actually need.

Weight loss tip #20: Eat a decent breakfast every single morning

Finally we’re here. The last of the 20 weight loss tips for women is eat breakfast daily. Breakfast that is made of weight loss friendly foods. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives you energy for your day ahead and it also sets the tone for your entire day of eating so don’t skip out on breakfast to try to lose weight. Actually that could totally backfire when you feel starving a few hours later and then you grab whatever is around you to eat rather eat a healthy nourishing breakfast that will actually keep you full for the entire morning.

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