Skinny You: 350+ tips to lose weight and keep it off
Anu Agarwal
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Supreme Publications
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Table of Contents
Pick your Reasons – What do you want?
Section Two: Controlling Calories In
Section three: Increasing Calories Out
Burn calories with daily activities
Appendix 1 - Ideal weight for women (Pounds)
Appendix 2 - Ideal weight for men (Pounds)
Appendix 3: Calculating calorie requirements
Appendix 4: Food labeling terminology
Introduction
If you have tried to lose weight before, you know it is hard. You may have tried some tough exercise regimens or diets. You may have even lost some weight and then found it back few months later. This booklet gives you information that can help you not only lose weight but also keep it off.
The booklet covers all aspects of the weight loss topic. The aim of the booklet is to get you all the relevant information in a quick and easy to read format. The information in the book is presented in form of simple tips. The tips may be general information pointers or action items. The booklet stays away from explaining every single tip. If you are curious by any particular tip, feel free to email the author at anu.agarwal@supremepublications.com.
Tips are distributed in sections to make the booklet easier to read and absorb. You can read any section that interests you first. You can pick and choose the action tips that work for you. You will see results even if you adopt only a few tips. The tips will help you reduce the number of calories consumed and burn-off the stored calories as well as extra calories consumed.
If this booklet can educate you about healthy weight loss and encourage you to lose weight, I would be grateful that I have been able to make a difference in at least one person’s life.
About the Author
Dr. Anu Agarwal is a researcher and writer. She has a PHD and has been working in the field of healthcare for over ten years. She also has a business and technology background and understands the business of healthcare. She focuses on studying complex and voluminous topics and putting it simple terms for her readers.
Dr. Anu Agarwal is most interested in the topics of alternative medicine and ongoing research in the field. Her aim is to separate fact from fiction and raise people’s awareness about valid and alternative therapies. Weight maintenance has especially interested her as there is lot of misinformation about the subject floating around. It has become a billion dollar industry with no guard dog. This booklet focuses on the fundamentals of weight maintenance.
Disclaimer
This book is designed to provide information on losing weight and keeping it off. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher and author are not engaged in rendering medical or healthcare services. The content is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Seek the advice of a qualified health provider with any questions related to your health. Do not disregard professional medical advice at any time.
It is not the purpose of this book to reprint all the information that is otherwise available to authors and/or publishers, but instead to complement, amplify and supplement other texts. You are urged to read all the available material, learn as much as possible about weight loss, and tailor the information to your individual needs.
Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes, both typographical and in content. Therefore, this text should be used only as a general guide and not as the ultimate source of weight loss information. Furthermore, this book contains information that is current only up to the printing date.
The purpose of this manual is to educate and entertain. The author, publisher, and their representative shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this book.
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Section One: Commitment
Understanding Weight Loss
1-- There is no magic, no miracle for weight loss.
2-- Weight loss is all about calories consumed and calories burned. You will lose weight if you consume fewer calories than you do burn.
3-- The total number of calories is important for weight loss. The source of calories does not matter for overall weight loss.
4-- One pound is equal to 3500 calories. You have to burn 3500 calories to lose one pound of weight.
5-- If you severely restrict calorie consumption or starve yourself, your metabolic rate, that is your calorie burn rate, also falls. It will become even harder to lose weight
6-- If you lose weight and gain it back multiple times, the metabolism slows down. It will keep becoming harder and harder to lose the weight next time.
7-- You can get a temporary weight loss with some “fad” diet. However, the changes will not last. You will gain the weight back once you go back to regular eating.
8-- You have to make permanent lifestyle changes to maintain a healthy weight. You have to cultivate healthy eating habits and exercise regularly to lose weight and keep it off.
9-- Weight loss takes time, patience, and commitment. Just as you packed on weight over the years, it will take at least a few months get it off.
10-- Talk to your doctor before you start any weight loss program.