By Cindy Burgenstein

If you are overweight, or don't really consider yourself overweight, but you would like to drop a couple of pounds anyway, then this article is for you. I'll give a few great tips that can put you on the fast track to weight loss. Since most people agree that in order to lose weight and keep it off, you need combine some sort of diet plan with some sort of exercise plan. In this article, I'll be addressing the former.

First of all, stop thinking in terms of "diet." This makes people think of starving themselves, or going to bed hungry every night. The first step is to simply think about slowly changing your eating habits. Instead of saying "I need to go on a diet," say "I want to change my eating habits." It's much easier for your mind to accept, and much easier to change your behavior when you frame it this way.

One way to change your eating habits for the better is to simply spread out the food you eat. By spread out, I mean eat several smaller meals, rather than a couple of big ones. You can easily lose weight this way without actually decreasing the amount of calories you eat. Just by eating smaller amounts more often, you'll increase you metabolism. This is a powerful way to make it easy for your body to burn fat.

If, after a couple of weeks of success, you want to change the foods that you eat, do it slowly. If you make big changes to abruptly, it will be very hard to keep them up. Most people only last a couple of weeks with big changes, so go easy on yourself. Make small, gradual changes, and give yourself time to get used to them.

So what changes should you make? Switch to reduced calories foods are a great start. There are plenty of "light" foods that you an easily replace other foods with. Just be sure to take it slow, so you can get used to them. Remember, slower is better.

After you try these tips out for a few weeks, you'll know the real secret of weight loss: That slowest is best, and lasts the longest. And because your weight loss will be smooth and consistent, it will actually be faster than most other people.

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