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Dont drink your calories. If you are on a calorie prescription, drinking things like soda, fruit juice, and other sweetened beverages can add up in the calorie department, and cause you to either go over your prescription without realizing it, or leave less calories for more filling foods and you will be hungry all the time. The occasional sweet drink here and there probably wont hurt if you plan for it, but dont make it a habit.

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Let yourself cheat, but dont go overboard. People who occasionally cheat on their diets are more likely to stick to them. Some people have a cheat meal, where in one meal they eat whatever they want, as much as they want, once a week. Some people have a cheat day, where they dont count calories for a whole day but still watch what they eat (keep it reasonable). Others simply give themselves a certain number of cheat calories a day that they can spend on junk food, such as soda or chocolate cake. As long as you keep cheating to a reasonable amount, it can actually help you stick to your diet and some people report losing weight faster with a little cheating.

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If you are starving, eat. If it is still an hour and a half until your next meal and you feel like your stomach is going to implode, have a very small bridge snack. A slice of plain toast. A single rice cake. Four ounces of skim milk. The trick to bridge snacks is to keep them under 100 calories and dont have more than one or two a day. These are for emergencies only. A good example: get these 100 calorie packs of cheddar cheese and keep a few in the fridge at work.

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Dont weigh yourself every day, or more than once a day. And when you do weigh yourself, use the same scale every time and pick a time to do it. Some people weigh themselves on a schedule, such as once a week, on the same day, at the same time. Some prefer to weigh themselves after an event, such as a workout or a bowel movement. Work something out and stick to it. A persons weight can fluctuate by as much as 5lbs from one day to another, and stepping on a scale and being 2lbs heavier than yesterday, while perfectly normal, can be discouraging. You dont need the discouragement.

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Measure your waist. If you are working out regularly, you may be building muscle while burning fat. If this is the case, you may be getting thinner and leaner without losing weight or even gain weight. If youve been trying hard and the scale wont budge, try measuring your waist at the smallest part every few days and see if youre losing inches.

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If you are an active person, carbs are important. Have you ever met someone on the Atkins diet? Theyre tired and cranky. This is because carbohydrates are where your body gets most of its energy, and they help regulate your mood. If you work behind a desk and never exercise or if you are bedridden, cutting carbs is a great way to lose weight, but if you work out regularly, play sports, and/or have a physically demanding job, you need you carbohydrates! Try to get in more complex carbs than simple ones by choosing wheat and whole grain over white and processed. Wheat bread. Brown rice. Multi-grain cheerios instead of honey-nut.

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Dont listen to naysayers. If something is working for you, keep doing it. Unless its a licensed medical professional, dont listen to people when they tell you not to do something, or suggest you do something else instead. Everyone is different. If the diet plan youre on is working for you (and isnt going to harm you), dont listen when people tell you its bad.

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Be wary of fad diets, but dont be afraid to try new things. If someone suggests something to try along with your current diet, and it sounds reasonable, try it. If they say not to eat anything white (ever) or to only eat vegetables for three days and eat like normal the rest of the week, thats a fad diet and be wary. Also, if diets make you lose more than 2 lbs per week or encourage you to eat one thing all the time, they are most likely fad diets.

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