Trainer Tips

Little tips learned over the years to help you achieve your weight loss, weight management and healthy lifestyle goals. Enjoy.

Have you noticed how the size of both dinner plates and portions has grown over the years? Try tricking yourself by using a salad plate for your main course. You’ll find that almost painlessly you will eat less.
Use a kitchen scale for about a week to weigh everything you eat. Measure foods, too. You’ll get a better idea of just how much you eat, and sometimes you will see that you aren’t eating enough of certain foods. After a short period of time, you will be able to “eyeball” your food and eat the right amount for you.
Did you know that if you wait to drink water until you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated? Did you know that many times when you think you are hungry your body is actually telling you it is thirsty? Did you know that drinking enough water each day will help you with your workouts as well as with your weight management goals?
There are no studies that show that drinking diet drinks help you lose and/or maintain your weight.
Obesity puts you at a higher risk for illness than smoking…and, we are all well aware of the dangers of smoking.
Supplementation has become a way of life. Even people who profess to never using supplements are drinking fortified juices or eating enriched breads and cereals – both forms of supplementation.
If you get tired of drinking plain water, try infusing the water with fruit flavors by adding slices of fruits to a pitcher of water. A refreshing, tasty way to get even more water into your system.

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