1)      Do not count calories. It is however good to be mindful of them and most people have a very good idea what is high in calories and what is low in calories. Generally most people know healthy eating is naturally lower in calories.

2)      A salad when you are out sounds like a good idea but it all depends on the dressing. Ask for the dressing on the side and you can opt for the amount you want or ask for just olive oil and some fresh lemon.

3)      Re-educating your taste buds is such an important part of any successful health or weight loss program. You need to gradually get your taste buds to expect less of a sweet and salty taste. Do this gradually and it will become very easy.

4)      Any habits die hard. Some people go crazy if they can’t have their dessert after a meal. At first substitute your normal desserts with some fresh fruit after meals, or some 70% to 80% cocoa chocolate, take it to the restaurant with you, if need be!

1)     It is important to cut the sodas out of your diet including the ‘diet’ varieties. Research has shown they are highly addictive, cause cravings, mess up your blood sugar levels – resulting in hunger for sweet and fatty foods.

2)    Your body NEEDS certain nutrients – if you don’t eat nutritious foods, if the body doesn’t get the nutrients it needs, it will not turn off your hunger.

3)    For better health and weight loss – eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

4)    Not getting enough sleep disturbs your hormone balance and is ultimately fattening – my site and slimming program explains in detail why. It will also explain how to improve your sleep patterns.

1)      Don’t eat on the run. In other words, try not to eat when you are standing up or on the move (for instance driving) or if you are busy doing something else. Instead take a minute stop what you are doing and concentrate on what you are eating and you will eat less. You will also be less lightly to snack more later on.

2)      Have a fresh fruit bowl out on the kitchen counter top, or take fruit with you every day to work – in the car or in the office. Fruit in the fridge is hidden – there it is out of sight out of mind.

3)      Vegetables are healthy and filling, needed for any successful weight loss or health gain program. Some people don’t like vegetables because they are perceived as boring, the recipe book (100 + recipes) that comes with my program will give you plenty of interesting ideas.

1)      Never go shopping for food when you are hungry, bad idea. Research has proven over and over again we are more tempted and make some very different choices. People tend to buy more, tempted also by bigger sizes and the choises they make can be for more unhealthy foods. So beware, go food shopping after a meal.

2)      It is important to take time to chew your food really well. Most people don’t chew enough usually gulping down their food. It’s the secret to eating less, enjoying your food more and really tasting your food by slowing down and really chewing.  It’s important to good health and digestion. You will feel fuller for longer and have eaten less.

3)      Unfortunately, most people focus on what they can’t have, rather than all the things they can have. So make sure you start focusing on all the things you can eat. When you start eating healthily for weight loss you will be able to add much more variety to you diet – stop focusing on the few unhealthy foods you have omitted from your diet.

1)    Research shows that our brains get confused between hunger and thirst, and we are in fact eating instead of drinking a hydrating drink. A very important fact – before you snack, or when you before you give into your craving drink a hydrating drink.  Drinks like coffee, coke or alcohol will make things worse.

2)   Being dehydrated or not drinking enough water slows down the metabolism – so make sure you drink enough water for a healthy metabolism. A healthy metabolism is important if you want to loss weight or maintain your weight loss.

3)   Drinking green tea has been shown to increase the metabolism, encouraging weight loss.  Green tea (drink without milk and sugar) is also an extremely rich source of anti-oxidants.

1) Buy plain clothes as opposed to patterns, especially large bold patterns.

2) Avoid clothes with strips going across, if you want to wear strips then always with stripes going down. Strips going down will certainly make you look taller and thinner.

3) Clothes that are too tight will make you look larger, clothes need to fit well not too loose not too tight. Too tight is worse than too loose.

4) If you wear trousers that are not long enough they will make you look heavier and shorter, wear a shoe with a heel (how high is up to you), the trousers should reach below the middle of the heel, the fashion at the moment of wearing short trousers is really fattening!