Weight Loss Begins On Your Plate

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise, so make sure you're eating the right quantity and quality of food that will make success a certainty.

Eat Clean Stay Lean

You can use this picture (or just about any picture on this blog) as a desktop background. I made it in Photoshop with the help of this great YouTube tutorial.

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Focus On The Foods That Help You Lose Weight

Focus on the foods that help you lose weight - If it doesn’t help you lose weight, don’t focus on it…don’t even bring it into the house!

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Plan Tomorrow's Meals In Advance

Weight loss printable - Plan Tomorrow's Meals In Advance. Planning your meals in advance is a great way to motivate yourself to stay on track. Print out this sheet and use it to plan the next day's meals.

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Eat Foods With A High Water Content

Water has zero calories so foods with a high water content tend to be very low in calories and therefore are very useful to include in your diet when trying to lose weight:

• Red tomatoes 94% water
• Watermelon 92% water
• Strawberries 92% water
• Spinach 92% water
• Broccoli 91% water
• Carrots 87% water
• Blueberries 85% water
• Apples 84% water

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I Love Kiwi Fruit

When was the last time you had some kiwifruit? It's sweet, low in calories and packed with nutrition. It should definitely be part of your weight loss shopping list.

Swap It or Drop It

Swap it or drop it - Small changes can lead to big results.

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Healthy Food Tastes So Good

I remember in the past that I used to see healthy foods like salads as tasteless rabbit's food...how wrong I was. I think many of us who are overweight live under this myth that healthy food tastes bad and unhealthy food tastes good. I realised that it was a matter of habit, once I gradually changed my eating habits, I began to discover that healthy, clean foods are super-delicious.

The salad in this picture was one I made for myself, and believe me it was delicious. Salads are so versatile because you can add just about anything to them. I did not need to add a high calorie dressing to it because the ingredients I used (especially the guacamole) really added lots of flavour.

I took this photo with my I-phone and did not realise it would come out so well, so I am really enthusiastic now about posting more pics of my meals and recipe ideas in forthcoming posts.

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