SIMPLE WAYS TO LOSE WEIGHT PERMANENTLY 1. Stay Active To lose weight, you need to move. It doesn't matter how you move as long as you do it. Any sort of work burns calories. You can wash your car, dance, play sports, walk or tend to your garden. Walking machines and cycling machines. Burning calories combined with eating less will create a huge calorie deficit and lead to weight loss. 2. Eat Less Eating less is also very important, to critical, if you want to lose weight. Exercising is great but if you finish your workout by eating a hamburger and fries, you'll never see any improvements. The most important rules when losing weight is to eat less calories than you burn. Eating less and exercising more will help you achieve this calorie deficient state so that your body can begin using its fat stores for energy. Only when this happens will the weight start to come off. 3. Cardiovascular Exercise One type of exercise that will help you lose weight is cardio. Cardio is anything that will get your heart pumping fast for a long period of time. Running, biking, swimming and most sports are considered good cardio and burn a large amount of calories to help you lose weight. 4. Lift Weights Often neglected, strength training is another form scale of exercise that can help you lose weight. Building muscle can speed up your metabolism and help you burn even more calories throughout the day. 5. Eat Healthy If you're not interested in counting your calories, eating healthy foods can help you lose weight without knowing the exact amount you eat each day. Foods such as whole wheat bread, vegetables, fruits, oats and lean sources of meat will provide you with all the nutrients you need without the abundance of calories. Eliminate, cut out foods, that are highly processed and contain too much sugar and saturated fat. TYPES OF DIETS Traffic Light Diet Foods are divided into one of three colour categories based on their calorie content and nutritional value. Red foods are high in calories with few nutrients. Amber foods are high or reasonably high in calories but are also high in nutrients. Green foods are low in calories with plenty of nutrients. By choosing Green foods, going easy with Amber foods and limiting Red foods you'll lose weight. Green foods include veg, fruit, low-fat milk and yoghurt, white fish and seafood. Amber foods include potatoes, low-fat cheese, oily fish, lean meat, poultry, beans, nuts, seeds, rice, pasta and high-fibre breads and cereals. Red foods cover just about everything else. The Gi Plan The GI Plan is based on the glycaemic index or GI Diet. As with similar diets it works on the theory that it's better to eat carbs with a low GI as they slowly release sugar into the blood, providing you with a steady supply of energy so you don't feel hungry. In contrast, you should avoid carbs with a high GI as they cause an immediate - but short-lived - rise in blood sugar, leaving you quickly lacking in energy and reaching for another snack. Each food is given a GI Point value based on its glycaemic index and calorie content. Quite simply, you're allowed a certain number of points each day, depending on whether you're male or female and the phase of the diet you are following. Like many popular diets, the GI plan has three phases: the 'start-it' phase, which you follow for two weeks; the 'lose-it' phase, which you follow until you reach your goal; and the 'keep-it' phase to help maintain your weight loss. High GI foods can also lead to bad health defects if eaten to excess!!!!!