10 ways to lose your excess weight now!

1. Reduce your portion size. Use smaller plates and only fill your plate once. If you’re tempted to eat more than on serving, tell yourself that you can eat more of that food tomorrow.

2. Eat 5 or 6 small meals or snacks instead of 3 large meals. Eating smaller meals throughout the day controls your blood sugar and helps control you hunger.

3. Walk 30 - 45 minutes a day. Thirty minutes will control your weight were as forty minutes will promote weight loss.

4. Include lots of water into your day. Sodas, juices and alcohol add calories to you daily calorie intake.

5. Focus on a long term weight loss program. You have gained your weight over a long period of time. It’s best to lose weight over a long period of time. This assures that the weight stays off permanently.

6. Bulk up on vegetables. When you fill your plate choose more vegetables over sweets.

7. Avoid fancy coffee drinks that add several hundred calories. Drink regular coffee without adding whole milk, whipped cream, sugar, and sugary syrups.

8. Eat the foods that you love. Just reduce your portion size. If you deprive yourself of the foods you love you will have a greater chance of failing to lose weight. Keep in mind that some foods should be only eaten once a week. An example, fried foods, high calorie desserts.

9. Eat cereal for breakfast at least 5 times a week. Studies find that people who eat cereal for breakfast every day are significantly less likely to be obese and have diabetes than those who don't. Cereal choices should be high fiber low sugar varieties. Also, use skim or non fat milk.

10. Eat at least 90% of your meals at home. Restaurants give large portions per person. If you have to eat out more than 10%, split meals with someone or always eat less than half of your meal and take the rest home for another meal.