Eating salads and vegetables can help you lose weight.
Losing 25 pounds in 10 weeks is a reasonable goal. This would mean losing 2.5 pounds per week, which is just above what experts recommend (losing 1 to 2 pounds per week is ideal). To lose this amount of weight, you'll have to cut 1,250 calories per day from your diet, or burn this many extra calories through exercise. A combination of both techniques is easier, and better for you.
Instructions
1. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. These foods are high in nutrients and low in calories, so you can eat lots of them without consuming too many calories. They will also help you keep your nutrient intake up, so you stay healthy while losing weight.
2. Reduce the fat in your diet. Each tablespoon of fat you cut out eliminates 50 to 100 calories from your diet, so doing this alone will put you well on your way toward your calorie cutting goal. Spritz oil into a pan for cooking instead of pouring it, and choose low-fat salad dressings and dips for vegetables. Instead of putting butter on bread for a sandwich, try mustard or relish instead for a flavor boost without the fat.
3. Eat less at every meal. Eat off a smaller plate so you're not tempted to fill a large one, and eat slowly so you stop as soon as you feel full. Reducing the serving of each food you eat throughout the day can cut hundreds of calories from your diet.
4. Eliminate fast food and sweetened drinks from your diet. These foods are high in calories and low in nutrients. One soda and a handful of chips every day can equal 300 calories.
5. Exercise every day. Do cardiovascular exercise, such as walking, running, swimming or cycling every day. To boost your calorie burning, try intervals, in which you go at top speed for a few seconds and recover afterward. Repeat as many times as you can, gradually increasing your intervals, and reducing the recovery time.
Tags: your diet, from your, from your diet, calories from, calories from your