Slimming diet: 7 Keys to Success

Diets that work are those whose results last, that is to say, those that make you make good and new habits that you can keep for long. The key advice.

1. Do not follow too remote system of your eating habits. And ideally, introduce changes gradually, one by one, to be sure to include them in your new habits. It's really worth to do so and take your time because it means that at the end of your diet, you can easily keep some good habits. Resulting in a lower risk of weight regain.

2. Do not attempt the impossible by setting your goals too high. You may put you in a situation somewhat rewarding failure and give up completely.

3. Get active. But again, physical activity should be part of your new lifestyle. Forcing yourself at the beginning, this is normal, but then it becomes a pleasure or rather a necessity. If this is not the case, change the sports schedule or formula. It may not be your thing jogging in the morning before going to work! Try the collective gym during lunch or the pool with a colleague.

Finally, if the sport is not an option, multiply the physical activities: walking, climbing stairs, gardening, dance ... And to motivate you, equip yourself a pedometer. You are active from 10,000 steps a day!

4. No forbidden food. Set some clear rules, but do not banish food categories. Prohibited attract and become sources of frustration. It is better to allow some of this or that food, provided you do not exceed a certain frequency, quantity or avoid certain circumstances.

5. Locate the situations that make you crack and change them. Chocolate watching TV, for example on Sunday night? Well give up TV on Sunday night and replace that activity with something that you like very much: evening flipping magazine, surfing the blog of a friend ...

And if necessary, change your environment to withstand the temptations revise the contents of your closet or your desk drawers to chafe, the object of your temptations.

6. Encourage yourself. Why not set up a reward system (other than food!) Movies, small purchases ...

7. And finally, Looking at the positive side in every situation: no fries at this meal, but more fruit, no pastries, but a slice of fresh organic bread, etc.