Slow and Steady Achieves the Goals

Diet Tip #1: To subdue hunger pains that arise after dinner, make a habit of drinking a small bottle of water, starting an hour or so after dinner and continuing until bedtime. Water helps fill you up and eliminate hunger pains.

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Slow and Steady Finishes the Game
One reason why many dieters to stick to their Diet is that they become frustrated. They start a Diet one day, and the next day they expect to have lost a pound. By the end of the week, they expect to have lost five pounds!

That's not the way it works. It takes a day to put on a pound, it takes a week to lose it. It's that simple.

So when you start the Wordsworth diet (which consists of portion control), please don't even step on a scale for the first week...or even the second.

In order to lose weight, your body must burn more calories on a daily basis than you consume. In order to do this, you must create a daily caloric imbalance. When you first start cutting back on your food, it takes a while for your body to realize what's going on. (I'm anthropomorphizing your body, but the science behind my statements is sound!)

It will take about five to seven days for your body to realize that it's not getting as much food as it used to, and to start burning off the fat. Once this starts to happen, you'll lose two pounds per week.

Losing two pounds a week is the maximum amount you can lose in a healthy way.

Indeed, because you'll start working out as well, if you step on the scale during that first week or two, you might get an unhappy surprise, as it may look as if you've gained weight. This is because muscle weighs more than fat.

However, the good news is that muscle burns calories more quickly than fat does. So once you tone your muscles, and lose fat, you will be able to increase your daily food intake (an appropriate amount) and not have to worry about gaining back any of the weight you lost.

Most people can lose weight...but have trouble keeping it off. I'll talk about that tomorrow.

Just remember. You are not in a race to lose weight. You are playing a game - the weight-loss-and-maintenance game. With strategy and common sense - and yes, willpower and effort, you will win this game.