Eight Ways to easily Lose Weight

Last articles I spoke about “Weight Loss Ideas You Should Ignore" and think Iwould miss something if l don’t speak more about “8 Easy Ways to Lose Weight" without going on diet. lt’s interesting, isn’t it?  All you have to do is just to follow the guideline and pay more attention to yourself. Lose weight without going on diet? lt’s not too good to be true. You don’t have to follow a strict diet to get the ball rolling; making these easy but effective changes really can help you lose weight.

1. Learn to read labels

To lose weight it is essential to pay attention to food labels. Counting calories is impossible without this skill. You should know how to ind a food’s caloric content and its serving size. Comparing labels among different foods and beverages is crucial for making the healthier choices required to lost weight.

2. Snack Smart
You can help prevent overeating and maintain blood sugar levels by eating something about every three hours. Getting too hungry will backfire on your efforts to eat healthy and practice portion control. Aim for a healthful, satisfying snack, such as an apple and some reduced-fat cheddar cheese. Eating more may seem counterintuitive, but smart snacking will help you lose weight.

3. Eat More Grains and Produce
Whole grains, fruits and veggies do more than provide nutrients that improve your health and reduce disease-risk; they can also help you lose weight. They”re naturally low in calories, so you can eat more of them and have less room in your diet for less-than-healthful foods. Plus, the fiber in whole-grain foods and pro-duce will help you feel fuller longer (which helps you control portions and avoid overeating) and as a result, lose weight.

4. Eat Enough, Often Enough
One of the worst ways to lose weight? Meal skipping, Many people think skipping meals is a great way to cut calories, but in the end, they fail to lose weight. You will be more likely to
overeat or even binge (when you finally do eat) if you do not eat regular meals. Plus your body may go into “starvation mode" if don’t eat enough, causing you to maintain (or even gain) rather than lose weight!

5. Drink Plenty of Water
Water helps you lose weight in several waysi lf you tend to have a problem with “water weight," drinking more water can help alleviate bloating. Replacing high-cal drinks such as soda with water cuts hundreds of calories, You shouldnt wait until you’re feeling thirsty to drink water; thirst can be mistaken for hunger, causing you to overeat. Proper hydration improves your sense of well-being, which will keep up your motivation to lose weight.

6. Get Moving
lt is virtually impossible to lose weight and keep it off without exercising regularly, Start out today by taking a brisk walk or riding a bike. Work your way up from 10 minutes to 30-40 minutes a day, most days a week, and you could reap health benefits and weight loss results in a matter of weeks. Plus, exercise boosts your metabolism, making it even easier to lose weight.

7. Practice Portion Control
Measuring food may seem like a drudgery, but it will prove invaluable in your efforts to lose weight. Start out by comparing a measured standard serving of foods to your typical helping. You may find you usually consume two or even three times the recommended serving. In time you will reprogram your brain to eyeball portion sizes, a key skill for losing weight.

8. Write it Down
What’s the first thing l think anyone who wants to lose weight should do? Keep a food diary, All you have to do is jot down what, when, and how much you eat in a notebook, or you can do it online at a website like Calorie Count Plus, A food diary will give you a clear picture of your current eating habits so you can identify the changes you need to make to lose weight.

Water: Not the Endless Resource
We Once Thought Saving Ourselves through Water Conservation and Awareness

Water is life, lt is what everyone needs to survive. We must, as a species, have access to drinkable water on a daily basis, otherwise we will all perish. A human being can only live without water for approximately 3 days, then the body begins to shut down. Our fresh water supply is shrinking and we need to wake up to the fact that many of us are careless with our water, When people are dying of thirst in Africa, we water our lawns and swim in our pools. This is a serious issue for everyone on the planet. Water conservation should be at the top of our list in regards to overuse and un-needed abuse.

Water is the fundamental element of survival; everything in our society depends on the ability to use water. Populations tend to cluster around sources of water. This can lead to further problems and concerns surrounding water usage and pollution. Agricul-ture thrives where water can be diverted from its natural channels to the surrounding area. By diverting too much water, we change eco systems and disturb the balance of life on the planet. Now, let's take a look at these statistics that lf  may explain why water is no longerthe endless resource

• Less than one half of one percent of all water on Earth is fresh water for human use. The rest is sea water or frozen in polar ice caps.
• 1.4 billion people, that's 20% of the worlds population, lack access to an ade-quate supply of clean drinking water,
• Global water consumption is doubling every 20 years, more than twice the rate of human population growth.
• 31 countries currently face water scarcity.
• Women in Africa and Asia walk, on aver age, 6 km each day to collect water.
• More than half the world’s major rivers are either poiluted or drying.ln developing countries, water causes 80% of illnesses. Each year 3 to 4 million people die of waterborne diseases.
• By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in conditions of water short age and one third will live in absolute water scarcity

The Cause
The problem is not the amount of water. The amount of water on Earth remains constant ~ it doesn’t increase or decrease  and there is enough to meet every one”s needs. The problem is unequal access and use.

Different regions of the world naturally hold dif ferent amounts of fresh water. India, for exam ple, holds 20% of the world’s population but only 4% of its water. This natural division of water is easy for governments to overcome with the right technology. The problem of water scarcity arises when limited water is cou pled with social inequalities and political agendas. Who gets access to a region’s water and how they use it is usually determined by who has power and money.

1. Don”t use your toilet as a wastebasket or flush it unnecessarily. Toilets consume a quarter of our municipal water supply and use 40% more water than needed.
2. Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth or soap dishes, etc.
3. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Don't run your tap for cold water.
4. Run your dishwasher and washing ma chine only when they are full.
5. Check pipes and faucets for leaks and get them fixed. Many homes lose more water from leaky taps than they need for cooking and drinking.
6. Install low-flow shower heads and flow restrictors on faucets. A 5-minute shower with a standard shower head uses 100 litres of water while a low flow shower head uses 35 litres of water.
7. Water your lawn every third day or less and water during the cool times of the day.
8. Sweep patios and sidewalks, don’t hose them.
9. Limit pesticides on your lawn to preventth

10. Drive less! lt takes approximately 10 litres of Water to produce a litre of gasoline,

Remember... without water, there is no lifel lil!