Eat healthy, get healthy

One of the most important factors when it comes to weight loss is too eat more often, this might sound counterproductive but your body won't think so. Your metabolism is most active and burns fat quickest when it has food to turn into fuel, if your not eating regularly your metabolism will slow down resulting in more food getting stored as fat.

Worst case scenario is if you starve yourself, your body will automatically start trying to store any food you eat as fat, this is because the body goes into "starvation" mode and you are left feeling weak, tired and vulnerable to illness. When you start eating regularly again your body will rapidly put on fat again.

That is why having regular meals and snacks is essential, preferably eating every 2-3 hours whilst you are not asleep. Breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day, this gives the metabolism a "kick start" in the morning and sets you up for the day feeling energetic and awake.

The key to losing weight though, is to make sure you are eating the right food and the right amount. If your daily calorie maintenance is 2500 calories then aim to eat 400-500 calories under that a day. This way you can loss the weight gradually and preserve muscle ensuring that its the fat you are losing. You can work out your daily calorie maintenance from this site http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/calories.shtml.