1. Lose weight with water.
Water is essential for everybody – it is also the key to losing weight. If you haven't been drinking enough water, your body has developed a pattern of storing water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.

By drinking more water, you are not only flushing out toxins, you are also teaching your body that it no longer needs to store water. Drink at least 60 ounces of water (about 8 glasses) a day. Boil water and sliced lemons, and drink this throughout the day to help with fluid retention. If you are still not sold on the merits of water, try this on for size: water is a natural appetite suppressant.

2. Soup up your weight loss program.
A simple dietary change will have you shedding pounds: eat a bowl of soup at least once a day. Nutritious, low-salt soups will nourish you as they flush waste from your body. People who eat a serving of soup daily lose more weight than those who eat the same amount of calories but don't eat soup. Go for homemade soup whenever possible, as canned soups are loaded with salt and chemicals.

3. Eat early to keep weight off.
The human body follows a circadian rhythm, which means that the same foods eaten at breakfast and lunch are processed differently than when eaten at dinner. Studies show that when you eat your daily protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight and have more energy; however, eating the same things at dinner tend to increase tendencies toward weight gain. I suggest that you eat your last meal of the day by 7 p.m.

4. Eat smaller meals, more frequently.
Follow an eating schedule with five little meals every day. Eating steadily through the day keeps you from becoming famished and overeating at your next meal. Make a low-fat trail mix from raw almonds, pumpkin seeds, dried plum, and apples and have it available at all times to avoid the tempting lure of high-calorie snacks.

5. Adopt a balanced approach to your diet.
Most of the fad diet programs out there nowadays are extreme in a few recommended foods, or else deprive the body of food altogether. This works in opposition to our metabolism and the results usually don't last, producing a yoyo effect that depresses your metabolic function – not to mention your self-esteem. We are natural beings that need a balance of nutrition from all sources.

Your diet should consist of a balance of organic sources of lean protein, complex carbohydrates, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Instead of white rice and pasta, opt for brown rice, bulgur, millet, or buckwheat.

Eat more green, chlorophyll-rich foods such as broccoli, kale, spinach, and asparagus. Eliminate candy, sugar, soda, and all simple sugars from your diet. Excess sugar ends up being stored as fat in your body, which results in weight gain. Also, keep dairy to a minimum because most dairy products are high in saturated fat. Avoid fatty foods, processed or fried foods.

6. Walk off the weight.
The No. 1 cause of weight gain is inactivity. Physical activity is the key to speeding up your metabolism and burning excess calories. The best way to be physically active is to use your legs! Walk as often and as long as you can. Always take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Step outside during your break at work and take a walk around your building. Consider joining a local hiking club. Try taking a walk 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the early evening.

I hope this article helps you shed some pounds and add on the years! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.

May you live long, live strong, and live happy!

Also, these diets that people post are often extremely harmful since depriving yourself of food sends your body into "starvation mode" where it conserves all that you eat as fat. It's devastating to your body and your mind. Try instead to limit fat intake to 20-30% daily and try to avoid saturated and trans fats. Unsaturated fats are the necessary fats that your body needs to operate.

1. Eat more healthy; lean fat meat items, veggies, fruits, etc

2. Keep a caloric deficit of approximately 500

3. Work-out consistently even if it is no more than taking a stroll

4. Avoid gimmicks or trendy diet routines

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To lose weight you must eat a balance diet, use exercise resistance bands, run on treadmill or use something like the air climber to burn more calories than you intake.

1. Visualize yourself being at the weight you wish to be.

2. Juice fresh fruits and vegetables everyday. You would alternate once day fruits and next day vegetables.Fruits contain water and sugar so you want to eat less fruits than vegetables. Try to find a balance.

The reason you want to juice is simply because the body will not be forced to break down the food to the point where most of the nutrients will be destroyed by stomach acid. By drinking it the nutrients are absorbed faster and utilized more efficiently by the body.

3. Planks, leg lifts, leg hip thrusts, jumping jacks, jogging and exercise bands will enhance weight loss.

4. Eat a healthy breakfast everyday!

5. For snacks replace all junk foods with walnuts, raisins, granola or fruits and vegetables.

6. Eliminate all diary! It's loaded with hormones and makes it very difficult to lose weight.

7. Try some relaxing mediation. There are subliminal weight loss training products available like those sold by brainsync technology.

Good Luck!