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31. Use a free fitness app like My Fitness Pal to check
how healthy your meal choices are, and to track your food
intake verses the amount of exercise you’re doing.
32. Set healthy and realistic weight loss goals and write
them down on paper. The relationship between goal
setting, committing said objectives to paper, and
achieving success has been well documented.
33. Bookmark online cardio workout videos you can do at
home for those nights or mornings when it’s too cold, hot,
or rainy for a run outdoors.
34. Plan workouts with a friend who will hold you
accountable to your exercise commitments.
35. Add garlic to your meals: Apart from being damn
delicious, it’s a fat-burning, metabolism-boosting food
that helps balance blood sugar levels, which in turn
reduces energy highs and slumps that are associated with
over-eating.
36. Too busy to commit to a gym class? Buy an eBook
program, like Kayla Itsines’ 12 week program that you
can follow at home at burn fat in your living room.
37. Try sipping on sugar water or extra-light olive oil–
seriously! The Shangri-La Diet was pioneered by Seth
Roberts, PhD, a professor of psychology, and claims you
can lose weight by drinking one to three tablespoons of
sugar water and/or one to two tablespoons of extra-light
(not virgin) olive oil twice daily in between your normal
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