Friday, January 17, 2014

Local Memphis Family Chiropractor Offers Weight Loss Tips

By Clayton Maske


Your Memphis chiropractor helps many people each day with painful backs and necks. However, modern chiropractic also provides total wellness programs, designed to help you feel and look better. Here are some helpful weight loss tips from your chiropractic professional.

Try writing down everything you eat for a week. It will take some work and perhaps be a little inconvenient. However, losing weight is not simple and takes work. Be totally honest with yourself and estimate the total calories for each meal and total your caloric intake each day. When most people do this, they discover they are taking in far more calories than they thought.

Most people need to lower their daily calorie intake but that is much easier said than done. Slow you eating down and chew food thoroughly, and try using smaller plates at meal time. When your plate is full, your mind thinks that you have had enough to eat and you may find that you can get by with smaller portions, this way.

Often times, it is not what you eat but what you drink that packs on the calories. If you enjoy sweet tea or sugar sweetened sodas during the day, you could be taking in hundreds of calories that you do not need. Many people drink as much as 500 calories in beverages every day. When you do this for one year (while eating enough to maintain your weight) you will gain about 50 pounds.

Increase your water intake. Your body needs water to burn every calorie you take in. Also, drink a glass of water before each meal and it will make you feel full quicker. These strategies can pay off big over time.

You and your Memphis chiropractor will work together to come up with a customized plan for weight loss and fitness. It is possible to lose those extra pounds and keep them off if you have the right kind of help. In time, you may form new eating habits that will last for a lifetime.




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