Quick Dieting Techniques

Everybody wants them, you can't deny it. Even men need to lose a little weight nowadays. I am a cross country runner and usually run 7 miles a day, but even with that I get a little meat on me every once in a while. Here's what I have learned from the gurus:

Eat slow, let it sink in. When you eat quickly, it takes your body longer to register what you've already eaten. This is good at parties. Instead of getting a piece of pizza, a beer, some cake and a cookie and scarfing it all down real quick and then getting back to cornhole, try eating some pizza, waiting a while, then half a beer, and so on. But do NOT do this with chips and other foods that would be easy to consume whole bags. It never ends well.

Workout long and slow. When you're working out, it may feel like you're doing more by whippin' that 15 lb dumbbell up swinging your arms around like a maniac, but you aren't doin' shit. Especially with running, you are better to run 5 or 6 miles at more of a jogging pace than to run olympic speeds for 2 miles. Now, not everyone has time in their day to spend 2 hours working out, but you are better to take it slow and only finish a few exercises a day than do it all in 30 minutes.

Cool Whip diet. Sometimes you need to be in a little danger to look good. Maybe you don't think it's worth it, but for those of us that do, something like a Cool Whip diet is great. It's just what it sounds like, simply eat *extra creamy* cool whip as if it were a meal. It has very low calories and since it has a thick, sugary taste (only the extra creamy does) it fills you up very quickly. I usually consume around 600 or 700 calories with it. It's not good for a long period of time or if you are watching blood sugar or heart rate. I would only reccomend it for us youngins.

Put everything on a plate and sit down. First of all, your floor will be sooo clean. And also, when you just grab and munch or sit in front of the tv with a bag of pretzels, you tend to eat by taste, not by fill. And maybe being in a dinner setting will remind you of your mother making you eat your peas.