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Avoid fried foods as much as possible as they are usually cooked in fat or fatty oils. There is always oil hidden in the food no matter how well you dry it on the outside.

Chocolate should not be included in your diet due to the large amount of sugar they contain.

Eat several small meals a day to rev up your metabolism. Not eating actually causes the body to store more food as fat to prevent starvation.

Keep to a vegetarian diet as much as you can. Make a non- vegetarian diet a week end event if you find it impossible to totally give up meat.

In order to start the day with more energy it is important to eat breakfast within 1 hour of waking up. It does not have to be a huge meal so do not wait until you are starving.

Control that sweet tooth. Remember that sweet things mean more calories and therefore more exercise to burn it off.

Try to avoid canned vegetables and opt instead for fresh instead. Eat raw vegetables more than cooked as cooking removes more than 50% of the vitamins and minerals they contain.

Choose a variety of foods from all food groups every day. Change the items included in your diet every day.

Eating 4-6 small meals a day will speed up your metabolism to help you burn more calories

Eat your meals at around the same time every day to avoid feeling hungry at certain times which can make you eat more.

Eat only when you are hungry. Some of us have the tendency to eat whenever we see food. Whenever you are offered something to eat do not decline it completely just eat less of it.

Snack on vegetables if you must. You might get the pangs of hunger in between meals. It is something that you can very well control.

Never eat more than 1 egg a day. Eggs are not such a bright idea. It would be best to reduce your intake of eggs to maybe three in a week. But for those of you die hard egg fans, you may have up to one egg a day but nothing more than that.

Drinks containing alcohol are not good for you due to the sugar content and the fact that they lower inhibitions and will power so you are in no position to watch your diet.

Choose white meat rather than red which includes fish and fowl, is better than red meat, which includes beef and pork for those trying to lose weight.

Limit your sugar intake. If you can't have things unsweetened go for sugar substitutes. These things are just as sweetening but are certainly not fattening.

Needless to say it is important to limit your fat consumption. Most products today will tell you how much fat they contain right on the label. In order to calculate the amount of calories from fat just multiply the fat grams by 9 and that tells you the amount of calories. You should not get any more that 30% of your calories from fat.

Boil your vegetables instead of cooking them, or even better, eat them fresh. However if you do not like eating your vegetables as it is, try steaming them without adding anything at all. This is probably the healthiest way to eat cabbages, cauliflowers and a host of other vegetables.

If you drink wine try to drink dry wines as they contain less sugar than sweet wines due to the fermentation process they go through.

Chew your food at least 20 to 25 times in order to add more saliva to the food as the saliva is what helps digest the sugars.

It is a good idea to find low or no fat foods to replace other types of food. There is now a larger variety of these low fat foods to choose from

One way to lower the amount of oil you ingest is to cook with a non stick pan so you do not have to add any or less oil as possible when frying.

Keith Junor writes a blog with great tips on fat loss, wellness and longevity at behealthyandslim.com

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