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Stay Stocked UP
Always keep your kitchen stocked with healthy staples, such as fruit, yogurt and whole-grain cereals. When you run low, purchase more. Being without a healthy option leaves you too open to temptation.

Spice Up Your Workout
If the colder months have you spending more time in the gym, you may find yourself getting bored doing the same thing every day. Switch it up by trying something new. Try Pilates one day, kickboxing later in the week, and take a swim over the weekend. You may discover a new activity that you really enjoy.

Say Yes to Smoothies
Swap your morning coffee for a smoothie. Sipping this treat will not only satisfy your sweet tooth, you can include protein by adding a food such as almonds, or protein powder that will keep you feeling satisfied until lunch without having to sit down to a meal if you’re too busy to prepare and eat one.

Curb Your Dinnertime Appetite
Going out to dinner tonight? On your way out the door, grab a small apple or banana from the fruit bowl and munch on the way to the eatery. Doing so will help control your appetite. You will be able to “just say no” to the bread basket or appetizers, yet you won’t be so full that you won’t enjoy your meal.

Pop Quiz Yourself on Portions
Even if you’ve learned to “eyeball” serving sizes, do a self-check every so often. Dish out what you think a standard serving is for each food you consume, and then measure an actual serving, and compare the two. You may find your idea of a serving has grown in time without your noticing.

Ad-time Exercise Adds Up
Get up and exercise during commercial breaks when you watch television. Little bursts of activity can benefit you just as much continuous sessions. During the typical hour-long show, you will exercise approximately 17 to 20 minutes if you move during every commercial!

Downsize Plates
Consider using a smaller plate. Research has shown that we tend to take larger portions when we use larger dishes. Use a dinner plate no larger than 9-inches in diameter and make a point to fill half of it with fruit and vegetables.

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I’m sure you are convinced, correctly, that stopping smoking is a good thing to do. I’m certainly not advocating people smoke, but if you’re trying to lose weight, you may find that it is very hard to lose weight while quitting smoking! Over the last 20 years, working with tens of thousands of overweight individuals, I made an interesting observation that most people gain weight after they stop smoking.

How Can Smoking Affect Your Figure?

Let me explain.

When people smoke, they ingest about 1 milligram of a chemical called nicotine, and nicotine acts on your adrenal gland, the stress gland of your body. If you ever have asked a smoker what it feels like to light up, they will tell you they feel relief – stress relief. They can actually breathe better. They calm down. This is weird since their lungs are being filled with smoke.

However, nicotine triggers two hormone-like substances. One is called dopamine. Dopamine is a pleasure hormone and mood elevator. The other is adrenaline, which interestingly stimulates (and constricts) the whole body except two parts — the lungs and the heart. In these two organs, nicotine does the reverse, and relaxes the arteries allowing more blood flow into the lungs and heart. This is part of a natural built-in stress mechanism — because as you are being chased by the lion, the body needs more lung and heart oxygen.

Smokers experience both a calming effect as well as a stimulating effect, which increases cognitive function and improved blood sugars. But over time, the adrenals become dependent on these sensations. This means, the adrenal glands do not have to produce as much triggering hormone, as they are being triggered by an external source – nicotine.

Once the person stops smoking, the adrenals go into a state of “Hey, I’m missing my fix!”

Cutting of this adrenal triggering mechanism puts the adrenal into a state of “overwhelm” and “depression,” triggering another hormone called cortisol. This is the hormone that directs fat into your belly, so it is the overcompensation reaction from the adrenals that causes weight gain.