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If You Want to Know the Secrets of Successful Dieters

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If you want to know the secrets of successful dieters (from the national Weight Registry), they include:

Eating breakfast everyday – 78% of them eat a balanced healthy breakfast daily Exercising an hour a day – 90% of them realize it takes this much exercise to help their weight in check
Watch less than 10 hours of TV/week – at least 62% of them said this was vital to remaining active throughout the day
Take a weight once a week or more – 75% said that this “reality check” helped them to remain focused on their diet and exercise plan since even a small weight shift was cause for concern

Many of these successful dieters were also mindful eaters, avoiding the nibbling syndrome – one way to diminish nibbling is to always “plate it before you eat it” so there is more of a feeling of you have to sit in order to eat. Mindless nibbling through the day can end up costing you upwards of 500 calories.