Are you a diet failure? Don’t despair. You can create your own weight loss plan that will work, no matter how many times your weight has gone up and down. Here’s how.

1. Determine why you are overweight. Take a few minutes by yourself to reflect on your typical day: How many hours of sleep do you get? What food do you really eat at meals and how much? How much time do you take to eat them? Do you snack throughout the day? What do you snack on? Do you get any exercise? Are you on any medications or medical treatments that may cause you to gain weight or hinder your weight loss?

2. What weight loss plans have you used in the past? What’s worked? Why isn’t it working now? Did you reach your goal and slack off? Did something happen in your life that caused you to go off the program? Was the program too expensive or complicated to follow? Was it too difficult to get to meetings or check-ins? Did inclement weather keep you from your workout?

3. Based on your answers to Questions 1 and 2, begin to formulate a meal plan that meets your lifestyle. For example, if you used a plan in which you counted calories or portions and were successful, start over and do the same. If however, you are already too busy, detailed calculations may not work, but simply getting rid of the junk food in your house might.

4. You also need to include exercise in your weight loss plan. Many experts recommend walking because it is something nearly everyone can do, whether at home, at work or even walking in place. Can you think of a way to incorporate 30 minutes of walking in your day? It doesn’t have to be all at once: 10 minutes here and there throughout the day can get you started.

If you’re already exercising every day but still want to lose weight, add more exercise. You may choose to simply increase the intensity of the exercise you’re already doing: Jog or run instead of walk. Increase the weight of the dumbbells you use. Or you may want to exercise longer. Add an additional 15 minutes to your exercise plan will yield faster results.

5. Consider how you handle stress. For many of us, chocolate or potato chips offer a way to drown our sorrows when life gets to be too much to bear. Think of other ways to handle life’s ups and downs: Squeeze in that walk, talk to a friend, write in a journal, pray or meditate etc.

6. Do you need an incentive to stick with your weight loss plan? There are several ways to go about it. Find one outfit in your closet that is a bit snug and hang it where you will see it every day (or place a picture of you in it near the refrigerator, scale or kitchen cupboard). Perhaps you can sign up for a fitness event (such as a charity walk or run) so you can focus on being in condition to finish the event.

7. Be realistic. When creating your own weight loss plan, be realistic. The weight did not appear magically overnight and it won’t disappear overnight either. But by creating your own plan to fit your own needs and lifestyle, you will lose weight easier than you ever dreamed.

Let’s look at three tips which will help you to do that.

1. Stressed? Learn How to Manage Your Stressful Life

Food can blunt the edges of stress. If you eat for comfort, you know that you reach for sugary and rich foods when you’re anxious.

You can learn to soothe your emotions without food. Take up yoga and meditation: these activities are calming and centering. They’re also fun, and will help you to feel in control.

Best of all, these activities get you in touch with your body. You’ll find that you start to crave healthy foods, instead of fatty foods.

2. You’re Not Alone: Get Expert Help

Yoyo dieting is unhealthy. There’s lots of help available, to help you to develop a healthy eating plan.

Start with a visit to your doctor, and ask him to recommend a nutritionist. Your nutritionist will take into account your likes and dislikes in food, and will create a meal plan for you.

Consider attending a few sessions with your local Weight Watchers group. The support you receive there, from people who are just like you, and are struggling with the same challenges, can help you to stay on track.

3. Do You Eat when You’re Bored? Fill Your Life With Fun

If you’re many pounds overweight, chances are that you eat when you’re bored.

It’s time to set up some activities for yourself. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to learn to play tennis, or some other sport. Sign up for classes.

Join a local gym, or take a dressmaking or knitting class.

The activities you choose are up to you. Choose activities you’ll enjoy. Your life will change.

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You probably know ginger as a candy, and have eaten gingerbread cookies. But did you know that this tuber is also a potent medicine, and can help you to lose weight?

Ginger has been used as a medicine to ease upset tummies for centuries, and is also popular as a remedy for travel sickness. It has both calming and pain-relieving qualities, and is a great digestive aid.

So how does it help you to lose weight?

Here’s how.

1. When taken as a tea, with honey, half an hour before your main meal of the day, ginger acts as a appetite suppressant.

Chop a tablespoon of the fresh root finely, then pour boiling water over it. Leave this tea to draw for five minutes, then add a teaspoon of honey.

You’ll find that you’re less hungry, and that you eat less. You’re also less prone to cravings — honey gives you a quick burst of energy, and the ginger helps your digestion.

There’s an added benefit too: studies have shown that ginger can lower levels of cholesterol in your system.

2. Feeling bloated? When you’re dieting, you’ll fill up on vegetables, and this leads to discomfort. Drinking ginger tea before a meal will stimulate your metabolism, so that more energy is available to you.

When your metabolism is revved up, you’ll burn calories more quickly.

3. Of course you can cook with ginger too. It’s often used in Chinese cooking, and you can add it to casseroles and stews. If you eat it once a day, you’ll have a smaller tummy, because it helps to regulate peristalsis, which is the muscular contraction which enables movement of material through your digestive system.

The big benefit of ginger is that it’s normalizing: it helps your body to work better. When you’re overweight, your body’s systems tend to be sluggish. Ginger balances them. Not only does it help you to feel great, you’ll look great too.

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Have you heard of the Banana Diet? I have, and what’s more, I’ve tried it — it works! You just change one meal, and you lose weight.

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