| We lose weight to look great and feel good | | | | specific intense exercises to replace that |
| about our bodies. And yet even when we lose a | | | | muscle your skin will sag.In any case, no |
| lot of weight and look great in our clothes | | | | matter how fast you lose weight (and even |
| we can still feel unhappy at how our bodies | | | | just to prevent age-related sagging) it is |
| look undressed.The problem?Unwanted loose | | | | always helpful to do some toning exercises |
| sagging skin left as a reminder of our former | | | | for all parts of your body including your |
| shape. Here are the 5 keys to prevent loose | | | | face to keep skin firm if you care about |
| sagging skin when you undergo a weight loss | | | | looking good.4. Keep skin hydrated Drink |
| program.1. Lose weight slowlySkin has | | | | plenty of water to keep skin healthy. If you |
| remarkable powers of elasticity and yet it | | | | drink wall to wall fizzy drinks, coffee and |
| does not snap back instantly into shape if | | | | tea skin suffers because these drinks cause |
| you lose a lot of weight quickly - anyone who | | | | you to be more dehydrated than ever. And diet |
| has ever had a baby will tell you that one | | | | drinks full of additives do not help your |
| for free!The more gradually you lose weight | | | | skin no matter how few calories they contain. |
| the easier it is for your skin to keep pace | | | | Only water and pure herbal teas will do the |
| with your new shape. You certainly didn't put | | | | trick.You can add lemon or orange slices to |
| on all those pounds overnight - your skin had | | | | your water and you can have it at any |
| time to adapt so don't try to get rid of them | | | | temperature you like but drink enough - about |
| all at once either if you want your skin to | | | | 2 litres a day. That's about 8 glasses. If it |
| stay looking good.Change your habits | | | | helps try the rubber band trick and put 8 |
| gradually so that you lose your weight bit by | | | | bands on your wrist or around a pot or bottle |
| bit and you're far less likely to have | | | | on your desk and remove one each drink of |
| problems than someone going on a crash diet | | | | water you have.5. Lose weight sooner rather |
| and congratulating themselves on losing | | | | than laterDon't keep putting off your weight |
| 100lbs in 6 months.2. Eat nutrient rich foods | | | | loss program. The older you are and the |
| If your meals and snacks consist of junk food | | | | longer you have been overweight the less |
| (even if you eat it in smaller quantities | | | | elastic and resilient your skin becomes and |
| than before) then you're unlikely to nourish | | | | the more you need to stick stringently to the |
| your skin properly and build up its | | | | other guidelines here to prevent skin |
| strength.Choose foods which are high in | | | | becoming too loose.Also don't get too |
| vitamins and minerals and low in sugar, | | | | complacent about being able to eat all you |
| saturated fat and additives. Include foods | | | | want and then lose weight later before you |
| high in essential fatty acids such as | | | | get hugely overweight The constant yo-yo |
| avocados, olives, oily fish, nuts and seeds | | | | dieting stretching and then loosening the |
| and oils made from these and also ensure that | | | | skin will harm your skin's elasticity |
| you have an adequate supply of lean | | | | too.Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth |
| protein.3. Preserve your muscle toneWhen you | | | | SmallJanice Elizabeth is a weight loss coach, |
| lose weight you may find that the skin | | | | slimming club owner and author of "The Diet |
| becomes loose because you have lost some of | | | | Exit Plan", an 8 week coaching program for |
| the underlying muscle which supports it. If | | | | automatic permanent weight loss. Request her |
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