目录

• Be realistic.
• Don’t even call it a diet.
• Make your diet/eating plan a healthy one.
• Join a weight-loss program.
• Stay with the program.
• Forget fad diets.
• Show a little restraint.
• Conduct research on yourself.
• Eat a well-balanced diet.
• Learn more about nutrition.
• Cut back on fat.
• Zap the main culprits.
• Take your salad naked.
• Use whipped butter or margarine.
• De-fat your meat.
• Put the nix on frying.
• When you have to fry, use an oil spray.
• When you do use oils, make sure they’re low-fat.
• Skin the chicken.
• Substitute with soy.
• Cut a percentage point in your milk.
• Chuck high-fat cheese.
• Make plans for plain yogurt.
• Don’t skip breakfast.
• Eat three meals a day—at least!
• Pile it on at lunchtime.
• Eat at least half your daily calories in complex carbohydrates.
• Bake potatoes.
• Slow down on salt.
• Spice it up.
• Cut down on sugar.
• Go fruity.
• Sweeten up with fruit juice.
• Say “cheerio” to sugary cereals.
• Chew sugar-free gum.
• Drink diet soda.
• Use artificial sweeteners.
• Be sober about alcohol.
• Diet on weekdays, splurge on weekends.
• Lay low on (some) legumes.
• Chew on seeds in their shells.
• Don’t give up, even if you slip up.
• Listen to your stomach.
• Listen to your conscience.
• Steer clear of junk foods.
• Snack if you must.
• Watch your impulses.
• Don’t expose yourself.
• Have weekly tea-vegetable days.
• Make a move.
• Don’t be swayed by the crowd.
• Travel with diet-friendly food.
• Watch what you take in with take-out.
• Take your vitamins.
• Eat more fiber.
• Become a vegetarian.
• Be on the lookout for substitutes.
• Put your food on a plate.
• Eat like a kid.
• Eat with ambience.
• Make your food beautiful.
• Concentrate on your food.
• Eat with a friend.
• Chew thoroughly, eat slowly.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Cut coffee and cigarettes.
• Eat low-calorie frozen foods.
• Make your own frozen treats.
• Don’t tell yourself “I’ll never have such-and-such again!”
• Shop smart.
• 1 Diet for 12 weeks.
• Slow down on fast foods.
• Take a break during PMS.
• Keep food out of the wrong places.
• Don’t eat like a mouse.
• Eat smart when you eat out.
• Make variety the spice of your life.
• Brush and floss.
• Stroll after supper.
• Don’t eat after dark —within reason.
• Take good measure.
• Try to be normal.
• Freeze for one.
• Chop chop.
• Make every day a salad day.
• Keep count.
• Say a little prayer.
• Cook up a low-cal storm!
• Eat in one place.
• Fill up your fridge.
• Watch yourself.
• Get enough sleep.
• Give yourself a break.
• Do a little if you can’t (or just don’t want to) do a lot.
• Set realistic goals.
• Keep a log.
• Aerobicize.
• Walk it off.
• Take 10,000 steps a day.
• Walk to work.
• Walk the mall.
• Walk someplace different.
• Put on the speed.
• Run for it.
• Ride a bike.
• Climb away calories.
• Plug in the circuit.
• Get into the swim.
• Get out of the swim.
• Row, row, row your boat.
• Swing your partner!
• Get out into the cold.
• Get lean by lifting.
• Play with your kids.
• Play with your pet.
• Walk in peace.
• Make good choices.
• Mix ‘em up.
• Latch onto a high-powered pal.
• Join a gym or health club.
• Have a walk for lunch.
• Just do it.
• Plant a garden.
• Get physical at least two hours before bedtime.
• Run yourself more ragged at the gym.
• Make age no barrier.
• Be an early-bird exerciser.
• Add energy to your environs.
• Distract yourself.
• Buy some fabulous exercise clothes.
• Take a stand.
• Go for the biggest burns.
• Burn around the house.
• Take a break.
• Get an education.
• Walk with a pal.
• Gear up for the competition.
• Go ahead and boast.
• Read up.
• Get a new slant on things.
• Exercise at your desk.
• Let yourself go.
• Exercise on the cheap.
• Exercise before you eat.
• Exercise after you eat.
• Become a gymnast.
• Go solo.
• Make it a social occasion.
• Reward yourself.
• Keep it up.
• If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.