During these upcoming summer months, you know how refreshing a nice, tall glass of ice water tastes. Many health professionals recommend you drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. Drinking plenty of water helps you stay well hydrated and keeps your body functioning properly. These are also important reasons for you to drink adequate amounts of water when you’re losing weight. Unlike worrying about the foods you can and cannot eat, drinking water is easy and requires no extra effort on your part.

If you’re thinking about cutting carbs to lose weight, then you’re making an excellent choice. By following a low-carb diet, you limit the amount of foods that are high in carbohydrates and/or especially foods that raise blood sugar levels. Weight loss occurs since the body taps into its own fat stores to create energy, rather than reacting to the rapid changes in blood-sugar levels brought on by carbs. It turns out that low-carb diets offer us many health benefits, along with a great way to shed those extra pounds.

Spring is finally here, which means we'll start seeing some nicer weather soon! As the temperatures become warmer, you may be thinking about changing your diet. A fresh, cool salad tastes great any time of the year, but seems to taste even better during the spring and summer months. Low-carb and low calorie salads make good meal options, as part of healthy and balanced diet plans, when you're losing weight.

Are you one of many people who think the best diet plans for weight loss require you to eat bland, boring foods? If so, you'll be glad to know this is not the case! This scrumptious beef tenderloin recipe proves you can eat real food that tastes great and lose weight, too.

When thinking of easy ways to eat healthy and/or how to lose weight fast, many people mistakenly believe eating fat-free foods is going to help them. However, this is a potentially dangerous myth. Removing most or all the fats from your diet in order to lose weight simply doesn't work. In fact, eating fat-free foods may actually cause you to gain weight. As well, these foods turn out to be rather unhealthy. Let's debunk this myth and look at the reasons why eating fat-free foods isn't a very good idea for weight loss, or at all.

Hollywood's awards season has started in full force and some of us may envy the fit and trim celebrities. Some of us wonder how to lose weight fast and are tempted by trendy "Hollywood" diets, especially since they often promise quick results with little effort. The ladies may look glamorous and slender in their gowns as they walk along the "Red Carpet," but who knows whether their diets are actually healthy or effective for long-term weight loss.

Enjoying a healthy, low-carb, and filling breakfast while you're losing weight sounds like a great way to start the day. Of course, there are going to be mornings when you may not have the time to prepare one, so you may be tempted to grab a quick, but much less nutritious, breakfast on the go. This egg white omelet with tomatoes recipe is just right for you, whether you're short on time or you just feel like fixing an easy dish. All you need is a few minutes, and even fewer ingredients, to prepare and enjoy a delicious breakfast that fits perfectly into both your busy routine and your weight loss plan.

We often hear about the importance of eating plenty of fruits and vegetables every day as part of a healthy and nutritious diet. Fresh fruits contain essential vitamins, minerals and fiber. Indeed, you definitely need these, whether you are trying to lose weight or not. It is important to note that although fruits are beneficial, you must choose them carefully when you are losing weight. You must also be wary of eating too much fruit or mistakenly having too many fruit "products," which many people think are okay to have since they are nutritious. Fruit "products" such as dried fruits, fruit juices and smoothies can especially sabotage your weight loss efforts with their added sugars and calories and you should avoid them.

Welcome to 2014! The holidays have come and gone, and the New Year is finally here. If one of your New Year's resolutions involves losing weight, then this is a great time to get started since all the temptations of holiday parties and feasts should be gone by now. You are probably well aware of how the foods you choose to eat impact your weight loss efforts. This means you need to become serious about sticking to balanced diet plans, especially                                                                                 when you want to lose weight fast.

The holiday season is upon us, along with all the food, festivities and fun. Although the average weight gain during the holidays is only 1-2 pounds, it still adds up over time. If losing weight is one of your New Year's resolutions for 2014, you may consider choosing a low-carb diet. There are plenty of diet naysayers who believe the myths out there about low-carb diets so they may try to talk you out of this plan. But, when you know the facts about losing weight through low-carb diets, you will be armed with the knowledge that this is a very healthy and effective way to not only lose weight, but to also keep it off.