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In America we have become very fat. Our terrible diets have created our lard filled tummies. Although not everyone in the country is large, most of us could probably afford to drop some pounds.

We absolutely should! Becoming a size or two smaller will work wonders for your well being. The fact of the matter is that none of us can reach the high expectations society puts on us so we simply give up on our health. Regulating one's eating is such a hassle! We would all love to look thin, well proportioned, and strong. Of course, our ideas about how we think we should look are rarely achievable. There are ways to improve our looks, however small.

Many of us think we will never lose as much as we want. Whatever diet or fad we choose, we probably won't be able to whittle our hulking bodies into super model frames.

But being America's Next Top Model isn't the only way to get healthy. You can lose a smaller amount of weight and greatly improve your overall health. You aren't going to be required to go on an extreme crackers-and-tuna diet or to run fourteen miles a day to get healthy! If you weigh too much for your frame, you will probably feel sluggish and unmotivated. Then your activity level will drop and you will be a less happy person.

Consider your day to day life. How can you make small alterations that will spice up the nutrition in your diet and make you more active?

Begin your examination of your life with your mornings. What do you do when you wake up in the morning? Do you stretch your arms or legs or do you simply fall into the bathroom? It's a good idea to strech as that gets the muscles working.

One of my favorite ways to begin the day is a healthy breakfast. If you've been skipping out on this important meal, you have been depriving your metabolism of a jump-start it requires to begin burning fat all day.

Do you live close to your work? Maybe you should ride your bike to work. If your house isn't near your place of business, maybe you should park your car a a little bit away from your office to give you an opportunity to walk.

Drinking more water is an easy way to improve one's health. Everyone needs 64 ounces of water per day to keep his or her body working properly and metabolizing food. Plus, it's delicious!

Be sure to eat plenty of vegetables and fruits. These items make perfect side items in meals. They are stuffed full of important minerals, vitamins, and other health-producing vitals. A salad per day with a low-fat dressing is a great way to achieve this. Depending on the season, you might want to bring an orange with you to work every day.

The amount of times you eat per day is just as important as the portions of your meals. Eating several small meals per day is a sure way to boost your metabolism and keep you using fat fat at a regular rate. If you don't kick your metabolism into gear, your body will not be energized. On top of that, you will turn whatever food you do eat into fat, rather than burning the calories you consume.

Constantly eating sugary, fried, or high-carbohydrate foods has a twofold consequence: it fills you up so that you don't want to munch on any healthy food and it sticks right to your trouble spots, causing weight gain. Of course, this doesn't mean that you have to give up chocolate cake for good! Put these foods on your "sometimes" list and don't allow yourself to eat them constantly.

Eating a well balanced diet and staying active are the two keys to a long life and a healthy body. This does not require a complete lifestyle revision. Taking small steps in each of these areas is a great way to start getting healthy!