Fall Weight Loss Tips

Fall weight loss tips may take a little more work, than summer weight loss tips. The farmer's markets are winding down, but still loaded with the end of summer produce, and many new root veggies.

The days are getting shorter, and the dark is coming earlier, making it more difficult to get outside. Enjoying the great outdoors, after work for that hike, walk, or bike ride, takes a little more planning during the fall months!

With a little work, you can keep up the healthy eating and exercising, and avoid those extra few pounds, that seem to creep on as the holidays near.

Some Simple Fall Weight Loss Tips:

• Fill up on herb teas, brewed coffees, Americanos, lower fat lattes, or water! Calorie drinks will always be deadly to your waistline. The average person drinks hundreds of calories per day, in drinks. Don't let the colder weather lure you into grabbing that loaded coffee drink daily, like so many people tend to do! There are so many different flavored herbal teas! Become a connoisseur of these, and adopt the habit of not drinking calories!

• Fill up on seasonal fruits! Fall brings different fruits that you can enjoy! Apples, Figs, Grapes, Pears, Pomegranates, Bananas, Clementine's, Tangerines, Oranges, Cranberries, Persimmons, Kiwi, and Grapefruits are plentiful. It's still possible to make a wonderful fall fruit salad, or slice a pear on everyone's plate for dinner. Fruit will satisfy your sweet tooth! Remember healthy eating should be simple!

• Fill up on seasonal veggies! Continue to make vegetables the centerpiece of your meals to encourage fall weight loss. Fill your plate half full, at least for lunch and dinner. Become acquainted with veggies that you do not know! Seasonal Acorn squash, butternut squash, cauliflower, mushrooms, parsnips, pumpkin, Swiss chard, Beets, Chestnuts, and Sweet Potatoes are plentiful. Be adventuresome and try each one of these, several different ways. I ate a butternut squash, stuffed with black beans and quinoa, last year that was one of the best meals I have ever eaten!

• Become a crock pot expert! Crock pot meals have many benefits. They end the dinner dilemma of what to cook! When you are tired and not in the mood to cook; it's easy to quickly give in to fast food, which is more caloric than a home cooked meal. Put your meal on before you leave for work, and you will be greeted by the most wonderful smelling house! Crock pots allow you to cook without added fat, and produce flavorful foods. The newer crock pots have a timer that cuts off when your meal is done, and keeps it warm too. It's a great investment!

• Soups, soups and more soups! Become an experimental soup maker! There are endless ways to combine a protein source, grains, vegetables, and herbs into the most glorious soup concoctions. You may need to start with a basic recipe, but learn to make substitutions, and add your favorite veggies, herbs and spices, to your soups. Plan on making one night a week, a soup night! Make a huge pot of soup that can be taken for lunches the rest of the week too and help with fall weight loss. It is a frugal choice. Nothing takes the chill off, like a home-made bowl of soup!

• Add healthy hot grain cereals to your breakfast: They are full of fiber! Add nuts and fruit. Fiber and protein during breakfast will give you a great start to the day, and help you to eat fewer calories. Make enough for several breakfasts, because hot grain cereals perk up in the microwave and taste great leftover.

• Repeat your breakfast and lunch choices often: Many people love tons of variety in their meals, but when you restrict your food choices, you often eat less. Plan a healthy breakfast or lunch and repeat it often. You know what you are going to eat, and you do not need to overeat it, because you will see it tomorrow.

• Make your meal plan automatic: Fill out the Meal Planning chart and your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack ideas. Automate them further, by developing a weekly menu plan for the days of the week. This also allows you to plan 4 to 5 healthy dinners per day of the week, for dinner variety. Planning helps you to choose lower calorie meals!

• Take advantage of the nice fall days: Take a walk, hike, bike ride, join a soccer team, run, or engage in any outdoor sport that you love. Enjoy the fresh cooler weather that is invigorating, and admire the beauty of the trees changing colors, and the smell of the leaves in the air! You might need to squeeze in your walk or run at your lunch hour, if it is dark by the time you arrive home. Plan a longer hike or bike ride on the weekend too! Make the time for this and you might be surprised at your fall weight loss!

• Stock your desk and car with an emergency snack stash: Fall brings on the start of the holidays and the dreaded holiday weight gain! Baked goods seem to magically appear in the break room on a daily basis. Avoid this area of your company. Stock up on crisp apples, almonds, walnuts, chopped veggies, non-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, dried fruit, or any other healthy snack that you love. Plan in your snacks to avoid the break room danger zone cravings! See my Snack Substitutions list (coming soon), and my Healthy Fall Snacks info.!

• Add activity to your fall television schedule: Fall brings with it many new television programs that call your name. Nothing worse than couch potato syndrome, to put on a few pounds. Avoid this, by strategically placing a piece of exercise equipment in front of the television. Allow a show, but engage in activity at the same time. Leave weights within reach too and use them. Plan it! Fall television viewing can lead to fall weight loss!

These are just a few healthy diet habits that you can add this fall to help with weight loss or maintenance. As always, the more lifestyle solutions that you incorporate into your life, the easier weight control becomes, and the greater your chances of fall weight loss success!

See also:

• Healthy Holiday Tips for some great tips related to food, habits, and coping for the holiday season! (coming soon)

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