I hate diets...having a healthy life should be a lifestyle, no dieting needed. There's way too many diets to chose from anyways. All you need is dedication to yourself. Well here's Me: (not above...read below;) Right now I'm overweight. My husband and I are lazy cusses eating a bowl of ice cream, watching a season of Friends, staying up late, being fatigued at work and being a tired parent. Well we're through! (I sound so dedicated don't I:) This is my diet lifestyle: in 4 easy steps! 1: Drinking my water! I found a cheap 64oz water bottle at walmart that I fill up every night and make sure I drink it all in a day! It's THAT easy! (If I get the munchies, I ask myself...am I really hungry, or is my mouth just bored...drink water if your mouth is bored!) 2: Workout Routine: My second baby is now almost 21 months old and I weigh more NOW than I did AFTER I had her...hmm...not cool. I used this workout DVD below to lose my baby weight after my first pregnancy. It's AMAZING and it's for EVERYONE! First of all it's the 30 Day Shred with 3, 20 minute workouts! Did you hear that time consumed chicas? 20 MINUTES! How can you possibly lose weight in 20 minutes? Well this workout routine is continuous intervals of cardio/strength and abbs. Translated: It's a cardio workout that keeps your heart rate up, with toning included. You do 3 minutes Cardio then instantly go to 2 minute strength training, and then 1 minute abbs. Repeat 3 times. You work all the major muscles at the same time. And this video gets better. There's THREE LEVELS! Once you've completed Level One and realize you didn't DIE, move onto Level 2 and then Level 3. They all kick trash, but I figure, I can kick trash for 20 minutes right? Have you heard of p90x? who hasn't? Well the same fella that created p90x created a same routine idea as the 30 Day Shred except his is in 10 minutes. After watching the video, I realized that, like the p90x, it's for advanced people already, with very intense moves. But I'll definitely be looking into this for the near future. 3: Eating my colors! You gotta eat it! You just gotta! Buy fresh produce if you want anything remotely close to a healthy lifestyle. My personal trick is, after buying it, I go home and chop everything up and put it into zip locks and tupperwear so that it's all ready to go! I wont eat it if it's not already ready to go! So take the time to chop! Then you can just toss it in a salad, or in an omlet etc... 3: Team Work! Success rates of losing weight is 90% because they had a partner. You want to find someone who will help you be motivated and be able to workout together and not temp each other with fatty sugary foods! If it's a spouce even better! A BFF, great! But find someone dedicated, and at your level of fitness! My husband and I do toning workouts together everynight. Here's one of them: If one person gives, you both fall...it's GREAT! We also face each other in the Plank position (below) and give each other continous high fives with the opposite hands... Then we do our abbs side by side! 4: Cheating! So many people give up on dieting...I mean...a healthy lifestyle, because they find themselves giving into temptation! Well I found a VERY PERFECT solution! Chocolate/Pumpkin Chippy Muffins! These are 1:The most moist delicious things you'll ever eat 2: Fat Free 3: A Weight Watchers Recipe 4: I have to close my eyes on every bite! It's like a first kiss every time...Mmm Directions: Mix together a Devil's Food Cake Mix, I small can Pumpkin, 2/3 c. Water, and a half bag of Mini-Semi-Sweet Choc Chips. Makes 24 cupcakes, fill 2/3 full and follow the directions on your box for Cupcakes. The wait is almost unbearable... The result... eewy gooey With a Dollop of Whip Cream... After I make a double batch, I place 2 muffins in 1 snack size zip lock and freeze them. (This is how I dont eat them all in one day). Then i get out one bag a day so that my husband and I each get one. I actually cut mine in half and eat a half after lunch and the other half after dinner. There, I cheated and it feels OH SO GOOD! I vow to you, that when my husband and I lose our weight, we're going to post before/after pictures...till then...wish us luck! *** Are these tips useful? What are your healthy tricks?! (Or weaknesses?)