Tips to control your appetite

Losing weight, as evidenced by our overweight population, can be one of the most difficult things to do. In order to lose weight a person must either decrease their intake or burn more calories. Burning more calories simply means increasing your activity. Park away from the mall and walk farther, take your dog for a walk, use the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.

Decreasing your intake is more difficult. You start out with a good plan or a 1,200 calorie diet but threee days into it , you are hungry. What do you do.
1. Plan ahead.....have healthy snacks with low calories available, such as carrots, apples, rice cakes. Make sure they are in your car, purse, desk, so that when those hunger attacks happen you don't head for the vending machine.
2. Drink water. Water fills you up and many times hunger is a sign of your body's need for water...not food. Carry a water bottle with you at all times, while dieting. When hunger hits before you pick up a fork, pick up your water bottle and drink 8 ounces of water. Most times you will find that after drinking water you are no longer hungry or can at least delay eating a little longer.
3. Consider an all natural appetite suppressant with no harmful ingredients such as Z-Slim, 100% pine nut oil, developed by a prescription drug company, Magna, available at www.magna4u.com

Remember weight loss is a process and it takes time and consistentcy and changing your habits so that your weight stays off for a life time.

Who is Mary Lesser RN

My name is Mary Lesser. I am a registered nurse (RN). I received my diploma degree in 1981 from East Tennessee Baptist Hospital in Knoxville and my Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) from Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY (1988) and subsequently earned my certification as an Enterostomal Therapist (ET) in 1994.

I have over 25 years of experience in healthcare and I have served in roles, such as, patient caregiver, marketing, and management. I am an experienced patient educator with years of home health teaching and one year as a diabetic clinician. My strongest focus is in nutrition and nutritional supplements.

Currently, I work with Magna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., http://www.magna4u.com/, as a Nurse Clinician and am involved in product development, patient education, physician education and product marketing.