Speak to a handful of your friends and you will discover that every one of them has an opinion on the best way for you to shed weight. Sometimes that opinion is based on what they have done themselves. And sometimes it is based on things they have not done themselves, but it sounded like such a good plan that you should try it.



The world wide web has good and bad points for finding out info on sustainable weight loss. This is the kind of diet program that keeps the weight off one you lose it. It's not like you need to keep losing weight forever. Once you get to where you wish to be, most of the time your life has changed so much in your eating and working out habits that you never go back. 



But you don't keep slimming down. Instead the body normalizes and you become the weight that you were born to be. This is a healthy lifestyle and you can live that way forever.



But as far your friends go, it is always good to take their advice with a grain of salt. Sometimes maybe even an entire box of salt.



However when you are looking around for places where you can begin the change to assist you lose weight in a healthy way, one of the best places you can start is a bar.



Go Out Drinking - But Skip the Alcohol



Some alcohol based drinks have some carbohydrates in them. Beer, wine, mixed drinks all have calories in them in the form of carbs. In addition to that, part of the food you take in is metabolized in a large part by enzymes from the liver. And the liver, as you probably recall from high school health class, also metabolizes any booze you consume.



Truth is, there is only so much liver capacity, and if it is busy metabolizing alcohol, it does not do such a great job at digesting food. So if you tend to drink often, you keep your liver fairly busy with eliminating the alcohol. And not so busy removing the excess food you ate. As a result, you wind up with a spare tire hanging around your waistline for everyone to see.



To fix this situation, when you are planning to go out with your buddies, try drinking some club soda or a fruit juice. That way your liver doesn't have to work overtime and you can be your friend's lifesaver by being the designated driver.



Another thing that you can do to help lose weight would be to eat. Sounds odd, but the truth is you can eat until you are full and still lose some pounds.



Concentrate your meal on low glycemic index foods.



Low GI foods are those that when you eat them do NOT produce a big surge in your blood sugar levels with a resulting increase in insulin. There's a lot of science here, but the simple version is that some foods, while being perfectly scrumptious, tasty and nutritious do not make your blood sugar go crazy when you eat them.



They wait to get themselves broken down over a period of time. This keeps your blood chemistry at an even level and you don't get so famished. This means that you won't feel so much like binging and stuffing yourself with snacks an hour after you eat.



This is a good approach to stick to a wholesome way of eating and one of the top keys to sustainable weight loss. There are numerous lists of low GI foods online, and it might seem like there couldn't possibly be a lot of good foods on them, but that is far from the truth.



Fruit like cherries, plums and peaches are low GI. Breads like whole grain rye and pumpernickel. Cereals like Special K. Veggies like peas, corn and carrots. All these things are low glycemic index foods. You can easily eat complete meals for the rest of your life with these foods.



It just takes a little bit of understading about them and your hard earned weight loss can stay with you for the remainder of your life.



Skipping the alcohol when you go out and learning a bit about the food you eat can go a long way towards keeping you in tip top shape and keep that extra weight from coming back again.