Speak with a handful of your friends and you will discover that every one of them has an opinion on the simplest way for you to lose 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 information on sustainable weight loss. This is the kind of diet system 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 want to be, most of the time your life has changed so much in your eating and training habits that you never go back. 



But you don't keep losing weight. Instead your body normalizes and you become the weight that you were born to be. This is a healthy lifestyle and you can live that way for a long time.



But as far friends and family 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 slim down in a healthy way, one of the most effective 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 carbohydrates. On top of 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.



The fact 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 quite busy with getting rid of the alcohol. And not so busy removing the surplus food you ate. As a result, you wind up with a spare tire hanging around your waistline for everyone to see.



To fix this state of affairs, if you are planning to go out with your friends, 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 slim down is to eat. Sounds odd, but the truth is you can eat until you are full yet still lose some pounds.



Concentrate your meal on low glycemic index foods.



Low GI foods are those which when you eat them do NOT produce a big surge in your blood sugar levels with a resulting increase in blood insulin. There's a lot of science here, but the simple version is that some foods, while being perfectly delicious, tasty and healthy do not make your blood glucose levels 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 healthy way of eating and one of the top secrets of sustainable weight loss. There are lots of 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 not the case.



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



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



Skipping the alcohol when you are 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.