This is why men and women who participate even in light resistance exercises 2-3 times a week for 15-20 minutes almost always lose weight when they combine this with their weight loss program. This has been our observation over last 10 years or so.

So to sum it up, formula to lose weight is fairly simple, following it is much more difficult.

Cut your excess carbs, eat more protein and do moderate exercise like walking and light resistance exercises like weights. Do this and control what you eat and you will lose weight.

Now there are a number of weight loss products on market that can help facilitate your weight loss, but unless you are willing to do what we just mentioned, you will not achieve your total weight loss goal.

This is not to say particular products aren't effective as they may prevent you from adding additional pounds or even help you lose a few pounds. Also is issue of carbs, we are not idiots here, we realize carbohydrates are used for energy. However, bottom line is most people consume much more carbohydrates then they need on a daily basis and excess gets converted to fat. You know story.

As far as most weight loss products, most people have varying opinions. Here is issue, most of reputable weight loss products work to a certain degree. The problem is most people look at them as miracle workers, that will allow them to continue to eat way too much (this is kinder than saying they eat like a pig), not exercise and expect to lose weight on product. So at end of 30 or 60 days they weight or measure themselves and think that product sucked, as they didn't lose anything. Meanwhile they conveniently forget their lifestyle over that period.

This is why recording eating habits in a journal is so effective and why it is recommended.

4. Use Splenda instead of sugar. Recipes that call for sugar can be modified to use Splenda instead. It is much lighter so you will have to expirement with it and it may not work for everything but if does bake up nice for most part.

5. Make great smoothies with low carb yogurt. Ok, well it’s not technically cooking, but if you love smoothies you can make them with low carb yogurt and fruit. Just make sure you use fruit that is low in carbs and whole fruit not juice as fiber will help keep down net carbs. Check my site below for a list of low carb fruits. Add a dash of vanilla or flavored syrup to smoothie for added flavor.

6. For a great low carb pasta substitute use spaghetti squash. We all know that low carb pasta tastes horrible so why not try a food that is low in carbs and natural too. Cut squash in half and bake at 400 degrees F for about 40 minutes. The squash will scrape out in strings and gives texture and feeling of spaghetti. Trust me, it taste a lot better than low carb pasta and has about 7 grams carbs per 1 cup serving.