Low-Fat Supplies - -Keep these on hand. Butter-flavored low-fat vegetable cooking sprays are out there. So is apple sauce in place of some oil in recipes. Also keep following handy: lemons, limes, your favorite fresh herbs and spices, evaporated skim milk, cornstarch, plain non-fat yogurt, flavored vinegar, and onions.

Substitute – Check recipes and ingredients and where applicable, cut fat and calories by using:

•Fat-free or reduced-calorie versions •Skim milk, 1 percent or 2 percent milk for whole milk

Cooking Skills - - Hone in on or learn how to:

•Sauté, as with vegetables in water or broths. •Use coking sprays or nonstick cookware. •Cook in foil or parchment paper to seal in juicy flavors •Trim fat from meats •Stir-fry, bake, roast, poach, microwave, steam and broil •Experiment with seasonings (herbs, spices)

As a basis for meals and menu planning, refer to food pyramid information that is available to make sure you have basic food requirements met for all family members. Then cross check and plan by looking over basic food categories to target healthy foods to fit lifestyles and health of everyone.

I have tried a few of these, and in my experience weight always comes back on, just as quickly since weight loss tips given are not something that will work with your body.

One thing you don’t want to do if you are actually serious about losing weight is to follow these fad diets and their ridiculous weight loss tips.

After their ineffectiveness has been proven time and again, people will start to wise up to that particular diet, and will head off in search of a new craze.

Lets be honest, people are always searching for new weight loss tips because they want to lose pounds and they want immediate results, but this is just wishful thinking.

To lose weight permanently and effectively it will be a rather slow progress, all depending on your metabolic rate and how much you need to lose.