easy and realistic ways to lose weight

i've been staying in kl for near to four months, and let's say that i have not only put on weight, but i have also been eating so unhealthily, i am ashamed of my eating habits.

so these are some pointers i found online which are simple and realistic ways to lose weight and eat healthy.

1. After breakfast, make water your primary drink.
Definitely a can do for me as i don't really like sweetened drinks or soda.

2. Eat five or six small meals or snacks a day instead of three large meals. A 1999 South African study found that when men ate parts of their morning meal at intervals over five hours, they consumed almost 30 percent fewer calories at lunch than when they ate a single breakfast.

3. Put out a vegetable platter.

4. Eat cereal for breakfast five days a week. Studies find that people who eat cereal for breakfast every day are significantly less likely to be obese and have diabetes than those who don't. Of course, that doesn't mean reaching for the Cap'n Crunch. Instead, pour out a high-fiber, low-sugar cereal like Total or Grape Nuts.

*means no honey stars or coco crunch ;-(

5.Substitute a handful of almonds in place of a sugary snack. A study from the City of Hope National Medical Center found that overweight people who ate a moderate-fat diet containing almonds lost more weight than a control group that didn't eat nuts. Any nut will do.

*i love nuts!

6. Stock your refrigerator with low-fat yogurt. A University of Tennessee study found that people who cut 500 calories a day and ate yogurt three times a day for 12 weeks lost more weight and body fat than a group that only cut the calories.

7. Brush your teeth after every meal, especially after dinner. That clean, minty freshness will serve as a cue to your body and brain that mealtime is over.

*! very true, and i would always be too lazy to brush my teeth again and thus not eat.

8. Pack nutritious snacks. Snacking once or twice a day helps stave off hunger and keeps your metabolism stoked, but healthy snacks can be pretty darn hard to come by when you're on the go.

Have to pack up baby carrots or your own trail mix made with nuts, raisins, seeds, and dried fruit.

hopefully i will start eating healthy and hopefully lose some weight!