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title: "13 Overlooked Ways to Lose Weight That You Should Try"
slug: "overlooked-ways-to-lose-weight"
date: "2026-08-31"
updated: "2021-10-09"
author: "heather-williams"
category: "diet"
tags: ["blood sugar", "body", "body weight", "brisk pace", "celebrity diets", "eat leafy greens", "great way", "hand weights", "red bell peppers", "stress and weight gain", "sugar", "sugar cravings", "tbsp nut butter but be sure to include", "weight", "weight loss"]
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summary: "With all the loud noise that celebrity diets and new trends can bring, many simpler, overlooked ways to lose weight are often never even considered. Forget measuring, cutting food groups entirely, or…"
source: "https://diet.allwomenstalk.com/overlooked-ways-to-lose-weight/"
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With all the loud noise that celebrity diets and new trends can bring, many simpler, overlooked ways to lose weight are often never even considered. Forget measuring, cutting food groups entirely, or doing fancy cleanses to drop weight. You don’t need to spend two hours in a gym to lose the weight either. Check out these 13 overlooked ways to lose weight and make dieting a whole lot simpler instead of making things so complicated. More than likely a diet that is prized this year by Hollywood will be disregarded later as being unhealthy anyway. Do it yourself the right and simple way and get a step ahead of everyone else.

## 1. Walk

One of the simplest, most overlooked ways to lose weight that is highly effective is to start a walking program. I make it a habit every morning to walk at a brisk pace (around 4.0 mph) for at least 30-40 minutes. I was always a tad bit overweight in high school and never exercised, yet my sophomore year of college, I simply started walking and dropped pounds in no time. Walking is also great for depression that can contribute to stress and weight gain. Starting out each day with a walk is also a great way to practice active meditation and give you energy for the entire day, without straining your joints as much as running. Be sure to tack on a little weight training too, at least 3 times a week, either with hand weights or with exercises like yoga that use your own body weight. This will help increase lean muscle, which burns fat.

## 2. Snack on Veggies

One of my favorite snacks is to slice red bell peppers and celery and sprinkle them with some salt-free seasoning like Mrs. Dash. This gives you the opportunity to eat and chew when you’re not really hungry enough to eat a meal, and also gives you extra nutrition. The seasoning also helps to give you a taste of salty and sweet, though you’re not eating sugar or salt to quell the craving. I also love carrots, zucchini squash and cucumbers chopped up to eat the same way. Snacking on veggies is a great way to trim down and it’s also cheap. Chop some up and keep them in the fridge for the week so you’ll grab these instead of chips when you want a snack. If you need something more substantial, add a few nuts with your veggies. This will tide you over until your next meal without causing you to fill up on too much sugar and fat.

## 3. Sleep 7-8 Hours Each Night

You can’t be deprived of sleep and expect to lose weight. You need to snooze to lose! Getting 7-8 hours of sleep each night will lower you cortisol levels, which are your stress hormones. When cortisol is too high, your body tends to reach for more fat and sugar to make it happy again and relieve itself from stress. Cortisol also stores more body weight into your mid-section, which can contribute to Type 2 diabetes. No matter what you have to do to turn in, get enough sleep. This will also balance the hormones that influence your appetite, known as leptin and ghrelin, which tell you when you’re hungry and when you need to eat. Not getting enough sleep will disrupt their normal function and you may think you’re hungry when you’re really not.

## 4. Quit Sugar

You don’t need a diet book to tell you to put down the sweet stuff. Give up refined and added sugars for good if you want to drop weight. Sugar contains 16 calories per teaspoon and that can add up quickly, considering 1 gram of sugar is equal to 4 teaspoons. Just two grams of refined or added sugar is over 100 calories that your body won't use for long term fuel. So put away the sweets and kiss the weight goodbye the easy way.

## 5. Don’t Eat Processed Diet Food