TIPS FOR LOSING WEIGHT BY FATIMA ALI RAZA. Losing weight should be a long-term project. Fad diets will help shed the pounds quickly, but discontinuation will bring weight back with avengence. Here are some tips to keep you healthy. 1. Have a veggie/fruits only day once a week. 2. Dance to your favourite music for 20-25 minutes everyday. It's not tedious like regular excercise, but you ARE shaping your bod. 3. Choose the stairs over an escalator or elevator. 4. Switch soda for natural fruit juices. 5. Even fruit juices are high in calories! Use spritzers! 6. Craving chocolate? Have a miniature version of your favourite bar. 7. Eat a sald before sitting down to lucnh/dinner. 8. Use skimmed milk in you tea. 9. Don't fall for those fancy-looking shakes/pills/diet supplements. Eat real food---just less. 10. Be happy. Being pleantly plump isnt the end of the world.