If you work at a desk all day, get up and move around every hour or two. Good nutrition with lots of vegetables and fresh fruit and small amounts of fat, salt and sugar contributes to a healthy, smooth, firm body. Additionally, some people report strong, deep, professional massage is helpful as part of a total program. To keep fat intake within the 20 to 25-percent recommended level, cut down on more than just meat. Reduce intake of cheese, dairy products with fat, salad oils, chocolate, butter, margarine, mayonnaise and ice cream.
Many baked goods are high in fat because of shortening.
In 1994, the average adult in the United States consumed 63 pounds of visible fat and 83 pounds of invisible fat. So, be aware of what you eat. New rules regarding nutritional labels on most packaged foods provide the numbers on total calories per serving and grams of fat and calories per serving. So, if 54 percent of the calories in your frozen pizza come from fat, make the rest of that day's meals lean heavily toward fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and beans. The calories from fat are the ones to avoid.