4 easy ways to drop five pounds

Losing weight doesn't have to be a challenge. In fact, there are some simple behaviours you can adopt in your day-to-day life that can help you shed five pounds without having to struggle. 

• A smart way to cut calories in your diet without cutting out flavour is to replace bad fats with good fats. One easy and delicious example of how to do this is to replace butter with avocado. Both have a rich, nutty flavour, but a tablespoon of butter has 100 calories, while a tablespoon of avocado contains just 24 calories.
• By making this one simple swap, you can save about 550 calories per week. This will result in a five pound weight loss over seven to eight months.

• Water is a healthy drink at all times of day, but if you want to lose weight quickly, consider drinking water before meals. Water fills you up so that you want to eat less food during meals, which will help you cut back on calories painlessly.
• Water can also spike metabolism, so the food you do consume will be digested and burned more quickly.
• Studies have shown that people who drank a glass of water with three meals a day over a 12 week period lost five pounds more than those who didn't.

• People who drink sugary sodas and alcoholic drinks consume hundreds more calories per day than those who stick to low calorie drinks. If you want to cut calories without missing out on any of your favourite snacks or meals, carefully watch what you drink.
• Try to stick to water, coffee, and herbal teas. If you're really craving something sweet, diet sodas won't interfere with weight loss if you drink them only occasionally.

• Exercise is an important key to weight loss, and one of the easiest ways to shed pounds is to incorporate a bit more activity into your daily routine. If you add just 15 to 20 minutes of movement per day, you'll burn off about 100 extra calories. This can add up to a 10-pound weight loss over the course of a year.