10 simple changes to lose 10 pounds

It's that time of year when we all want to look and feel great in shorts and sleeveless tops, but if you're not feeling fabulous yet, don't worry. Weight loss is not magic, it's a numbers game, and Susan Burke from Tesco Diets shows you how

Small changes made consistently, pay off in pounds off. I didn't say, 'make small changes temporarily', the advice is: 'make small change permanently.'

This numbers game does not require you to count calories, grams of fat or grams of carbohydrates. You score by eating about 250 calories less every day and doing about 250 calories worth of activity daily which results in losing about a pound a week. If you make a few changes in what you usually eat, and you adopt some lifestyle changes you can can lose weight effortlessly

1. If you usually drink full sugar fizzy drinks...stop!
Lose more than two pounds in a month without trying (estimating about 10 cans per week). One can of fizzy drink has 150-170 calories and no nutrition. Have ice cold water or a can of diet fizzy drink if you like but limit the diet stuff to one can per day.

2. Go for a walk
Take a brisk 15-minute walk twice a day and there goes a pound in a month.

3. Change the crisps to popcorn
One serving of crisps has 60 more calories than air-popped popcorn, and ten times more fat grams. Just changing this snack will help you lose half a pound this month. Better yet, switch to baby carrots and lose another half pound, for a total of a full pound!