What the Weight Loss Industry
Won't Tell You About Dieting
Losing weight is not
magical. It does not happen by excluding healthy
foods such as complex carbs from your diet or by
starving your body into submission and long-term
weight loss certainly does not happen by taking
diet pills.
Commitment to a healthy diet
plan and regular exercise is the way you lose
weight and keep it off. Let's face it,
regular exercise increases the amount of
calories you burn each day and it makes you feel
good. A daily walk of 30 minutes at a fast pace
can burn as much as 200 to 300 calories,
depending on your size. Multiply that times 5 or
7 days each week combined with a good diet and
you lose weight.
Not everybody can commit
to regular exercise. If you can't find time in
your schedule for exercise, even if it means
waking 1/2 hour early to immediately begin your
walk or treadmill, then you may not be ready for
the serious endeavor of losing weight. Also if
you're not willing to plan your entire meal for
the day and prepare healthy foods to take with
you to work, then you're probably not ready.
Life is so hectic at times that it's
difficult to sort through all the problems
affecting our lives. We tend to burry major
issues from our subconscious that
eventually resurface in the form of
unhealthy habits such as nervous eating, smoking
or drinking. If you're dealing with major life
changing events such as loss of a job, divorce,
death of a loved one or depression, then
attempting to make further lifestyle adjustments
to lose weight may be just too much.
Contrary to popular belief, it's better to adopt
a strategy of not gaining weight, and attempt to
lose at a later time, when you're better able to
deal with the rigor. Also, eating disorders
should be identified and dealt with by a
health professional.
Most people approach
weight loss as a short-term goal rather than a
long-term commitment. If you're not ready to
change certain bad eating habits, then you're
not ready to lose weight. Your focus must be on
day-to-day habits such as:
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Eating 4 or more nutritious meals each day
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Daily or almost daily walks at a fast pace
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Reduce consumption of fried or junk food
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Plan and execute your exercise and meal
plan each day
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Do not skip meals, especially breakfast
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Eat every 2 to 4 hours including
nutritious snacks
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Prepare nutritious snacks to brings
with you to work
The above are habits that will make you shed
pounds and should be accomplished for a
lifetime, not just 3 weeks. Stop worrying about
the scale and focus on the above habits each
day. Your reward will be a slimmer person
without all the drama. Losing weight first
starts in the head.
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