Friday, April 24th, 2009 at
6:49 am
Look back at your past and think now of the way how much better will people look and behave towards you, after having a better appearance. Yes, make the comparison. Compare yourself with others, look at them and think about it. This will motivate you and drive you towards taking action. This is also where people might get over ambitious. Do not expect to lose weight overnight. Have a long term goal, make it a point to revise it and remember it. You must have a reason to lose weight than it will be good to remind yourself of that reason every day. It is going to take time, but there will be progress.
Firstly, you need to know about yourself. This means you need apply some health standards to gauge your own weight. The best and less complicated thing to do is to consult a doctor. Few things to take note from your doctor, find out what`s your healthy weight in relation to your height. It might not be the same for everyone but it is a gauge for you to create realistic goals. Secondly ask about your BMI and also if your current BMI will put you in the risk of some serious health conditions. Lastly, know about your weight distribution around your body.
Now we need to know about your calorie intake. This will allows you to create a threshold between your calorie intakes. You can use these to figure out the calories you can take in day and lose weight. After you know your numbers you have to start setting your goals. Do not get carried away in an attempt to lose weight faster. It will hurt your body and your morale. You might end up quitting early. You need to check out food recipes that will suit your calorie intake plan. It`s better to do it your way and not follow others. This will enable you to keep focused and not think about it negatively.
Now dieting alone is not going to help you much. You have to exercise a little to kick start the metabolism. Simply by walking everyday or climbing staircases will be a good start. As you go on you need to do exercises that will give you a good shape.
Remember, do not compare yourself with people and become desperate in your weight loss. Because everyone is different, it might take some time for you gain some progress for others it is quick. So be patient and take some action.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at
5:34 pm
Almost every single day someone out there is trying to do something to lose weight quickly or should I say without the effort or the proper knowledge. They try to change their diets, attend gym sessions, and consume pills and even undergo surgery in an attempt to lose those excess pounds. In spite of all these efforts, very few succeed at it and keep the weight off. This just proves that people want to look and feel better.
But most diets and weight-loss products either have short term effects for weight control and loss or it never helps. Of course there are those who manage to do it, but the price they have to pay?..
By right, your diet is simply the food you eat every day. There are many forms of diet you could be following, like vegetarian diet, a low-fat diet, a high fiber diet, or a low-carbohydrate diet.
Whatever you choose your current diet is how you choose to eat and follow. But the more popular diet is the low calorie diet. People tend to assume that such diet requires you to starve and cut out meals in a day. Well it`s time to stop thinking that way and start to do some research shall we.
If you say that you are going on a diet and made a plan that you will stop at a certain period in time. It simply means you are going to put your weight back after that time period. This is a short term goal in which it is has only temporary effects. Look at it from this point of view, if you are a diabetic patient and your doctor recommends you to go on a diabetic diet. After a year of that diet your diabetes will not be cured. The idea here is to continue to at least maintain and lead a better life.
In order to lose weight, you have cut down on calories and develop a healthier eating habit. This means you do not stop but keep on going even after you have attained your weight loss goal. You can’t go back to your previous eating lifestyle if you expect to maintain a healthier weight for the rest of your life.
The key focus to successful weight control or loss is developing a low-calorie based lifestyle plan. There are many advantages to living a life devoted to better eating and better health. My upcoming articles will have the ideas and concepts to give you a head start in your diet program.
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