It's been awhile since we've posted. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. Here's a copy of an article I read recently. Check out the tips below!
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Drink Water
One of the biggest common denominators amongst people who lost over
50 pounds is they all switched over to drinking water. They gave up the
sodas and sugary drinks and instead quenched their thirst with water.
This tip alone helped hundreds of people lose weight.
Keep a Food Journal
Write down everything that goes into your mouth. Most people were
surprised to see how much they were actually eating. It wasn’t until
they wrote it down that they began to realize the cause and effect of
what they were putting into their bodies.
Count Calories
What a boring a tedious job, but probably one of the most effective
undertakings for losing weight. There is no getting around calorie
balance. If you want to lose weight, you have to eat less than you burn.
Control Portion Sizes
In our super-sized food culture, portion sizes have gotten out of
control. Eating portions the size of your fist is a good start towards
controlling your food intake. Don’t feel like you always need to finish
off all the food on your plate. Leaving a couple bites will teach you
self-control.
Don’t Diet
The best “diet” is the one that best fits into your lifestyle. Once
you find that, it’s no longer a diet – it’s just a way of life. One of
the best healthy weight loss tips people sent in was to approach weight
loss as a lifestyle change, and not as a diet. Once you get it out of
your head that there’s an end date, you can start focusing on the
day-to-day realities of living a healthy lifestyle. Being fit is not a
destination – it’s a way of life.
Be Consistent
No one is perfect. We are all going to make mistakes. However,
successful people are consistently living a healthy lifestyle. Over a
period of time, they are eating healthy 90% of the time, and they are
exercising several times a week. Make exercise and healthy eating part
of your everyday routine and soon it will be as second nature as
brushing your teeth.
Plan
A healthy lifestyle takes planning. Most mistakes occur from a lack
of a plan. Plan your meals in advance so you know what to buy every week
at the grocery store. Only buy what you plan on eating, and try to cook
your meals ahead of time. The simple nature of reheat and eat makes it
much more likely that you’ll stay on track.
Make Small Changes
Make small changes consistently until they are habit and you no
longer have to think about it, and then make another change. There’s no
need to completely change your lifestyle all at once. You’ll be much
more likely to stick with your new healthy lifestyle if you make small
changes. Try changing one thing at a time.
Educate Yourself
Learn the
whys. Don’t just do something because someone said
to. Understand the purpose behind it. Many people just want a meal plan
or blueprint to follow for weight loss. However, the successful people
that lost weight and kept it off long term started taking an interest in
how nutrition and exercise impact their bodies. They learned the “whys”
behind what they were doing, and they were more successful because of
it.
Get Active
Nearly everyone who lost over 50 pounds added in some form of
physical activity. Even if it was just a little bit, the fact that they
were more active helped them lose the weight. The trick is to find an
activity you enjoy. Not everyone likes the same exercise. Find an
activity you love to do, and then push yourself out of your comfort
zone. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Don’t Beat Yourself Up
You’re going to mess up. We all do. Successful people don’t beat
themselves up over it. They get right back on track. They don’t wait
until tomorrow to do so either. Their healthy lifestyle and weight loss
continues to move forward and make progress because they allow
themselves to make mistakes, learn from them, and then end up stronger
as a result.
Surround Yourself With Positive People
We are highly influenced by the people close to us. Many successful
people had to move forward with their lives and leave old friends and
lifestyles behind. It was a hard decision to make, but they understood
how important it was to surround themselves with people who believed in
their dreams.
Start
How do you expect to accomplish your goals if you never start trying
to achieve them? Beginning is half the challenge. Don’t be afraid of
failure. People who lost over 50 pounds stopped waiting for things to
happen, and went out and made things happen.
Stop Making Excuses
Successful people made the shift and realized that the reasons for
why they weren’t reaching their weight loss goals were actually just
excuses. It was a hard idea to accept, but once they were honest with
themselves, they spent less time making excuses, and more time finding
ways to accomplish their goals.
Do It For Yourself
Make
ME #1. Lose weight for
Me, not because of
pressure from other people. We all have our own reasons for wanting to
lose weight, but a common denominator amongst the healthy weight loss
tips sent in was that the successful people undertook their new
lifestyle because
they wanted to. They weren’t pressured into
weight loss by friends or family. They did it for themselves, and as a
result, they inspired others to do something for themselves too.
Be Patient
You didn’t gain your weight overnight, and you aren’t going to lose
it that way either. We all want the weight gone quickly, but once you
realize that weight loss is a process, you can stop beating yourself up
for not reaching your far-fetched weight loss goals. Stop looking at
weight loss as a day to day challenge. If nothing changes, nothing
changes. This is a
lifetime commitment to changing.
Stay Positive
Negative thoughts lead to negative results. You are the result of
what you think. Keeping a positive outtake on your weight loss journey
increases the odds of your success. You will learn a lot about yourself
during your lifestyle transition. There will be many challenges and
difficulties, but it’s important to understand that even though it might
not be easy, it will be worth it.
Discover Your Relationship With Food
Why are you eating bad? Make the connection between your eating
habits and your emotions. Get to the root of your negative lifestyle
choices. Know when your body needs food and when it wants food, and find
new ways to reward yourself other than with food.
Don’t Try to Be Perfect
If your goal is to be perfect, you’re already setting yourself up for
failure. No one is perfect. Even the people who seem to have the most
perfect bodies didn’t get there by being perfect. Perfection is
something many strive for, but ultimately something they will never
achieve. Do your best!
Never Give Up
Weight loss happens the moment you don’t give up. Many people don’t
realize how close they were to achieving success. There comes a time
when things just click, but that doesn’t happen until you’re ready to
throw in the towel and call it quits. The longer you stick with it, the
higher your odds of success. Keep moving forward, and don’t ever give
up!
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