Losing Weight the Healthy Way

Losing weight the healthy way through healthful eating and exercising is with few exceptions, if people concentrated less on the latest diet fad and more on eating right and staying fit, the weight would take care of itself. Everyone would not automatically be thin, but we’d settle in at a comfortable, reasonable weight that’s meant for us. We’d also be the healthier for it, physically and mentally. Let’s face it, anyone can lose weight. That’s not particularly difficult. The reason everyone struggles so much is because they can’t keep the weight off. If one wants to succeed truly in the weight-loss game, work a little harder at maintaining the lost weight than at the actual losing of the weight.

Suggestions for how to maintain weight have more to do with how to hose it right in the first place. Here are some tips:-

Set short term goals. Don’t try to achieve a large weight loss all at once.

One should compensate with nonfood rewards. Such as a movie or a day off from work or chores, as reach each goal.

Keep a food diary: Eating, how much, what time of day, mood at the time, activity at the time and company. Reviewing these entries will help one to pinpoint his problem areas, whether they are eating junk food, eating too-large portions, nighttime eating, eating from stress. Eating from boredom, eating alone, or eating with friends.

Plan for small relapses. Learn from them. What’s not OK is viewing a splurge as total failure and simply giving in to every whim-“blowing the diet”. If one allows a small treat ever day, then is less likely to feel deprived and less likely to give up.

A lot of junk food comes in reduced fat by whatever percent, or low fat, low calorie, or smaller portions. Try to only eat 2 items of "healthier" junk food a week such as crispy minnies and low fat cookies.

Don’t panic when weight plateaus. This is normal. Keep at it, will start to lose again. Have faith.

Eat breakfast. This critical meal jump-starts your metabolism for the day. But avoid empty calories like those found in doughnuts, many cereals, and sugar-laden pastries. They will only leave you feeling tired and hungry by mid- morning. For best results, eat items with plenty of protein and fiber.

Be flexible your expectations and goals. May need to revise think is realistic. If necessary, reevaluate the methods you have chosen.

Think less in terms of a diet than of a life-long maintenance of a reasonable weight –a healthy weight.

Think of weight-loss program as more of a retraining of eating habbits for life instead of an unrealistic, temporary fad diet. Then there will be no difficult transition because one has already new eating strategies to live with.

If one loses weight slowly in the first place, maintenance will be a much easier task.

If you want to make weight disappear faster, and to help keep those pounds off, be sure to exercise regularly. Walking 30 minutes daily is something most people can achieve and keep it up right into the senior years.