A Realistic Weight Loss Plan: The Goal To Strive For

It has been medically proven that excess weight is a leading contributor to many health issues. Disease prevention and heart problems are a few of the major health risks to can be corrected by losing weight.

Following a realistic and consistent weight loss program both long term and short term will give you a much better chance of attaining your weight loss goals. Beginning with a realistic plan to start out with will create a path to follow and keep you on the right track for consistent weight loss.

Below is a good example of the experts in the industry for weight loss plans and goals:

1. Have a realistic approach.

Having to ambitious of a long term goal can create frustration and get you off the weight loss track.

An unrealistic for example, would be if in high school you weighed 125 pounds and you now weigh 175 pounds at 42 years old and you wanted to get back to your high school weight. A more realistic approach might be to lose 5 - 10 pounds your first couple of months on your new weight loss program.

A BMI calculator (body mass index) will allow you to get a more measured approach to your weight loss goals. BMI is a good indicator on how many pounds you need to accurately shed to get into more of a correct weight proportion for you individual size. According to the national Institutes of Health, the ideal BMI range is between 19 and 24.9. If your BMI is between 25 and 29.9, you are considered overweight. Any number above 30 is in the obesity range.

Using a realistic weight loss plan that will correspond to the required BMI based on your height, will aid you accurately, because this is the primary factor that will affect your BMI.

2. Make your objectives obtainable

If vanity is your reason for using a weight loss plans. Psychologically this might be less helpful than if your primary objective was to lose weight to improve your overall health.

Adding an exercise program combined with eating healthy will put you on the right path for positive changes in your life. You will like feeling better and having more energy to enjoy life to its fullest.

3. Losing pounds should not be your main focus. The quality of the exercises that you perform would be a better focus point. A sensible weight loss plan might be about how many of a particular set of exercises you are going to do, rather than saying that you are going to lose a certain amount of pounds this week.

Your behavior is the one thing you have control over, however the exact amount of weight you lose on any given week is not.

4. Slowly and Gradually Progress to your Goals.

Your plans for short term weight loss should not be made suddenly or without much thought. If you have never exercised at all you should paying more attention to routes that you may be able to walk in a specific time period or possibly searching online for a light ,low impact free weight program that may be done in sections such as legs first then abs second then arms third and so on.

5. Keep a positive outlook to be motivated, and always apply some self-encouragement.

Have an objective attitude when evaluating your efforts. You are only setting yourself up for failure if you take an all-or-nothing approach. If you come up short on some goals, just can always look forward to next week and either make it up or stick to your system. Perfection is not required here; consistency and commitment are the two items to get you on the right track.Motivation and self-encouragement should definitely be a part of your weight loss plans. Otherwise, failure will take over in the end. 6.Incorporate tangible goals that can be seen

Just thinking that you will be positive this week or saying "I am going to get serious this week" is not something that can be measured or listed on a chart. Instead, in your weight loss journal write down how many miles you walked in how fast of a time period or how many set of a particular exercise you performed on what day.

This is why having a journal is important. It helps you keep track of your progress, keeps you motivated and increases your self-encouragement to actually see what you have accomplished on a piece of paper. Being able to count the miles you have walked or the minutes of exercises you have done will aid in the success of your weight loss plan.

In the end a weight loss plan is just a plan. Only with the proper action, motivation and goals will your weight loss plan be truly successful. Good Luck and Good Health....

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