Slow & Steady Wins the Race

If you’ve been thinking about losing weight, you’ve probably
been sucked into quick weight loss “scams”. You’ve heard them
all, “Lose 10 pounds in 48 Hours!” or something to that effect.
But do you want to know a secret? They really do work! I know,
because I’ve tried them and they have worked for me! But the
thing is, they are, at best, TEMPORARY measures. The pounds lost
are not fat loses, but FLUID loses. And, as quickly as the
weight was dropped, so can you expect the weight to be regained!

But if you’re serious about losing the weight, nothing beats
patients and perseverance. At most, you really can’t expect to
lose much more than 2 pounds a week. It’s simply impossible to
lose much more than that. If you do, you’re sacrificing muscle
loses. And do you know what happens when you lose muscle? Your
metabolism slows WAYdown! And when your metabolism slows down,
so does your need for food! When you lose muscle, you need less
food to maintain your already too high body weight, so you now
need to eat EVEN LESS to drop your weight even more!

Are you beginning to see the cycle you’ve created? Scary isn’t
it?

So, if you’re really serious about losing body fat, and keeping
it off, the ONLY way to do that is to CHANGE THE HABITS that got
you the body you currently own. Sorry if that simple truth
hurts, but the truth is usually pretty simple. But if you’re
ready to make some simple changes, the weight will certainly
drop off. Maybe not as fast as you’d like, but over the long
haul, you’ll have change you can live with for a life time.

Activity: You must remain active while “dieting.” This
will keep your metabolism from slowing down after restricting
food intake (or better still, making healthy CHANGES to your
diet without restricting food “mass”). Try to get in at least 30
minutes of vigorous activity per day. Keep a journal–don’t
guess! Brisk walking 30 minutes a day is good. So is mild (or
strenuous) weight lifting. Did you know jumping rope can burn up
to 1,000 calories per hour? It’s a great habit to get into!

Diet: Have you ever tried keeping a journal of the foods
you eat throughout the day? This can be pretty revealing–and
embarrassing! If you do, and you’re faithful to you journal for
even a week, you’ll quickly see where the weight is coming from.
Once I saw that I had a habit of eating 2 “Little Debbie” snacks
EVERY DAY (600 calories) as well as a “small” bag of potato
chips (300 calories) EVERY DAY, in addition to my regular meals,
it was easy to see why I was 30 pounds overweight!

The truth is, once I was honest with myself, I could easily see
I was consuming 1,500 UNNECESSARY calories EVERY DAY. Cutting
out these unnecessary foods alone accounted for the 2 pounds a
week in weight loss without any major changes in diet.

Sometimes the answers we seek are right there before us waiting
to be seized. Do these simple things and you’ll be amazed at the
change.

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