More Tips To Improve Your Weight Loss
If you are like me you are probably totally sick of dieting
because every time you stop the weight comes flooding back on
and you just cant stop it!
I have put together 10 more weight loss tips to try and sway you
away from the dieting run around and to try and put you on a
more steady and healthy course of weight loss.
Lets have a look at them:
Move More – Take every opportunity to expend more energy. Don’t
drive if you can walk, don’t walk if you can run. See activity
as an opportunity rather than an inconvenience. General moving
burns a big 70% of your daily calories so try to Eat Less and
Move More.
We keep looking for a fast, magical, fat loss, weight loss,
health and fitness miracle but what would happen if we applied
the simple concept of eating less and moving more.
Eat less junk food, eat more fruit and veggie foods, Get some
regular cardio based exercise, Get stronger to protect your
body, improve your quality of life and turn your body into a fat
burning machine and stick with it rather than giving up after
one week.
Don’t Diet – If you’re thinking of going on a diet to lose those
extra pounds think again. Long-term weight control through
dieting is near impossible, for the simple reason that diets
promote only short-term solutions.
On a diet you’ll certainly look lighter on the scales, but in
most cases this is because you’ve dumped a few pounds of body
fluid, and not because you’ve lost any significant amount of
body fat.
Diets Don’t Work – One of the main reasons diets don’t work is
because they send the body into starvation mode – a survival
mechanism for times when humans faced periods of famine.
Cutting back on our energy intake causes the body to lower its
metabolic rate, which reduces its ability to burn fat. At the
same time, hunger signals increase and we quickly start to crave
high energy foods loaded with fats and sugars – the exact foods
we are trying to do without!!!
Diets Put On Weight – Alarmingly, research has shown that
repeated dieting actually makes it harder to lose weight and
easier to put it on!!
This is because when you dump the diet and return to normal
eating habits, the drop in metabolic rate caused by the diet
means that your old eating habits actually represent excess in
calories. Not only do you regain the fat stores just lost, but
also you may even gain a bit extra.
Diets Are Unhealthy – A cycle of rapid weight loss followed by
weight gain can lead to loss of lean tissue from your muscles
and calcium from your bones.
It also strips the body of essential vitamins and minerals. Too
little food means not enough energy for physical activity.
Dieting causes your body to conserve energy, making results
harder to achieve.
Diets Make Food The Enemy – Food provides nourishment and
comfort. Diets can make you afraid to eat, depriving you of one
of life’s pleasures.
Going from one failed diet to the next can leave you feeling
depressed and create a cycle in guilt battles against food. A
Lifelong Plan – Regular physical activity and a healthy,
balanced diet aren’t as glamorous as the quick fixes, but they
do get better results.
Start with one extra exercise session and one less fatty
takeaway meal per week, and gradually work towards a lifelong
plan for achieving your best weight.
Sticking With It – If you change the way you eat or exercise to
lose weight, ask yourself this question. Can I see myself
sticking to this routine for life!! If the answer is “No” then
it’s time to change what you’re doing.
Be Realistic – A realistic weight loss plan is around one to two
pounds per week. Fast weight losses are not fat loss but
glycogen and water. If you lose weight quickly then you will
probable return back to the weight at which you started as
quickly as it was lost.
Healthy Eating – Increase the amount of fruits, vegetables,
non-fat dairy products, whole grains and beans that you eat.
Eliminate calorie-dense foods such as cookies, sugary desserts,
chips, fries, pizza, candies, crackers etc.
Research on people who have successfully lost a lot of weight
and kept it off long term, shows that the vast majority
succeeded by consuming a low fat diet high in fibre coupled with
strength training and cardiovascular activity.
Your goal is to start utilizing these tips into your everyday
weight loss regime to start losing weight consistently and for
good.
Gary Matthews is the author of the popular fitness eBooks
Maximum Weight Loss and Maximum Weight Gain. Please visit
http://www.maximumfitness.com right now for your ‘free’ weight
loss e-course.
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