Lose All the Weight You Want With Lifestyle Changes

It is becoming uncomfortable carrying it around and you don't fit your clothes properly like you used too. You are also noticing that you don't really have enough energy to do all that you would like...

It is becoming uncomfortable carrying it around and you don't fit your clothes properly like you used too. You are also noticing that you don't really have enough energy to do all that you would like to do in a given day. Should you go on a diet to lose this weight? If so which one?

Lose weight quick schemes are a dime a dozen. There are thousands of diet plans and programs available. They work too ?temporarily. The problem is with a short term diet is that it is unlikely you are going to learn the changes you need to make in your lifestyle so you not only to lose weight but keep it off long term ?like permanently.

To achieve permanent weight loss and avoid yoyo dieting, you need to understand the difference between going on 'a diet' and a lifestyle change.

Dieting is usually defined by a specific length of time, such as 6 -12 weeks and is about restricting food intake and maybe even avoiding specific food groups. You may be told exactly what you have to eat and may involve eating 2 from that column and 3 from this column or 1 from that list and 2 from this list.

You may even have to count calories or fat and carbohydrate grams and track your progress on the bathroom scales. These types of food diets are very difficult to stick to and dieters feel guilty when they are driven to "cheat" because of uncontrollable food cravings. Additionally, dieters fail 95% of the time and regain any weight they initially lost and usually some extra as well. Not a recipe for a strong, lean, healthy slim body.

A lifestyle change on the other hand, is the idea of making healthier eating and exercise choices one decision at a time for the rest of your life. There is no need to avoid certain food groups or feel guilty about eating a cookie as your proper exercise plan quickly burns off any excess as energy.

This easy to live with plan is based on the 80/20 rule. Eat as good as possible for 80 percent of the time then you can have 20 percent of a few bites of foods you can't resist. So, there is no restriction here, just moderation so you can live with this system forever and stay sane.

For this to work though your exercise program needs to be made up of strength training exercise and a couple of interval training sessions each week. You should not only be doing your scheduled muscle toning sessions but becoming more active in your leisure time as well.

Make sure you do not replace your proper exercise with long, slow, recreational activities such as walking, jogging or cycling. If you enjoy these things keep them as your 'fun' activities over and above your proper workout sessions.

Your muscle toning workouts will increase your metabolism (your body's engine) so you are burning more fuel (calories) every minute of the day and night. Eating the right amount of food delivers enough energy to support your exercise program so you can put some 'effort' into it to make the necessary changes to your body.

Is permanent weight loss really possible you say? Absolutely, but you are not going to find weight loss success in a strict diet as this actually promotes yoyo dieting which can cause health risks and deter you from your weight loss goals. You can never feel good about putting your body and mind through this sort of torture.

You should feel really good about your lifestyle changes. You should also enjoy feeling more energetic while losing weight slowly and permanently without ever having to resort to dieting again.

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