Weight Loss: How to Get it Off and Keep it Off

Perhaps the toughest thing about losing weight is keeping it off once you’ve successfully trimmed down in the first place. Indeed, many people end up even larger a couple of years after a successful dieting spree. But there are ways to help make those health choices permanent rather than temporary, and this article will look at some of the best methods.
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Don’t ‘diet’, make a lifestyle change
The important thing in trying to avoid a return to your junk food ways is to ensure that rather than having an ‘end goal’, you decide to make a permanent change to your lifestyle.  If, rather than thinking, ‘I’ll lose two stone and then I can start eating normally again’, you say: ‘I am putting in place a new system for my life that will enable me to get healthier,’ you’ll be far more likely to both lose the weight and then keep it off.

Eat enough
One of the biggest errors that people make when trying to lose weight is that they immediately drop their calorie intake to way below what their body genuinely needs. Here’s the kicker, though: If your body isn’t given enough food during the day, it’ll put itself into starvation mode, and store more fat! The key to good health is to eat lots of healthy things! Stock up on proteins, fruit and vegetables – the more the merrier. If you starve yourself, at best you’ll end up skinny-fat, where the narrow clothes fit, but you’re still decidedly wobbly!

losing weightWatch the sugar, but don’t fear fat
One of the biggest health myths of the last 30 years has been that eating fat is bad, and that eating starchy carbs is the basis of a healthy diet. No! Both the body and the brain require healthy fats such as those found in nuts, fish and olive oil, so stash up on them. Unless you’re a professional athlete or dancer, though, tone down the amount of bread, rice and pasta you eat. If you absolutely must have a sandwich, then make it using brown bread, as it’s far better for you.

Find healthy foods you actually like eating
It’s important that you don’t feel too deprived when making a positive change to your life.  That’s why it’s a good idea to go through every single type of healthy food until you’ve found at least five that you genuinely love. That’s why, if you do feel the need for a bit of a binge, you can do so without worrying about the impact on your waistline! Whether they’re fruits, vegetables or meats, feel free to load up on healthy snacks. That’s what professional athletes – who need the calories – do!

Take things one step at a time
The important thing to remember is that you’re never going to get the results you want by tomorrow. Set yourself an achievable target with a solid deadline, and then break it down into actionable steps. Set yourself a target of going for three long walks a week, or losing a couple of pounds. If you continually meet those short-term smaller targets, you’ll find that in time, you’ll reach the bigger goals without even really thinking about them.

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