Realistic Weight Loss
Many people who are overweight or obese have decided not to diet per se, but to concentrate on engaging in regular physical activity and maintaining healthy eating habits in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, emphasizing lowered fat consumption, and an increase in vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Others — who try to diet — report needing help to achieve their weight management goals. For those serious of dieting, they should consider a diet plan.
Fad diets that ignore the principles of the Dietary Guidelines may result in short term weight loss, but may do so at the risk of your health. How you go about managing your weight has a lot to do with your long-term success. Unless your health is at risk from massive weight, there’s no reason to drop the pounds quickly; do it slowly.
Here’s how to do it:
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Check with your doctor. If you’re about to go on a diet and start working out, then do be sure to check with your doctor first.
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Go with eating less calories, but make sure you diet is still balanced, for loosing about two pounds per week. Be sure to include at least five servings a day of fruits and vegetables, along with whole grains, lean meat and low fat dairy products. It may not produce headlines, but it can reduce waistlines. Common sense dictates that this isn’t a miracle. Of course, this is the most prudent and healthy thing do to.
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Don’t use that excuse that you’re too busy – find time to exercise. Start by taking the stairs at work, walking up or down an escalator, parking at the far end of a lot instead of cruising around for the closest spot. Then, assuming your physician gives the okay, gradually add some form of regular physical activity that you enjoy. Walking is a great exercise, since it’s free and most people already do it.
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Consider the benefits of moderate weight loss. The evidence is clear that, when loosing 5-10% of your extra body weight, really does product great health benefits. If you are 5 feet 6 inches tall and weigh 180 pounds, and your goal weight is 150, losing five to 10 percent (nine to 18 pounds) is beneficial. When it comes to loosing weight the right way, take it slow and steady.
For those who are really overweight, or even obese, weight loss needs setting realistic but stretch goals, and the commitment to finally change whatever is making them fat in the first place. If you have this much weight, then you should consider a diet plan. A lifestyle based on healthy eating and regular physical activity can be a real lifesaver.
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When the author isn’t with her diet, she’s a fan of psychic readings, the HCG Diet Seattle, and the Volvo C70 windscreen windblocker wind deflector.
April 30, 2010
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