There are healthy ways to lose weight without fad diets or unnecessary stress.
While 10 pounds may not seem like a lot, it can make a difference in zipping up those favorite jeans or wearing that fitted dress without a problem. You can easily gain 10 pounds during a holiday season or a time of inactivity or illness. Fortunately, it can also be taken off in a relatively short amount of time as well.
Commitment
Losing 10 pounds requires a commitment. Identify a reasonable goal that is within your ability to reach without stress and frustration. Deciding to lose 10 pounds in a week is not a safe or realistic goal. Furthermore, you are setting yourself up for failure, causing frustration and possibly leaving yourself worse off than you were to begin with. Losing 10 pounds over several weeks or a month, however, gives you ample time to replace bad habits with good habits and a creates better chances that you will stick to your commitment. Before starting any diet plan, check with your doctor.
Exercise
Exercise can take many different forms depending upon your abilities, interests, available time and finances. Exercise tones and strengthens your muscles and helps you lose weight by burning fat. Walking or jogging alone or with friends is an inexpensive way to incorporate exercise into your daily routine. In the house, you can lift cans of food, do leg, body and arm stretches and even jog in place. Time at a gym each day provides another way to add exercise to your daily routine and can be a good break from daily responsibilities.
Nutrition
A healthy diet is a central part of any weight-loss goal. A few key concepts will make reaching your goal much easier. First, it is very important to stay hydrated in order to encourage the body to eliminate toxins and facilitate weight loss. Second, weight loss and gain are a direct result of how many calories you consume versus how many you burn. Therefore, you must sensibly limit the amount of calories you take in. Third, as important as the number of calories is the type of calories. Start eating a well-balanced diet high in fruits and vegetables. Eat whole grains and limited amounts of whole fat dairy. Limit meat consumption. Whenever possible, purchase free-range and/or organic dairy, meat and vegetables. The fewer hormones, fertilizers and other chemicals in your body, the more you are likely to eliminate fat. Finally, eat slowly and deliberately, avoid salt, sugar and processed foods.
Don't Quit
If you go off track and don't stick to your diet, don't get frustrated and give up. Don't decide to eat less the next day to make for your failure. These reactions only create more stress and tension around your weight. Be patient with yourself and focus on building healthy habits that will last you a lifetime rather than focusing solely on calories and pounds.
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