One of the best things you can do to improve your overall health
and longevity is to lose weight. However, losing weight can be quite
challenging, as you may know all too well. Although there are many fads
and gimmicks for weight loss on the market, the only lasting results
will come from eating a sensible diet and getting regular exercise
A
vital part of successful weight loss is your diet - the foods you eat
can help support your weight loss goals, or they can hinder them. The
choice is yours. If you are like many of us, you likely have a nagging
feeling that your diet could be healthier. It will be more difficult,
however, to adopt a healthy diet without a clear idea of exactly what it
is that you eat on a regular basis. We can often be surprisingly
unaware of what we put into our mouths! Keeping a food diary can be an
excellent way to become far more conscious about what you eat. In your
food diary, you will record every single item of food that you eat,
including all snacks. This food diary will be beneficial for at least
two reasons. Once you record everything you eat for several weeks,
you'll be able to look at all your entries and get a far more accurate
idea of how your diet measures up in terms of your average daily caloric
intake, the amount of protein, carbs, and fats you consume on a daily
basis, etc. Another reason to keep a food journal is that many people
find that recording every single thing they eat has the unintended
consequence of making them eat less and making healthier food choices
Along
with a healthy diet, regular exercise is a vital part of any weight
loss plan. Once you start exercising, record the amount you exercise in
your food journal. Recording all of your exercises - the amount of time
you work out, along with the date - will help you stay accountable to
yourself. And looking back on your exercise log will help you feel proud
of yourself and will help motivate you to keep it up. Find some type of
exercise that you enjoy. Do you like hiking? Running? Dancing? Engage
in some type of physical activity at least four times a week for an hour
each time. (Of course, you'll want to run all of your exercise plans
past your doctor first
Resist the temptation to let the numbers
on the scale define how you feel about your diet and exercise endeavors.
Weigh yourself once a week and if the numbers don't move, focus on how
your clothes are fitting. Muscle weighs more than fat, so it is very
possible to weigh the same but be leaner than when you started
Losing
weight - and successfully keeping that weight off - will require both
diet and exercise changes. Keeping a record of your exercising and
eating activity will help you stay accountable. Focus more on how your
clothes are fitting, rather than on your weight
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