How to Lose Weight For Good
Did you know that dieting is one of the worst ways to try and lose weight? Yes, it does help you lose weight and sometimes even body fat, what it doesn't usually help when you want to keep that weight loss gone for good. Once you stop whatever diet plan you're using, you may actually gain back the week you've lost, and sometimes you might gain even more. Your real goal, should be to not just lose weight, but to lose weight for good.
So how do you do that?
Well the first thing you should do, is stop dieting. Change your eating habits instead. Most people today think of diets as a way to deprive themselves of food. In reality, a diet is simply a way of eating. If you can change the way you choose to eat, and choose better foods for yourself, you'll start losing weight and you'll be able to keep it off. In other words, you need to start eating healthier and smarter instead of dieting.
Instead of choosing a diet to help you lose weight, create a plan that will change the entire way you eat for good. Don't worry about whether you're eating low-calorie, low-carb, or low-fat, worry about whether what you're eating is healthy or not. Choose foods that you like to eat, which are also good for you, otherwise you won't be able to maintain the eating choices you've decided on, because you don't like the food you've chosen. And forcing yourself to eat foods you don't like, feels like a punishment, and ends up sabotaging your weight loss goals.
Next, change your lifestyle and habits. In fact, changing the way you look at and eat food as mentioned above, the first major lifestyle and habit change you'll make. In addition to that, try making yourself more active on a regular basis. Even something as simple as cleaning the house more often, parking farther away at the store to walk, or working in your garden, will add physical activity that helps with your weight loss goals.
2008, Kathy Burns-Millyard. Would you like to get regular weight loss tips and motivations in email? Visit http://www.ScaleTippers.com and check it out now!
