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Tips For Successful Weight Loss
Throughout my childhood and teenage years I watched as my mother tried every fad diet under the sun. I recall one time she ate boiled cabbage and nothing else for a whole week. I felt my mothers’ frustration and misery, however I could not understand why it was so difficult for her to lose weight and keep it off ? until that is I became a weight management coach.
For the past two years I have been assisting people to achieve their ideal weight and in this time I have experienced what contributes to a successful weight loss story.
Getting serious – It all starts with you and how serious you are about losing weight. The key to successful weight loss is partly dependent on your level of commitment. How would you rate your seriousness on a scale of 1 ? 10 (10 being deadly serious)?
No quick fix – If you have made the commitment to get serious about losing weight then you need to make the commitment to do it safely and effectively. One piece of invaluable advice my own family doctor passed onto me is that slow and steady is always the best option. The longer it takes you to lose weight the less likely you are to put it back on.
Staying motivated – Always keep the end in mind! Write down all of the reasons why you are motivated to lose weight now. Record these reasons on a piece of card that can be kept in your wallet or purse. Each morning and before going to bed remind yourself by reading aloud why you are motivated to lose weight.
Facing challenges – Every day you are likely to face challenges, which can disrupt your focus and get in the way of your weight loss goals. Write down all of the challenges that you know have made losing weight hard for you in the past. This will help you to develop a better strategy this time. Three common challenges are lack of results, boredom and lack of support from spouse, family and friends.
Choosing a weight control program – I recommend choosing a diet / weight control program that offers all of the following for best results:
- Provides a balanced nutritious program that is safe and effective
- Support system and regular progress follow-up
- Teaches you better eating habits
- Teaches you how to maintain your weight once you have reached your goal weight
For two years Annette Croft has been assisting people reach their ideal weight with the aid of a nutritious, simple and convenient weight management program. For a free weight profile and consultation please visit www.getslim-n-trim.com
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My tip, before eating anything have a bottle of water. It means you will get full quicker, and remain hydrated, which allows you to metabolize fat more effectively.
For me, the diet is not the problem. Throughout the day, I drink as much water as I can and eat alot of low-fat, high-fiber foods.
My problem is the exercise. I will go for walks a couple times a week, but other than that, I don’t get that much physical exercise under my belt. If I buy a gym membership, I never use it. If I try to go for a jog, my knees hurt for a few days afterwards.
It’s easier for me to just not do much, and stick with a better diet. I just know that it’s not enough. Do you have any exercises you could recomend for me?
Thanks for the nice tips. Yes you are right that drinking water is helpful to burn fat because it maintains metabolism to burn 3% of calories and it also detoxifies your body with that proper diet and exercising is very important. Loosing weight slowly is much more beneficial for body.
Another way to stay motivated is to let someone important to you know about your plan – this way you will also have to face the fact that if you are not serious about your commitment you can disappoint someone you care about
You hit it right on by focusing on the mental aspect of losing weight. Successful weight loss starts in the mind. Lifestyle changes must be ingrained in the subconscious in order to become a habit. Nice blog post!
You have nailed it! Weight loss or any life style change begins with choosing! Determining to “own the effort” to change what is not working. I counsel women every week at work and it must begin with the choosing. I can want it for them all day long, but that doesn’t move them to change. The ones who are successful in losing weight, getting stronger, getting fitter are the ones who have made up their minds.
Losing weight and working out takes a massive amount of motivation. What helps me is, I usually work out in the morning to get it out of the way. When I used to work out after work, I was usually tired and I felt my workouts were not as of effective. You have to be committed to going at least 5 days a week and maintaining a healthy diet.
This is an excellent post. But my problem is i’m too skinny. Is there any way to gain weight. I tried everything. But i couldn’t gain weight.
Thanks.
Giri
Thanks for putting together these great tips. I have been searching for this wonderful information for a while now. I just have to put some of the tips here in practice and see what the result will be in the next couple of weeks. great post.
Informative tips, and really helpful…
Level of commitment and willingness to stick it out for the long-term are absolutely correct. Too many people think of diet as a short-term thing, when in fact it should be their new lifestyle. Healthy living including diet and exercise can improve quality of life for a lifetime. Thanks for the post.
thanks for awesome tips on weight loss….these days finding good info on weight loss is very difficult….but your post is very good….keep sharing….
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Thank you very much for the tips and looking fore\ward to implement these tips on my own to start loosing some weight. It would not only result in just reducing my waste but also in making me more healthy and active.
Great post that you have shared with us and it seems that you have a good know and how about successfully loosing weight. I am sure if someone follows these tips, he surely going to loose weight… Thanks for sharing it with us…..
I agree 100% with the tips that you have shared with us in order to loose weight. As its an essential thing to do to have healthy life and to be more active through your life as people who have some obesity issues don’t seems to active as thinner ones…. by the way thanks a lot for the tips….
It is quite difficult loose weight as i have seen that many people are trying their best but they aren’t achieving anything. This is because of the procedure that they follow and the way they took it up. It is essential that they follow upon the right advice and they should act upon it without making changes in the plan. So its the only way that we can loose some weight. Thanks for the post.
I am not so sure that just dieting can loose your weight. Because dieting means making yourself feel starve and starving is not the answer to any thing. Its lie you have to eat those things which provides you with necessary nutrients and you need to do some sort of exercise too…
I love your tips in this article because they cover the mindset aspect of fat loss. You can have the best diet and exercise plan in the world, but it’s never going to work unless you’re dedicated and willing to take continuous action. Great info!
Thank you for these information. I actually have plans of starting to trim down next year. I did a lot of research this 2010 and read a lot of blogs about weight loss and I think 2011 will be the perfect year to make that dream really happen. And, I’m taking into account everything that you said especially about the challenges and the motivation I need from the people I love. I think that’s really important so that everything will be on track.
One of the effective ways to lose weight is to NOT set a goal weight and say “I wanna lose 20 pounds in 1 month” but you can say you wanna lose weight by changing your eating habits, diet and lifestyle. Self motivation is important to a successful weight loss.