Many of us try to lose weight when we have had to face up to some kind of fact... like you cant get into your jeans properly, you have went up a size over night (not really overnight, but it feels like it), the doctor tells you you have to lose weight or you just catch yourself out of the corner of your eye in a mirror or a shop window and notice a new lump or bump popping out somewhere.
Well how do you change it? how exactly do people get success when trying to lose weight (safely)?
A key starting point is to decide what you want - do you want to lose 10lbs, do you want to fit into that dress from last year, do you want to look good on the beach this year on your trip to Blackpool?
Some of the hard facts are that true lasting weight loss may take some effort on your part, some attitude changes and less grub going past your lips... (unless you look at some of the PR stuff for some products then they will probably tell you otherwise.
I used to sell Herbalife products to people looking to lose weight, most of them looking to lose weight fast and pretty willing to pay quite a lot of money for the stuff. I liked some of the product that they sold as many people that I was working with had such a poor diet that they would benefit from the supplemented vitamins and minerals in the 'shakes' and tablets.
The key to lasting weight loss for many lies in the last paragraph... 'poor diets', as well as many people not being clear about the content of the food that passes there mouth. The ingredients of foods that have been processed are hard to work out and the labelling has been designed for... well I am not quite sure!
Many processed foods and staple foods (the main stuff we pile down our throats), are loaded with sugars, fats and trans fats. All of these things add up, then you take the lack of exercise and hours in front of the TV or the laptop (or PC) and it makes for an impossible combination for your body to fight.
It is relatively simple though, the amount of energy that goes into the body needs to be the same as the amount of energy the body uses up... If you eat processed food (which nearly everyone I know does, including me) then you have to look at using up some of that extra energy somewhere... we have to get up and go.
I plan to exercise at least 30 minutes per day and reduce the amount of alcohol I consume as well as look at the foods that I eat... I tend to be one of those people who fills the plate until I should have used a pig troff to eat my dinner (lunch or breakfast)... this has to change.
Lose weight and have a bit of fun
Your idea of fun will probably be different from the next person, but it may be a good idea to look at changes that you can make that you could enjoy (maybe not at first though). One of the changes that I plan to make is to reduce my car use, and walk or use a bike more often, this will help me increase the amount of exercise that I do each day as well as get me out and about more without the added stress o driving (even though I love driving).
What ideas have you got for loosing weight, and what do you think are the things to look out for?
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