Friday, October 14, 2011

Weight Loss







Many people will slave away on harsh diets that totally modify their eating patterns in their quest to lose weight. They are in search of the mythical 'healthy weight' that is usually epitomized by some anorexic model on a magazine cover. Fast weight loss is usually not healthy and can often result in overeating at the end of diets. The best form of weight control is actually to achieve natural weight loss and sustain it over a period of time. Just making a few changes to the way you eat can have dramatic results for your overall weight control.

Look over the following weight loss information:

1. The first change to make if you want to lose weight is to moderate your eating. Control your portions and cut out overeating. You will find that merely by controlling the portions you eat weight control becomes much easier. By working on portions rather than dramatically changing which foods you eat, your body will adapt more naturally.

2. Eat Regularly. It is a basic of weight loss nutrition that regular meals are far better for you than skipping meals to try and lose weight.

3. Snacks are okay, and they are as okay at midnight as they are at 3pm. But remember a few things. Diets will tell you not to snack, but this won't necessarily lead to helping you lose weight if you react by overeating when you do snack. It's better to prepare yourself healthy snacks and eat them than to prepare nothing and eat low nutrition foods such as biscuits or potato chips. Secondly, remember that food is your bodies fuel. If you eat during the day and remain active you are likely to burn off most of what you eat. However if you eat at night the food will be stored (as fat) while you rest.

4. Consuming too few calories may seem like a good idea, but when you do so your body adapts. The weight loss program can backfire because your body becomes used to dealing with fewer calories and weight loss becomes even harder.

5. Fat is not always bad. Don't be afraid of having a bit of fat in your diet. Your body actually operates better with some fat intake each day, and it has the added benefit of making you feel full. It's also a good idea to take a second and read the label on products that promote themselves as fat free. You may find that they are substituting fat with an increased sugar content, and I don't think I need to tell you how bad that is for your weight loss.

6. Don't be drawn into low carb diets without the proper information. Cutting out an entire food group may help you lose weight fast, but it is neither natural weight loss nor is it likely to be permanent. Instead of flat out dropping carbs, consider healthier carbohydrate options.

7. Finally, if you are having no luck with diets and weight loss seems like something that happens to other people - get serious. Write down everything you eat. EVERYTHING. And DON'T CHEAT! If you don't cheat, this is the single best thing you can do to get serious about your weight loss. Because the truth is you probably don't need to read tips like this, or buy weight loss program guides to tell you what to eat. If you look at your list of what you have eaten the day before you will know what is good and what is bad.

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