Weight Loss Tips For Beginners
Make a visit to your doctor
Make sure that you are healthy and there is no medical reason for your weight gain. Once you have the green light you can begin to create a plan for your success
Remember 3500 calories is one pound. Cutting unhealthy foods and replacing them with healthier options you can cut those calories in no time. Cutting 1 500 calorie snack a day can result in a 1 pound loss in just a week.
Carefully choose the food plan you want to follow. If it is full of foods that you think are gross, then you will not stick with it for very long. There are thousands of meal plans out there. Most of the ones that you find on the internet, have a free trial period, use this to find out if you like the plan or not. Do your research and find one that you can participate in for the long haul.
Be ready to tackle the emotions that you have been stuffing by eating. Start keeping a journal, write down what you eat and how you feel before and after. Soon you will start seeing a pattern. When you have established what your triggers are, find other ways of dealing with them. Talk to a friend, dance to your favorite song or find a support group or chat room online.
Be aware of reality
It is dangerous to be overweight. Risks include diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and heart disease. I am only naming a few and only naming the physical risks. There are many emotional risks as well like low self esteem and self sabotage. Educate yourself so that you can make choices that will empower you
Create a realistic and achievable goal
Losing 1-2 pounds a week is what the most successful losers are doing. The more slowly you lose the more likely you will be to keep it off. Remember that it didn’t take you 2 weeks to get where you are, and it is going to take longer than 2 weeks for you to get where you are headed. Celebrate all of the little success and your confidence will soar!
Why do you want to lose weight
Ask yourself who you are doing this for?
What are you hoping to get at the end of your journey?
What is stopping you from having that now?
Are you ready to commit for the rest of your life?
Ponder these questions and write down the answers. Revisit them from time to time and see how your perspective changes along the way
Weigh only once a week
Your weight will fluctuate from day to day. You might retain water if the meal you ate last night was high in sodium. You may be retaining water for some other reason, not to mention that our weight just fluctuates, its part of life. Weigh once a week at the same time of day and forget the scale the rest of the week
Get back up
If you mess up just get back up and start right where you left off. Don’t tell yourself that you have blown it and you’ll start over again on Monday. Mistakes happen, we are all human. Take notice of the mistake, see if you can why it happened. Make a plan to support yourself incase you find yourself in that situation again and then MOVE ON!
Weight loss can be very difficult for beginners. Remember that you didn’t get to where you are overnight and it will take you a while to get where you want to be.
I hope that these suggestions will get you started in the right direction.
Diana has been helping people reach their fitness goals for over 23 years.
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