If you need to lose weight ... even a large amount of weight ... do not worry! Recent studies have shown that weight loss of even five to ten percent of your current weight reduces your risk of heart disease and diabetes. Let's say you weight 250 pounds and your ideal weight according to health charts is 130 pounds. So you have been told of losing 120 pounds. Now that's enough to deter anyone.
But suppose you were told to lose 12 to 25 pounds. Sounds like something you are able to do? Let me answer for you ... Yes! Often people are totally discouraged because the amount of weight they were advised to lose weight is "Off the Wall". How do you manage to lose more than a hundred pounds? (I'll take that too ... you lose 100 pounds one ounce at a time, as surely as you travel from New Jersey to California, one mile at a time.)
Once you have lost 5 to 10 percent of its weight, which will benefit in two ways:
1. You can reduce the risk of obesity-related diseases
2. You know you can lose weight and be motivated to lose another five percent to ten.
So, how are you going to approach the need for weight loss? There are several steps:
• consult your doctor. I can not tell you how much weight you lose and how fast you can expect to lose. Typically, the realistic goal of one to three pounds a week. This may seem a small amount at first. But think about this, if you go for crash diets and lose more weight faster, is not destined to last, and the weight comes back with a vengeance.
• Maintain a positive attitude. If you lose two pounds a week, you've lost eight pounds a month. Keep it up, and imagine how you would show a couple of months on the road. Work, the goal of the next event: Christmas, High School Reunion, the boy's marriage.
• Ask your doctor (or nurse or dietitian) to give you an eating plan that will give you written instructions on how to eat. For example, increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce portion sizes, eliminate sugary drinks and switch to whole grain products (bread, cereal, pasta).
• Increase your daily activity ... walking, climbing stairs, playing with children, walking the dog. Try to think of movement throughout the day ... be launched as soon as possible.
Now scheduled to begin. Weigh yourself and your goal to lose 2-3 pounds a week for at least 4 weeks (re-stabilize the metabolism).
The first step is always the most important. Just started is the hardest, and then start now!
Manage your calorie intake a, intelligently. Lose one, intelligently
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