At this time of year there’s lots of tips on how to lose weight – a quick look at the magazine shelf in your local supermarket will no doubt reveal he latest “celebrity weight loss tips”, so it’s no wonder we struggle to lose weight with so many conflicting tips about how to lose weight fast.
The problem is we all want to lose weight fast – today, this week , this month – not spend the rest of our lives on a diet. But we must accept that to lose weight and be able to keep it off for good takes a little time to learn how to lose weight successfully. I want to share with you my tips on how to lose weight fast and how to prepare yourself for the weight loss journey – which will mean you’re far more likely to achieve your goal and maintain it.
Apart from looking great when you’re lost weight, you will also start to feel great too. There’s nothing better than having lost 10 pounds to make you feel like a million dollars. And that “feel good factor” will have a positive impact on all areas of your life.
So lets get down to my tips on how to lose weight fast and permanently.
If you’re eating more calories than you’re burning off you will be fat – and keeping gaining too. It’s very simple – if you want to lose weight you must burn off more calories than you eat. This is how you reduce your fat cells. If your body is not getting all the energy it needs from food each day it will start burning off stored energy from your muscles and fat cells. Make sure you eat enough healthy protein (fish, eggs, white meat etc) so that your body doesn’t attack it’s protein reserves (your muscles) and only attacks it’s fat reserves.
Don’t start a restrictive diet – they don’t work. Your body has a natural instinct to survive. If you starve it will win in the end – and that’s when you start to make bad food choices like cakes, biscuits, sweets etc. Eat lots of healthy food so you’re not hungry, but make sure you burn it off. In fact, if you do start to starve your body, it will automatically start to store up every bit of fat it gets, because it’s thinking food is scarce so it needs to store it all!
Eat plenty of fresh fruits and veg. Cut down on red meat. Chicken, turkey and fish is fine. Drink lots of water – the vast majority of people (not just dieters) don’t drink nearly enough water – 2 liters is a day is your target. As most people are dehydrated (without realizing it) they mistake their body’s cry for water as hunger pangs, so they eat something when what their body really needs is water.
You’ve probably noticed that these tips on how to lose weight focus on long term lifestyle choices not some short term fast weight loss diet plan. You can lose weight quickly if you do it the healthy way.
