Weight Loss Tips
November 5, 2009
We are all tired of trying diets and never getting results. In this article, you will learn how to design an easy plan for weight loss. Goals are essential whenever we wish to achieve something big.
Losing weight is one of these things. We must also have smaller goals along the way, think of these as stepping stones on the way to somewhere special – a healthy body! There are many who set their goals too high, this is a bad idea. Keep your goals within reach and you will be achieving them and keeping fit.
Once we have written down our goals, we must decide how long to allow for each goal. How long will it take? This is different for us all. Following is an example to assist you.
The person in my example is called Mr. Smith. He wishes to shed those extra pounds of fat. However, he loves fatty foods and always drinks a few beers when he gets home after work. Following is what he eats on an average day:
Potato chips with various dips.
Pasta or pizza, often with baked beans or sometimes baked potato with baked beans.
Sweet foods such as ice cream and candy.
Several beers.
For most of us, cutting out every fatty food item at once is too difficult. You are more likely to fail if you go cold turkey. I have outlined a plan for Mr. Smith below:
Final goal: to reduce body fat and be more healthy.
12 weeks is the allotted time.
A smaller goal to start with is to switch his dinner meal. He will need to find a healthier alternative.
Here is an example of Mr. Smith’s 12 week plan:
Week 1. Get rid of the potato chips or the sweet food, not both. Drink plenty of water every day from now on. Only have one beer per day or less.
Week 2. You can have either sweet foods or potato chips every other day. You may have 1 beer every other day.
Week 3. Now you will start to have potato chips/sweet food only twice a week, the same goes for beer. Start introducing healthier food items.
Week 4. Now we are only having potato chips/sweet foods once a week, only one or the other! The same goes for beer. You need to be eating at least two types of veggies by now – every day.
Week 5. These guidelines are the bare minimum. If you feel that it is easy, feel free to add more healthy foods. Continue to rework your eating habits until you have a healthy diet.
Losing weight is as simple as making casual changes to the foods that you put in your body. After all, you are what you eat. If you follow my method for creating sensible goals, you will lose weight.
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