Steady Fat Loss Wins The Race
Steady fat loss is one of the best ways in my opinion to lose weight. Slowly but surely works best for anyone that battles weight loss issues. I can’t tell you how many times I would try one of those strict diets and lose 5 or 10 pounds only to gain it right back, as it was just not something you could continue on with.
I tried the one where you had to cut out breads, I did lose weight but then I felt horrible. Others seem to do alright with that, but for me, I like my food and breads and cutting out entire food groups was not the answer for me.
If losing weight was as easy as many of the ads say it is, then why are there still so many ads, books and diet products on the market?
Steady fat loss, at a rate of ½ a pound to 1 pound a week, is something that is attainable. I know it does not seem like a lot, but you figure in 6 months at one pound a week that would be 26 pounds.
If you just simply change even one thing a week in your daily habits, and stick to it, whether it is changing out your cheese to low fat cheese (just make sure and get a good tasting name brand alternative that you will stick with) or taking a walk around the block when you get home from work. These changes will help with your steady fat loss goals.
A hundred calories here saved and a 100 calories there burned, will add up. I once read that it can take 21 days to break or make a habit, so if you really have a hard time with change, or are simply tired of the fad diets and are willing to slowly make some changes to your life, then you could simply make one change every 21 days.
I found myself, that I was able to make about 2 changes per week. Start small. Find some of your habit foods, and see if you can’t tweak them just a bit or change them out for a different brand that have a few less calories, not DIET ones, that are usually more sugar. Just find some good brands that will work for you.
If you love your afternoon goodie with your coffee break, then switching to a rice cake is not going to cut it right? It didn’t for me. But I found alternatives that worked just as well. For example, take a look at the chocolate chip cookies on the market, not the diet ones, just your everyday brands. Then really look at the labels, you will find that some use less fat or calories to make them, just make sure you are comparing the same quantities.
If you can save 30 calories here and 30 calories there over your routine days, and move just a little more you will get used to these changes, and they will become a part of your life. You will start to buy the different brands as a habit now, and taking the stairs will be the thing you do.
Then you just forget about it, and don’t let this fat loss be the number one subject on your mind, and after a few weeks with your changes, you will begin to notice the pants a little looser, and this will give you the motivation you need.
Steady fat loss will win the race in the end.
I tried the one where you had to cut out breads, I did lose weight but then I felt horrible. Others seem to do alright with that, but for me, I like my food and breads and cutting out entire food groups was not the answer for me.
If losing weight was as easy as many of the ads say it is, then why are there still so many ads, books and diet products on the market?
Steady fat loss, at a rate of ½ a pound to 1 pound a week, is something that is attainable. I know it does not seem like a lot, but you figure in 6 months at one pound a week that would be 26 pounds.
If you just simply change even one thing a week in your daily habits, and stick to it, whether it is changing out your cheese to low fat cheese (just make sure and get a good tasting name brand alternative that you will stick with) or taking a walk around the block when you get home from work. These changes will help with your steady fat loss goals.
A hundred calories here saved and a 100 calories there burned, will add up. I once read that it can take 21 days to break or make a habit, so if you really have a hard time with change, or are simply tired of the fad diets and are willing to slowly make some changes to your life, then you could simply make one change every 21 days.
I found myself, that I was able to make about 2 changes per week. Start small. Find some of your habit foods, and see if you can’t tweak them just a bit or change them out for a different brand that have a few less calories, not DIET ones, that are usually more sugar. Just find some good brands that will work for you.
If you love your afternoon goodie with your coffee break, then switching to a rice cake is not going to cut it right? It didn’t for me. But I found alternatives that worked just as well. For example, take a look at the chocolate chip cookies on the market, not the diet ones, just your everyday brands. Then really look at the labels, you will find that some use less fat or calories to make them, just make sure you are comparing the same quantities.
If you can save 30 calories here and 30 calories there over your routine days, and move just a little more you will get used to these changes, and they will become a part of your life. You will start to buy the different brands as a habit now, and taking the stairs will be the thing you do.
Then you just forget about it, and don’t let this fat loss be the number one subject on your mind, and after a few weeks with your changes, you will begin to notice the pants a little looser, and this will give you the motivation you need.
Steady fat loss will win the race in the end.
