3 Magic Steps to Weight Loss

By: ivan juras

There are actually 3 steps you should conduct if you want to lose weight. This isn't easy as it might seem, but the results come, 100% of time.

1. Eat less. This is probably the hardest part, but it is also an essential one. Let's assume you want to lose 1-2 pounds per week which is a very reasonable goal. A pound of fat represents approximately 3500 calories of stored energy. To lose all of them in one day is not advised, as your body is not used to it. Let's take a one week approach instead. You will want to lose around 500 calories per day on eating, which is a very reasonable plan.

First, start changing your lifestyle by tweaking some small things. Let's say you want to eat a candy. Eat an apple instead. Yes, this is easy in theory, much harder in practice, but hey, who ever said weight loss is easy ?

Eat celery, and take low fat food instead of your usual meals. Count in every calorie, no matter what it is. If it's a mint, count it in. If it's a candy, count it in. Buy some good book with food calorie values, and stick to it. At the end of day just sum up everything you've eaten. If you consumed 500 less then your usual, this is great. Keep on doing it every day.

2. Exercise. Great now you're starting to lose weight from eating less, but this is not enough. remember that our goal was to lose around 1-2 pounds per week, which requires a loss of 1000 calories per day. We already have 500 from eating less and eating healthy, now we have to lose 500 more from exercising.

I know some of you are lazy, I used to be too, but exercising is an essential part of our lifes, not only for weight loss, but for our health also. You don`t have to be an uber athlete to lose weight, although this will increase your weight loss rate rapidly. For example, I practice Muay Thai, and I weight around 3 pounds less after each training. Of course this is not only fat, but water also, however, imagine your weight loss if you practice some sports daily.

Nonetheless, you can lose weight even if you only exercise for 30 minutes a day. Here are a few ways to exercise: bicycling, swimming, aerobics, stair climbing. All of these will burn around 400 calories of fat per 30 minutes.

I know that getting started might seem hard, but put your efforts in, and don't quit. This is very important.

3. Create a new lifestyle. Now that you've lost your weight, create a new lifestyle which will keep the weight off. Many people fail to do this because when they lose weight, they just go back to their usual habits, which will bring the pounds back on. You don't have to exercise every day anymore, try to exercise or practice some sports 3 times per week. You don't have to remember the calories of every meal you eat anymore, just be sure not to eat too much.

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