No Pain No Gain
People are continuously looking to reduce their weight, get
into better shape and eat healthier. Yet even though Americans spend billions
of dollars on diets and health clubs, most still report that they aren't
achieving their goals.
The reasons are simple. Distractions like work and family,
plus daily temptations to snack or skip a workout make it easy to fall off an
exercise and eating procedure. Because of that, many people seek out
personal fitness trainers to design customized programs so that they stay on
track; this strategy can make all the difference between success and failure.
Method 1 : Try the water diet
This diet involves drinking a daily
total of about 64 fluid ounces (8 cups) of cold water, at regular intervals
throughout the day. Drink a glass of water before each meal to suppress your
appetite. Doing this will help you get
into the habit of limiting the portions of food you consume during each meal.
By drinking water, you will feel full before a meal, thus helping you consume
less calories.
Keep
in mind that this is not a water only diet. Water-only diets can
actually be quite dangerous if done for too long a period of time. Your body
needs nutrients to stay healthy and maintain a strong metabolism. If you drink
only water for more than a couple of days, when you start eating again you run
the risk of gaining even more weight because your metabolism will have slowed immensely.
TIPS
- When you feel hungry drink water first some times our body's say we are hungry but we are just thirsty.
- Take walks around the park at least twice a week.
- Don`t eat fatty foods. And it also doesn't help to sit around and watch TV all day.
- Do replace some of your meals with water.
- Drink a whole glass go water before and after meals.
Method 2: Develop a healthy and personalized meal plan
Choose
meals that have a healthy balance of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat
dairy, and lean proteins. A typical dinner plate should be filled with half
vegetables or fruits, half whole grains and lean protein. Planning your meals
in advance can help you limit your caloric intake and keep more nutritious
foods on your plate. If you need help coming up with a plan, there are many
healthy meal plans you can follow or get ideas from that have been deemed
healthy by nutritionists.
Method 3 : Keep a food dairy
Write down every meal, snack, and
drink you consume as well as the approximate quantities for an entire week.
Writing down what you consume actually helps us to remain mindful of what we
put into our bodies and acts as a motivator to stay healthy. If you can, write
down the number of calories that go along with each meal or snack you eat.
- Don’t forget to include coffee mix-ins, condiments, and other additions to your daily diet.
Food triggers are the activities we
do that make us want to snack. For some people, its sitting down to watch a
movie at night; for others, its studying late at night. If you know your food
triggers, you can plan for them--fill your house with healthy snacks or have
them on hand.
- If you don’t purchase the unhealthy foods that you love to snack on, you will be less likely to sabotage your diet.
Weight loss comes down to this simple fact: you will
lose weight if you burn more calories than you consume each day. Any
weight-loss plan should include both eating right and exercising.
Creating an exercise regimen and making small changes to activity level
each day can start making an impact on your weight within as little as a
week.
- Make time for exercise.
- Try out a circuit training program.
- Be realistic about the type of exercise you can do when starting a new program.
- Take up cardio training.
- Keep your exercise regimen interesting.
- Choose workouts that require your entire body to exert an effort.
- Get enough rest.