Start Losing Weight Today!
The most important ingredient in your weight loss plan is exercise. If you think that’s a dirty word, it’s time to clean it up. Exercise is just what you do every time you move. Starting today, resolve to activate your life. Leave the car keys behind and walk to the corner store. Race yourself to get your housework done in ten minutes less time (because the more vigorous your movement, the more calories you burn). Get off the elevator one floor early and walk up the stairs. Every extra active thing you do will burn calories – and the more calories you burn, the more weight you’ll lose.
When you’re ready to really activate, get a physical workout designed with your interests in mind. Join a gym, take up a sport, or walk 10,000 steps a day. But don’t wait until you think you can do it all. Just take a few extra steps today. One helpful tip, while doing your everyday chores or just walking the dog to the park, you could put on a sauna vest to help you maximize the calories burned. Study shows that when heat increases, it will increase metabolic rate, thus burn more calories.
Motivate.
Grab a pen and notebook and start writing down all the reasons you should lose weight. Don’t stop till you get to ten, at the very least. Here are some suggestions:
- I’ll be healthier – losing as little as 10 pounds can decrease your risk of heart disease, diabetes and a host of other weight-related illnesses.
- I’ll save money. Super-size costs more – whether it’s an extra $2 for the nightgown you want or having to travel first class for the seat space.
- I’ll be able to keep up with my kids. It takes energy to keep up with kids, and extra weight saps your energy. Lose ten pounds and see how much better you feel.
- I’ll get back into my favorite jeans.
- I’ll find souvenir t-shirts that fit anywhere I go.
Cogitate.
Got your ten reasons? Don’t stop writing. Keep that pen and notebook with you all day and write down every single thing you put into your mouth. Just for one day. You’ll be surprised at all the ‘unexpected’ calories you catch yourself eating. The last two French fries on your son’s plate. The two bites of chicken you tasted to make sure of the seasoning. The ‘just one bite’ of your husband’s ice cream cone. The handful of potato chips you snagged from the bowl on your way by. Write down every single bite for one day to make yourself aware of all the food that you didn’t even realize you were eating. Once you find it, you can start cutting it out.
Educate.
Take a trip to the Internet and visit these educational sites:
The American Heart Association
The USDA Food Pyramid
iVillage Diet and Nutrition section
The Diet Channel
The South Beach Diet web site
The Atkins Diet web site
The Mayo Clinic web site’s Diet and Nutrition pages
Educate yourself about healthy diets and weight loss, and find a diet that you believe you can live with for the rest of your life. It’s the only way that you’ll lose weight and keep it off permanently.
Salivate.
If you think that diet food is boring, find a good low-fat cookbook and start re-educating your taste-buds. Healthy, low-fat, low-carb cooking is delicious – prove it to yourself with a recipe for dinner. While you’re at it, pick one for tomorrow night, too. You can start your diet AGAIN tomorrow!
Another tip to help suppress your appetite is to wear a waist trainer or a corset. The waist trainer will help you create an hourglass figure instantly while at the same time will help control your appetite. Thus, in the long run will help you lose weight.
So, what are you waiting for? Start taking the first step now and enjoy your new body tomorrow☺
