Easy Weight Loss Tips
Fast and easy weight loss tips and ideas can be found all over the internet. Everywhere you look, people are promising miracle supplements and quick fixes. The bottom line of weight loss is that you have to use more calories than you eat. If you can do that, you lose weight. If you don't do this you cannot lose weight. Don't worry, this is not a guide on counting calories. But, how do you loose weight fast without having to micromanage what you eat on a daily basis? How do you achieve this without counting calories to lose weight? How do you do this without spending so much time doing mundane exercises like the elliptical machine and walking on the treadmill? I'm going to tell you how to loose weight in a healthy way. I will give you some easy weight loss tips that will help you lose weight fast and easy and feel better.
What I am about to tell you is a technique I use on many of my clients to achieve there weight loss goals. It isn't a magic bullet for weight loss, but it works for many people. So lets get down to the details.
Always remember that in order to lose weight fast you must incorporate both diet changes and exercise into your daily life. Now, don't let that scare you now. It isn't a bad thing. But as I said before, you need to increase the amount of calories you use each day(exercise), and decrease the amount of calories you eat(diet) in order to loose weight. If you are only doing one or the other, it will only be half as effective and you won't get nearly the results of a combination approach.
First of all, we'll address dieting. I'm not going to tell you that it is important for you to start counting calories on a daily basis. Some of you may need to take that step if the situation warrants. But for most people cutting out the excess of modern living and eating will take care of this for you. You will need to analyze your eating and drinking habits for about a week. Write them down daily. Carry a notepad with you to record even the snacks. Once the week has ended, look back over all the things that you ate. Look for anything that you seem to be eating in excess. For example, I had a client who would drink between 3-5 Dr. Peppers a day while he was at work. In his case, Dr. Pepper was something that he was taking in excess amounts. Coffee drinks can be another item that is often used i excessive amounts.
For most people, there is at least one food or drink item that is excessively eaten in. I want you check out the calories on that particular item of your diet. Add them up to see how many daily calories are being added to your body with that item. This is often very eye opening for most people.
The next thing you do is simply remove that food or drink item from your diet. Don't change your diet in any other way. If the item in question is caffeinated, you may need to taper it off to avoid withdrawals. In most cases, quitting that food or drink item will automatically create a large calorie deficit that can lead to rapid weight loss. The person I was telling you about was consuming around 600-1000 calories/day with Dr. Pepper alone! When he stopped drinking them, he started loosing weight. All he had to do was identify the excess and eliminate it.
Next you have to address exercise. I have never believed that exercise needed to be in the form of spending thirty minutes on a treadmill 3-5 days/week. I think that is boring, and in my experience people don't do it for very long before they quit. Most people who begin exercise and stick with it are people who find a way to have fun with.
One of the best ways to actually incorporate exercise in a very fulfilling way is to be competitive. No, I don't mean go out and join a sports team although that is okay if you want. What I mean is to get a partner or partners to play a sport with. You meet them out to play whatever sport you choose 1-2 time per week. The other days of the week you train for that sport so you can be better. It provides a psychological drive for you that actually makes exercise fun. As you look online and in books for new ways to train your body for that sport, you will naturally and unintentionally be setting attainable goals for yourself that will give you great satisfaction when you meet them. These goals will be concrete and tangible, such as "I want to be able to run a total distance of 1 mile at 8mph. " No more of these vague goals like "I wanna look better."
My client from the above example was able to create a caloric deficit of 600-1000 calories/day by quitting soft drinks. He then took up tennis as his competitive sport. Between playing tennis and training for it he was able to create an additional deficit of 250-500 calories/day. Adding them together he was creating a deficit of 850-1500 calories/day. The weight melted off of him. I have used this approach with many clients because of the simplicity and effectiveness of it. People tend to be able to stick with it consistently and easily.
I hope this helps you to achieve your goals. These are some simple weight loss ideas that may be helpful to you. Diet and exercise can be very complicated, but only if you allow it to be. Rapid weight loss is achievable if you can follow these quick weight loss tips. Good luck.
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