If you want to lose weight you may be making a few mistakes
that are pretty easy to avoid. First make sure you have breakfast. So many
people are in a hurry and feel that the calories they save by skipping
breakfast will help their weigh loss efforts. The opposite is true. You should
eat a smart breakfast (visit my website for examples) within the first hour of waking. This will jump start your metabolism and give you the energy to get through your busy day.
Another thing to
avoid is constant weighing. People who start a weight loss program are often
discouraged by the lack of quick results. Our weight fluctuates one to three
lbs. a day and progress in weight loss is often offset by muscle gain. I would
weigh no more than once a week and try to be patient. If you begin to eat
better and move more, you already have something to be proud of.
Drinking water is probably the easiest way to make progress
with the battle of the bulge. If you did everything the same and drank eight to ten
glasses of water (not coffee or soda), you would lose weight. Most people need
only change from soda or coffee to water to start the scale moving in the right
direction.
Use your thoughts to help you not hurt you. If you have a
past history or failing at losing weight you need a new mindset. It may sound
funny but try visualization for a few mins. before you fall asleep at night. See yourself as you once
were or as you want to be. There are several authors who have made a lot of
money saying this for an entire book. (Maxwell Maltz- Psycho Cybernetics.) It
works, try it!
Finally stop putting off what you know you should be doing.
If you’re not exercising and easting healthy on a routine basis you know you
should be. I could give you a dozen reasons why you should but they wouldn’t be
as personal as the ones you already know.
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