5 Tips To Get Back On The Weight Loss Wagaon

5 TIPS TO GET BACK ON THE WEIGHT LOSS WAGON!

1. DON'T GIVE UP!
We are only 6 weeks into the year, which means there are 42 left to go for you to hit your weight loss goal (even if it is a massive one). Try breaking down your goal. Rather than alarming yourself with your lack of progress towards your overall goal, start at zero from today and set a realistic short term goal for the next 4-6 weeks.

2. ADJUST TO A REASONABLE GOAL.
Most health knowledge out there is telling us that loosing and average of 0.5-2 pounds per week is the healthy way to go. Think about driving your car at 100 miles per hour. What feels more comfortable: stopping on a dime or coming to a slow stop over the course of a longer distance?

Our bodies need time to adjust as we loose the weight. You probably didn't put it on overnight, so it makes sense to take a little bit of time taking it off.

3. TRY A DIET THAT'S NOT A DIET!
Avoid crash diets and extreme diets that you won’t stick to for the rest of your life. Those types of diets are often successful in taking off weight quickly, but if you stop the diet, the weight comes back quickly. Try a program or diet of well balanced meals that gets your necessary fruits, vegetables, healthy oils, dairy, and water and takes on high calorie, high fat foods in moderation.


4. MOVE MORE!
Most research shows that to loose weight it is not necessary to sweat hard 7 days a week for 3 hours a day. Start small and build up to more activity as you feel more comfortable. Getting off the bus a few stops early, parking at the back of the parking lot, or taking the stairs over the elevator are easy ways to increase your activity without taking too much extra time. At a pace you are comfortable, work up to short walks in the morning or after dinner and eventually getting the gym membership to really get moving. Keep a log of activity each day and at the end of each week ask "What's one thing I could do to move more next week?"

5. WRITE IT DOWN!
Keep a daily journal about what you eat and how much. This has two great benefits:

1. Being aware of what goes into your body, will make you think twice before you go for that second bowl of pasta or that late night ice cream binge.

2. It allows you to see easy ways to cutting down what you eat. A pound of fat is 3500 calories, so to loose that each week, it is necessary to either burn it, or eat 3500 less calories (500/day). 500/day could be as simple as drinking diet instead of regular soda, light instead of regular beer, having carrot sticks instead of potato chips for your afternoon snack. List the snacks that you know are bad for you and use the endless supply of weight loss info on the web to find healthy alternatives.