Why Weight

7 Tips For Keeping the Weight Off

By Anne Hilton


For a lot of us, weight loss is project for life. The trick is to not only lose the weight but to make all that work pay off and keep it off. Here are 7 tips to making your weight loss permanent:

A Crash Diet Probably Won't Have a Lasting Impact

What happens with rapid weight loss is your body is shedding water and carbohydrate alone. And, when your body responds to a crash diet, it responds by assuming that you are starving, and as most dieter's know, when your body thinks it is starving it will automatically reduce your metabolism rate, resulting in burning calories even more slowly. What is even worse, when you start back on your regular diet, your body will store food in your fat cells, preparing for the next anticipated episode of starvation. So crash dieting is very unlikely to be successful in the long run.

Eat This, Not That

Instead of trying to give up the foods you really can't live without in the long run, find the low fat replacements. It is possible to find non-fat foods that actually taste better than the original, and all those missed calories are going to have an effect.

Be Choosy About Your Drinks

Switching to diet soda or cutting out soda completely can result in a 20 pound weight loss in a two month period alone.

Most alcohol is fattening with the possible exception of wine at 90 calories a glass, and should be eliminated.

As a rule, drink water whenever possible and switch from regular to skim milk.

Gotta Do That Exercise

The good news is the more exercise you get in, the less food you have to cut back on.

For lasting weight loss, the goal to strive for is a minimum of 5 30 minute workout sessions a week, and With exercise, anything is better than nothing. Walking or swimming are good forms of exercise if you don't like aerobics or weight lifting.

Stop Eating When You are Full

Make the effort to stop eating when you are full. Eating more slowly is helpful too.

Never Say Never

It can backfire if you tell yourself that you can never have a certain food again. That will probably make you want it that much more. Just stay vigilant and make every effort to eat everything in moderation.

And Finally,

Put Your Focus on Being Healthy as Opposed to Being Thin

This method will take the pressure off and can actually help your weight loss efforts long term. Putting your focus on getting and staying healthy rather than keeping your attention on every pound. It can also be very helpful to do some reading on what a healthy diet actually consists of, such as refined foods versus whole grain foods. This kind of knowledge is another tool in your arsenal to get that weight off and keep it off.

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posted by Cheryl Levesque @ 1:07 PM