Category: Weight Loss Tips

With so many people taking a resolution to lose weight every New Year, one would think that our world is getting healthier. Reality however, is exactly the opposite. Out of the countless number of people who take the weight loss resolution, only a few are able to stick to it throughout the rest of the year!

Come to think of it, taking a weight loss resolution has become more of a fad than anything else, as most people hardly take their resolutions seriously, or even if they do, they are not prepared to make the extra effort it takes to keep those resolutions! If you really want to make your weight loss resolution iron-clad solid, just follow the two easy steps below.

1: Make your resolution realistic: How far you would be successful in weight loss would be determined on the viability of your resolution. Is it realistic? If not, it is unlikely that you would achieve your weight loss goal ever! The very first thing you need to do is to make sure that you make a very realistic resolution.

Examples of unrealistic resolutions are:

“I want a body like Jessica Alba by next Christmas’.

‘I want to lose all weight before the next Thanksgiving day;

As you can see, these goals lack specifics of any kind, so there is no doubt that they are unrealistic. When your weight loss goal lacks specifics of any kind, your mind would wander aimlessly and you would jump from one diet to another with little or no success.

What happens when you are asked to go on a shopping spree without a list of items you are going to buy? You wander aimlessly and waste money on buying useless stuff. The exact thing would happen if you don’t make your weight loss resolution specific and realistic.  Examples of good weight loss resolutions are:

“I want to lose 20 pounds by next year”

“I want my weight to be reduced by 30 pounds at the end of 2009″

Okay these look like ‘baby resolutions’, but I really suggest that you make ‘little’ resolutions like these so that your mind thinks it is ‘easy’ to lose weight. Keep in mind that if you intimidate your mind with a formidable resolution, chances are that you would soon lose the motivation to lose weight!

It is possible that you will outgrow your weight loss resolution and lose more weight than what you promised yourself, but the opposite may also happen! Either way, you WILL lose some weight, that is for sure!

2. Get plenty of support: I would be honest with you: I don’t know anyone who has been able to reach their weight loss goals all by themselves without any kind of external support or guidance! Very often your family would support you, but that is just not enough! You also need to secure the support of your peers - people who are in the same boat as you, struggling to lose weight!

You can find such people at weight loss forums. Most of them are free to join, so make sure you sign up with at least one of them and get involved! Remember that you will also find several experts in these forums who are more than eager to offer free help and advice to wannabe weight loss aspirants!

It is also important that you surround yourself with positive-minded people at all times. Positivity begets positivity and encourages you to lose weight, while negative people would only frustrate and discourage you!

Whether you want a cushy job for yourself, or venture into modeling, or aim to head for the tinsel town, you need to be in good shape. These days, how you look is more important than how talented you are! Your personality and ability is determined by your body’s size and shape. No wonder then that a lot of people are gearing up to lose weight as quickly as possible! The problem is that people take the weight loss steps when it is already too late - that is, they have grown too fat!.

1.Your diet needs to be changed: If you diet consists only of chips, junk fried foods, soda, alcohol, and fizzy drinks, how can you expect to lose weight? These foods are rich in calories and when they enter your body the calories get converted into fat and make you overweight. If you want to lose weight, it is crucial that you change your eating habits first before anything else!

These calorie-rich foods provide your body with more energy that it needs. This excess energy then gets deposited in your body as fat. On top of that, if you sit on your cozy sofa the whole day and don’t even move your body a bit, the situation is only going to get worse as you don’t get a chance to burn the fat! The ultimate result is that you become overweight and develop a large belly!

So which foods should you eat in order to lose weight? Obviously the ones that are low on calories and high on nutrition are ideal foods for you. Examples of such foods are natural vegetables and fruits. Eat fruits in their raw forms instead of gorging on fruit juices! As for the vegetables, try to eat them in raw form too as you will consume the least amount of calories that way; but if raw vegetables give you a ‘yucky’ feeling then you can cook them, but make sure you use as little oil as possible while cooking!

2. Exercises shouldn’t be skipped: If you hate doing exercises then don’t expect to lose weight. Dieting can only help you so much; if you want to speed up the weight loss process by burning the fat deposits already present in your body, then exercising is the only way to go! Exercising doesn’t mean running on the treadmill for hours. A simple walk for half-an-hour can help you burn a lot of fat! If you cannot find time for other exercises, make sure you don’t forget to walk regularly after every meal!