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5 Tips For Weight
Loss
Are you ready to
lose some weight? Perhaps you're surfing for the magic pill that
will vanish your weight away. Maybe you're simply searching for
the right information to help you lose and keep the weight off.
Whatever the case, here's some surefire tips to help you with
your weight loss
1. Do your homework.
As you start your weight loss plan, take the time to carefully
evaluate your situation. What caused the weight gain? Pregnancy?
Inactivity? Overeating and binging? Emotions? There are many triggers
in our lives that will cause us to gain weight. Some can be prevented
or eliminated, some can't. It's important as you begin your weight
loss to understand and come to grips with the cause of your weight.
Be honest with yourself. Don't cheat on this one. Obviously, you
want to have your weight loss become permanent. In order to keep
off the weight in the future, you may have to make some lifestyle
changes to stay slim. Don't give up before you start. There's
usually more than one solution to any weight gain reason. Just
remain open-minded, and be willing to change to get the results
you desire. Don't hesitate to read and learn as much as you can
about weight gain. It's really easy to understand, and you may
be surprised at what you learn.
2. Avoid Hidden Calories
Here's an over simplified version of weight loss and weight maintenance…
if you eat more than your body needs, you gain weight. If you
eat less (reduce calories) than your body needs, you lose weight!
While it sounds simple enough, just eat less ….Right? Basically
that's true. Yet, there are other things that come into play as
one is trying to lose weight. One common mistake many people make
as they diet is the fact they don't really understand how much
is provided by the food they are eating. This is especially true
with eating out and eating snack foods and beverages. A serving as defined
by the scientific communities on weight loss and a serving that
your local restaurant provides is most often very different. For
example, one serving of bread is typically one slice. Yet, the
average bun in a fast food restaurant is actually almost three
servings. A single serving of French fries is 15 fries. Just take
a guess at how many servings are in a "Biggie" French fry container.
Also, don't be fooled
into thinking just because a bag of popcorn is small, that it's
a single serving. The same thing goes for beverages. The bottle
may contain16 oz. Yet, the serving size may be 4 ounces. Pay attention
to actually how many servings of food and beverages you are actually
consuming. The amount may surprise you. I'll give you an
example, my son-in-law who's 28 was had put on several pounds.
His favorite cola is Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew has higher sugar
content than most other cola's. He didn't have a clue as to how
may calories he was consuming by drinking 3 or 4 24 oz bottles
a day. When my daughter told him, he was amazed. He replaced the
cola with water and went from a 38" waist to a 34" waist in about
two months. Be careful, you may be consuming more than you think.
3. Consider Diet
Pills Carefully
Maybe one of your diet buddies has decided to
buy diet pills, or maybe you've seen or heard a commercial for
diet supplements promising easy fast weight loss. If so, please
evaluate CAREFULLY! Even the most natural-sounding diet pills
or weight loss supplements can be useless for weight loss, or
dangerous, or both. Diet pills are very tempting things if you
want to lose weight, especially if you have tried several conventional
weight loss plans without success. The side effects and dangers
of some diet and weight loss pills can vary enormously because
many of these pills contain a cocktail of ingredients and because
dosage instructions may be inadequate. Possible side effects include:
nervousness, tremor, diarrhea, bulging eyes, racing heartbeat,
elevated blood pressure even heart failure. There are some instances
when diet pills can be helpful. Usually these are indicated in
the truly obese person. For the person wanting to lose 5 or 10
pounds, they usually aren't necessary. So you may ask, how does
the diet pills work to cause weight loss, while I continue to
eat the same amount? In recent years, it seems everyone has the
PERFECT answer to help with your weight loss. There are almost
as many weight loss methods and diet pills available as there
are people who want to lose weight. There are diet pills
that stop your hunger so you eat less and burn more fat. There
are diet pills that cause the body not to metabolize all the food
you eat, so it's passed out of your system and not stored as fat.
There's combination of these two. As you begin your search for
the perfect diet pill, be careful as some can have harmful effects
on your body. Diet Pills work by shifting levels of brain chemicals
(neurotransmitters) that control satiety (fullness) and desire
for food. Some also slightly increase your metabolic rate - the
rate at which your body burns calories. Examples of weight
loss diet pills include: Diethylpropion hydrochloride
(eg. Tenuate) Mazindol (eg. Mazanor,
Sanorex) Phendimetrazine tartrate
(eg. Bontril) Phentermine hydrochloride
(eg. Adipex-P, Ionamin)
4. Monitor/Increase
Your Activity - Regardless...
whether you're taking diet pills or
not to help with your weight loss, it's still important to maintain
a regular exercise program. This is beneficial not only for your
weight loss, but also for your overall health. In many ways we
in the developed country have a much more sedentary lifestyle
than our bodies need. Obviously it's easier for us than in the
era when people had to be very active simply to survive, yet it's
not necessarily healthy for us not to be active. Start and maintain
some sort of exercise plan no matter what your age. Especially
for the middle-aged and older people exercise play a very, very
important role in the quality of health and staying within normal
weight ranges.
5. Develop a Plan
for Maintenance
Even if you're taking diet pills to help with
your weight loss it's important to keep in mind, that once you
stop the pills, unless you maintain a balance between your activity
level and the food you eat the weight will come back. While it
may take some time to become accustomed to a change in diet and
activity, the rewards are well worth the time and effort spent
to reach and maintain a healthy weight. About the AuthorHilda Maria is a
freelance writer with 5 children who knows the importance of a
balanced diet for them. She enjoys providing useful knowledge
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