The Foundation To Successful Weight Loss – A Healthy Diet And Lifestyle
Jeffrey Wearstler asked:
We’ve all been tempted by quick fix diets, weight loss inventions and other quick, easy weight loss schemes. I know I have. The truth is, the foundation to successful weight watching is a healthy diet and lifestyle, combined with exercise.
This is easier said than done with today’s fast paced, constantly on the go lifestyle that most of us live. It sure seems easier to run through a fast food drive through for lunch or grab a mocha latte for a pick me up. I’m guilty of doing this myself. But in the long run, you’ll save time and energy by simply having a healthy diet and lifestyle plus exercising 30 minutes a day.
The pants tell the truth. How many of you are in the same size you were a year or two ago? Many of us aren’t. The statistics about obesity in America are staggering. Six out of 10 adults Americans are over weight and 17% of our children are overweight or obese.
We need to make real, long term lifestyle changes to win the battle against the bulging waistline.
So how do you make changes to your lifestyle that will result in healthy living? Here are 7 simple tips to watch your waistline:
1. Enjoy healthier foods – reach for fruits, veggies and balanced meals rather than the fast food value meal of a mocha latte. These are high in fat, sugar and calories, but low in nutritional value and can quickly add inches to your waistline.
2. Be patient – we all want instant results, but the reality is that watching your waistline takes work and time. Recognize the small achievements. They will add up over time.
3. Be consistent with eating and exercise choices – consistency is the key to getting the results you want. To keep your body at the weight you want, you’ll need to eat better and be more active for your whole life.
4. Get active, stay active – exercise is critical to maintaining a healthy weight. Strive for a balance between a healthy diet and lifestyle plus physical activity. Your waistline and your energy levels will both thank you.
5. Change your lifestyle – take it slow and smart. Make subtle changes rather than drastic ones. An all or nothing approach may work short term, but you’ll end up frustrating yourself and make it more difficult to stay with a healthy lifestyle.
6. Eat a good breakfast everyday – your body needs the fuel a good breakfast will deliver the first thing in the morning. Then eat small portions at regular intervals throughout the day.
Did you know – skipping breakfast is a recipe for overeating with late night snacks (I’m guilty on this one)
7. Eat more fruit – fruit is good for you, despite some of the rumors the fad diets have spread. In fact, you should eat fruit everyday, for every snack of with every meal you can.
There you are. Seven little tips to get you started leading a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Remember, the foundation to successful weight watching is a healthy diet and lifestyle, combined with exercise. If you can do that and stick to it, you will be well on your way to a healthier, happier life.
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We’ve all been tempted by quick fix diets, weight loss inventions and other quick, easy weight loss schemes. I know I have. The truth is, the foundation to successful weight watching is a healthy diet and lifestyle, combined with exercise.
This is easier said than done with today’s fast paced, constantly on the go lifestyle that most of us live. It sure seems easier to run through a fast food drive through for lunch or grab a mocha latte for a pick me up. I’m guilty of doing this myself. But in the long run, you’ll save time and energy by simply having a healthy diet and lifestyle plus exercising 30 minutes a day.
The pants tell the truth. How many of you are in the same size you were a year or two ago? Many of us aren’t. The statistics about obesity in America are staggering. Six out of 10 adults Americans are over weight and 17% of our children are overweight or obese.
We need to make real, long term lifestyle changes to win the battle against the bulging waistline.
So how do you make changes to your lifestyle that will result in healthy living? Here are 7 simple tips to watch your waistline:
1. Enjoy healthier foods – reach for fruits, veggies and balanced meals rather than the fast food value meal of a mocha latte. These are high in fat, sugar and calories, but low in nutritional value and can quickly add inches to your waistline.
2. Be patient – we all want instant results, but the reality is that watching your waistline takes work and time. Recognize the small achievements. They will add up over time.
3. Be consistent with eating and exercise choices – consistency is the key to getting the results you want. To keep your body at the weight you want, you’ll need to eat better and be more active for your whole life.
4. Get active, stay active – exercise is critical to maintaining a healthy weight. Strive for a balance between a healthy diet and lifestyle plus physical activity. Your waistline and your energy levels will both thank you.
5. Change your lifestyle – take it slow and smart. Make subtle changes rather than drastic ones. An all or nothing approach may work short term, but you’ll end up frustrating yourself and make it more difficult to stay with a healthy lifestyle.
6. Eat a good breakfast everyday – your body needs the fuel a good breakfast will deliver the first thing in the morning. Then eat small portions at regular intervals throughout the day.
Did you know – skipping breakfast is a recipe for overeating with late night snacks (I’m guilty on this one)
7. Eat more fruit – fruit is good for you, despite some of the rumors the fad diets have spread. In fact, you should eat fruit everyday, for every snack of with every meal you can.
There you are. Seven little tips to get you started leading a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Remember, the foundation to successful weight watching is a healthy diet and lifestyle, combined with exercise. If you can do that and stick to it, you will be well on your way to a healthier, happier life.
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Six Ways You Can Live A Healthy Lifestyle
June 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under Non Fiction
Adrian Adams asked:
Living a healthy lifestyle can not only make you feel better right now, but it can prolong your life as well. Knowing ways to improve your health is important and there are a variety of ways that you can take control of your life and start living a healthy lifestyle today.
Exercise Regularly
If you want to live a health lifestyle, it is important that you take the time to exercise regularly. Exercise helps to keep your body in shape and your weight at a healthy level, which can decrease your risk for many different diseases. It is important to take 30 minutes, at least three times a week and, for even better results, five times a week.
Proper Nutrition
Consuming foods that are healthy and that contain the proper nutrition is also important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You should be careful to eat fast food as little as possible because of the high cholesterol and fat content in the food. Eating enough fruits and vegetables is important and you should be sure to get the proper amount of vitamins and minerals that are needed to keep your body working at its best.
Avoid Tobacco and Alcohol
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle, you will need to avoid alcohol and tobacco because of the adverse effects that are involved. Both tobacco and alcohol can lead to addiction and consuming these products can lead to increased risk of diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease and liver problems.
Get Enough Sleep
Getting enough sleep every night is very important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The body works to heal itself when you are sleeping and if you are not getting enough sleep, your body can become more run down and susceptible to viruses and infections. Most people require between 6-8 hours of sleep each night and consistently getting enough sleep can improve your total health.
Control Stress
Stress can have devastating effects on your life if you do not take measures to control it. If you want to keep a healthy lifestyle, you need to take measures to control the stress levels in your life. Make sure that you are doing things that you enjoy to help get rid of stress, whether that includes taking a walk in a park or working on a hobby you enjoy. There are many health problems that can be caused by stress, so taking measures to control and eliminate it is very important.
It is imperative to remember that you are in control of your health. If you want a healthy lifestyle, you have to be the one to take control of your life. Incorporating exercise, nutrition and enough sleep into your life can improve your health and getting rid of unhealthy habits can help you have the healthy lifestyle that you want.
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Living a healthy lifestyle can not only make you feel better right now, but it can prolong your life as well. Knowing ways to improve your health is important and there are a variety of ways that you can take control of your life and start living a healthy lifestyle today.
Exercise Regularly
If you want to live a health lifestyle, it is important that you take the time to exercise regularly. Exercise helps to keep your body in shape and your weight at a healthy level, which can decrease your risk for many different diseases. It is important to take 30 minutes, at least three times a week and, for even better results, five times a week.
Proper Nutrition
Consuming foods that are healthy and that contain the proper nutrition is also important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You should be careful to eat fast food as little as possible because of the high cholesterol and fat content in the food. Eating enough fruits and vegetables is important and you should be sure to get the proper amount of vitamins and minerals that are needed to keep your body working at its best.
Avoid Tobacco and Alcohol
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle, you will need to avoid alcohol and tobacco because of the adverse effects that are involved. Both tobacco and alcohol can lead to addiction and consuming these products can lead to increased risk of diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease and liver problems.
Get Enough Sleep
Getting enough sleep every night is very important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The body works to heal itself when you are sleeping and if you are not getting enough sleep, your body can become more run down and susceptible to viruses and infections. Most people require between 6-8 hours of sleep each night and consistently getting enough sleep can improve your total health.
Control Stress
Stress can have devastating effects on your life if you do not take measures to control it. If you want to keep a healthy lifestyle, you need to take measures to control the stress levels in your life. Make sure that you are doing things that you enjoy to help get rid of stress, whether that includes taking a walk in a park or working on a hobby you enjoy. There are many health problems that can be caused by stress, so taking measures to control and eliminate it is very important.
It is imperative to remember that you are in control of your health. If you want a healthy lifestyle, you have to be the one to take control of your life. Incorporating exercise, nutrition and enough sleep into your life can improve your health and getting rid of unhealthy habits can help you have the healthy lifestyle that you want.
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Are You Addicted To Your Lifestyle?
Brad Howard asked:
With the percentage of overweight people increasing throughout the world, one has to think that their have to be more variables in play than just “fast food”. The world is hustling and with the advent of computers and the internet, the hustling is more informational and mental than physical. So, if the majority of us are trying to lose weight in some form or another, the main question we need to ask ourselves is “Are we addicted to our lifestyles?”
Bad Habits or Lifestyle Addition
If you are reading this right now, there is a huge chance that you are overweight. After all, studies show that 64.5% of Americans fall into the overweight category. (F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005)
Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself:
Have you been trying to lose weight but seem to keep falling into the same rut?
Do you constantly tell yourself that you need to lose weight but just can’t get around to it?
Have you thought about losing weight, but keep telling yourself that it’s not a big deal?
Do you ever lie to yourself and think that people should love you for you and not because of how big you are?
The funny thing is that no one saying yes to only a few of these questions. It’s either all or none. If you’ve said yes, congratulations: you’re addicted to your lifestyle!
Lifestyle addiction explained
Have you ever seen a drug addict or are you familiar with a person with an alcohol problem? Have you seen their struggles?
These people have huge problems getting away from those drugs. They need support networks and strong councelling just to make it through the day.
Now, of course, these are very strong physical dependencies. A lifestyle addiction would be classified as a psychological dependency. If would compare to “needing” your husband or wife when they leave you.
You know that you shouldn’t care and that you should just let go…but you can’t…and you can’t figure out why. Losing weight can, and often does, fall into this same category. Let’s say that you’ve been on an exercise and diet plan for 3 days but you break your plan on the third day. A drug addict would call that a relapse, right? You can see where I am going with this.
The Justification of a Lifestyle Addition
Let’s classify an addiction using these assumptions:
An addiction is something that you don’t see as a problem, yet you get angry when someone else says it is (Doc says, “Hey Bob, you need to drop 20 pounds.)
An addiction is a “rut” that you can’t get out of (I just don’t have time)
An addiction is something that harms you in the long run, but is satisfying in the short run (Oh, that chocolate cake looks so good)
An addiction is a problem that you can’t change because of “willpower”. (I just can’t seen to get motivated)
An addiction is something that’s “too tough” to change (Twenty pounds, I’ll NEVER be able to lose that much)
Face it. If you need to lose weight, but just can’t take the time to get around to it, you are addicted to your lifestyle. It’s an ugly way to look at it. After all, who wants to be grouped in the same group as ***** addicts, alcoholics, psycho boyfriends, and the such.
No one. But the premise is still the same. The ugly truth is still here no matter whose glasses you look at the world through.
Losing weight is a serious matter and it is about time you look at it that way. The shear fact that you might be having trouble doing it just reinforces this even more. Look, it’s your life and your journey.
Don’t lie to yourself anymore. If a doctor told you that you would die tomorrow if you didn’t get in at least 30 minutes of exercise today, would you go about your day and ignore the doctor (because he/she OBVIOUSLY doesn’t know what he/she is talking about) or would you immediately rearrange your day and find a way to get it done?
Think about all of the above definitions before you answer. I’d like to think you’d get off your **** and do something. After all…in this particular case…it’s do or die.
So…what are you going to do?
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With the percentage of overweight people increasing throughout the world, one has to think that their have to be more variables in play than just “fast food”. The world is hustling and with the advent of computers and the internet, the hustling is more informational and mental than physical. So, if the majority of us are trying to lose weight in some form or another, the main question we need to ask ourselves is “Are we addicted to our lifestyles?”
Bad Habits or Lifestyle Addition
If you are reading this right now, there is a huge chance that you are overweight. After all, studies show that 64.5% of Americans fall into the overweight category. (F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005)
Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself:
Have you been trying to lose weight but seem to keep falling into the same rut?
Do you constantly tell yourself that you need to lose weight but just can’t get around to it?
Have you thought about losing weight, but keep telling yourself that it’s not a big deal?
Do you ever lie to yourself and think that people should love you for you and not because of how big you are?
The funny thing is that no one saying yes to only a few of these questions. It’s either all or none. If you’ve said yes, congratulations: you’re addicted to your lifestyle!
Lifestyle addiction explained
Have you ever seen a drug addict or are you familiar with a person with an alcohol problem? Have you seen their struggles?
These people have huge problems getting away from those drugs. They need support networks and strong councelling just to make it through the day.
Now, of course, these are very strong physical dependencies. A lifestyle addiction would be classified as a psychological dependency. If would compare to “needing” your husband or wife when they leave you.
You know that you shouldn’t care and that you should just let go…but you can’t…and you can’t figure out why. Losing weight can, and often does, fall into this same category. Let’s say that you’ve been on an exercise and diet plan for 3 days but you break your plan on the third day. A drug addict would call that a relapse, right? You can see where I am going with this.
The Justification of a Lifestyle Addition
Let’s classify an addiction using these assumptions:
An addiction is something that you don’t see as a problem, yet you get angry when someone else says it is (Doc says, “Hey Bob, you need to drop 20 pounds.)
An addiction is a “rut” that you can’t get out of (I just don’t have time)
An addiction is something that harms you in the long run, but is satisfying in the short run (Oh, that chocolate cake looks so good)
An addiction is a problem that you can’t change because of “willpower”. (I just can’t seen to get motivated)
An addiction is something that’s “too tough” to change (Twenty pounds, I’ll NEVER be able to lose that much)
Face it. If you need to lose weight, but just can’t take the time to get around to it, you are addicted to your lifestyle. It’s an ugly way to look at it. After all, who wants to be grouped in the same group as ***** addicts, alcoholics, psycho boyfriends, and the such.
No one. But the premise is still the same. The ugly truth is still here no matter whose glasses you look at the world through.
Losing weight is a serious matter and it is about time you look at it that way. The shear fact that you might be having trouble doing it just reinforces this even more. Look, it’s your life and your journey.
Don’t lie to yourself anymore. If a doctor told you that you would die tomorrow if you didn’t get in at least 30 minutes of exercise today, would you go about your day and ignore the doctor (because he/she OBVIOUSLY doesn’t know what he/she is talking about) or would you immediately rearrange your day and find a way to get it done?
Think about all of the above definitions before you answer. I’d like to think you’d get off your **** and do something. After all…in this particular case…it’s do or die.
So…what are you going to do?
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