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6 Effective Weight Loss Methods

1. Lifestyle change
Permanent weight loss is not something that a “quick-fix” diet can achieve. Instead, think about weight loss as a permanent lifestyle change. You are making a commitment to your health for life. Various popular diets can help to jump-start your weight loss, but permanent changes in your lifestyle and food choices are what will work long term.

2. Find a cheering section
Social support means a lot. Programs like Weighless use group support to impact weight loss and lifelong healthy eating. Seek out support, whether in the form of family, friends, or a support group, so that you can get the encouragement you need.

3. Commit to a P.O.A

Experiment until you find a good, long-term plan that helps you lose the weight and maintain that loss in a way that works for you. If you cut out just 100 calories a day you could lose 10 pounds in a year.

4. Take it slow
Losing weight too fast can take a toll on your nervous system, making you feel sluggish, drained, and sick. When you drop a lot of weight quickly, you’re actually losing mostly water and muscle rather than fat. Aim to lose ½ to 1kg a week to ensure healthy weight loss.

5. Keep track
Short-term goals, like wanting to fit into a bikini for the summer, usually don’t work as well as goals like wanting to feel more confident or become healthier for your children’s sakes. Keep a food journal or weigh yourself regularly. Find and use tools that help keep you motivated. Stay focused: when frustration and temptation strike, concentrate on the many benefits you will reap from being healthier and leaner.

6. And remember...
... A spoonful of sugar helps the waistline go down. A team of scientists at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh found that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet (containing sugar) combined with physical activity achieved the greatest health benefits in overweight subjects. The study provided evidence that the exclusion of sugar, as is normally advised in a weight loss diet, is not necessary to achieve weight reduction. In fact, the taste of sugar may even help dieters stick to their eating plans.

Can you add to these weight loss tricks? Share your secrets in the box below.

 
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