Monday, February 16, 2009

4 Crucial Steps to Bear in Mind When You Think about Weight Loss!

By Frances Norah Smith

Losing weight is one of the priorities you have to engage in life, simply because being overweight not only makes you look bad in the eyes of others, but also exposes you to a host of killer diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, etc. More and more people are getting concerned about their fat tummy and the very fact that every year millions of people take New Year's resolution to lose weight is an indicator of this. Despite all these resolutions, people don't seem to be getting any thinner! In this article I will tell you how to lose weight effortlessly!

When it comes to weight loss, goal setting is all things. If you have set unrealistic goals for yourself, then no matter how much you try, you won't be able to lose a single pound! On the other hand, if you have set realistic goals for yourself, then you will lose weight no matter how much overweight you are! With proper goals, even unhealthy obese people lose weight fast! As you have perhaps already guessed, this article is all about how to set proper, realistic weight loss goals for yourself and achieve fast weight loss!

1. Be down-to-earth in your goals: Let's say that you are set to lose 150 pounds. You set a short term goal of losing 75 pounds within a few weeks. Such goals are quite unrealistic and hence unachievable. Setting such goals will spell the death of your weight loss efforts! The first step is to set goals and make plans that look to be sensible and achievable to your subconscious mind!

2. Why you want to lose weight: How you want to lose weight is as crucial as the "why" part! What is the overriding factor behind your determination to shed pounds? Is it just to look good, or rather to improve your health? It takes a lot of motivation to maintain strict diet plans and rigorous exercise regimens, and unless you have a strong reason for weight loss, you will stray sometime or other! Usually, losing weight for health's sake seems to be more motivating than doing it to show off!

3. Weight loss cannot be achieved using fads: Get this in your mind: no matter how many fad diets and diet pills you use, real weight loss will occur only when you throw away the junk foods from the kitchen and refrigerator and focus on eating raw fruits and vegetables instead. No matter what others tell you, if you are serious about weight loss then you cannot keep eating junk foods and expect to shed pounds. You also need to exercise regularly for hours. Are you prepared for all that? That is something you need to ask yourself before you think about weight loss!

4. Don't penalize yourself: We are after all humans and sometime or other we are sure to stray. Let's say that you manage to lose weight successfully for the first three weeks but on the fourth week, you fail to lose as much weight! Don't blame yourself for that. Sure, you might have made a mistake but there is no reason to bang your head against the wall just because of it! Find out why you failed to lose weight this week: have you been neglectful in your exercise routine, or did you eat junk foods on one of those days? Find out the reason behind weight gain, and then from next week, try your best to follow to your weight loss plan! - 15438

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