Tuesday, February 10, 2009

How To Lose Weight Properly

By Ron C George

You would be astounded to discover just how many individuals think that the best way to slim down is by going hungry and while this does work in the short run, you will not find one physician that would ever advocate this severe course of action. Health weight loss diets are only ever advocated since such radical measures only leave the body weak with an even weaker immune system. Most of the better healthy weight loss diets advocate providing the person the required amount of calorific intake which is considered to be just right, and the diet should contain all the necessary nutrients required by the body.

Many people forget just how important it is to have a decent night's rest for good health and body maintenance and it is just as essential as exercising to burning off the excess calories that we tend to carry around with us. Womens' magazines can tend to be the instigator to some of these radical dieting plans and with no real scientific backup or trials, they can quite easily convince there readers that this is quite a healthy option to lose weight. For example: consume only boiled vegetables with chicken, fruits and salads, and while the fundamental starting idea is quite alright, a truly healthy weight loss diet needs to include other nutrients as well, that are not present in boiled vegetables for instance. For the majority of people to follow this sort of diet plan will initially work and as the weight is lost you will feel better but due to eating the same food every day, it will become very mundane and the interest in weight loss will fade away and so will the diet.

If you want to make the best out of your healthy weight loss diet plan, you have to limit your calorie intake, do frequent physical exercises, even if this means walking for 30 minutes and always get good rest. It might surprise you but rest has amazing benefits which the medical fraternity is now realizing and this is a common problem with individuals who have weight related issues, who love to overeat during dinner, often forgetting what they have done.

If you are someone who does get up in the night to eat, you are doing nothing but damage your body and will be wasting all the efforts that you have made, following a healthy weight loss diet program with exercise, to burn off calories. The result of following a healthy weight loss plan does not take too long to show up as you feel lighter, happier, energetic and you rest better and all these things mean that your chances of falling sick will also decrease.

Another aspect of a healthy weight loss diet is personal interest and self-impression about the ongoing transformation, for example: being too critical and demanding of yourself, could sometimes do more bad than good. We must be patient with the way we exercise as our bodies respond in different ways. Those that are have a lot of weight to lose can tend to become desperate and try to overcome this by increasing their physical exercise.

Any healthy weight loss program involves regular physical exercise, but some overweight individuals go overboard with this part, forgetting that your intensity level should be mild to moderate in the beginning with swimming or jogging and when you feel up to it, and then join a gym later. More to the point is that physical exercise should start slowly at first and then gradually increasing the level of exercise so that you feel good. - 15438

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