Making goals which you cannot achieve will certainly end in disappointments, no matter what. The cardinal rule of a weight loss programme is to set goals, but realistic and practical ones. It is better to have short term goals than long term ones as they will let you see faster results encouraging you for more weight loss.
What is your ideal weight? Find out your ideal weight according to your age, sex and body type before forcing a new routine on yourself. Set a weight loss goal with a few kilos higher as weight calculations may vary. There is no harm in being a couple of kilos above your recommended weight.- The importance of exercise. You may have hit the blog after reading many other blogs or after having tried and failed many other tactics to lose weight. By now, you might know that only a dietary revolution or just some kind of physical activity introduced in to your life is not going to yield the results you want to see. You have to identify an exercise that is congenial to your liking and which you’ll want to do everyday without getting bored of it. It could be a stationary exercise or an outdoor activity like walking, jogging and so on.
- Do not diet. I haven’t gone mad when I say that. Wikipedia says, “In nutrition, the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat.” But, here, diet is a change of dietary style we adopt to lose weight, gain weight, for health reasons and more. So when you are on a diet for weight loss it means that it is a temporary change in your eating pattern which will be changed back once the goal is achieved. And once you go back to your normal diet which Wikipedia refers to, you have every chance of gaining back all that you have lost. So, instead of dieting, bring about a permanent change in your dietary pattern that will provide a favourable environment for weight loss and weight management.
- Set a routine that you like. As you choose your favourite exercise for weight loss choose a routine too that you will never get wary of. If you start on a programme that you are not comfortable with there is every chance that you will slowly find excuses not to continue with it pouring water over all your weight loss dreams. For example: don’t start walking early in the morning if you are a late riser. Bottom line: It is not necessary that weight loss has to hurt!
- Sleep enough! Weight loss doesn’t mean torturing your body by starving it, making work hard and depriving it of sleep. For healthy results, it need 8 hours of sleep and rest. Lack of sleep means lack of alertness, energy and interest. You wouldn’t want to doze off in your gym.
- No live telecasts work! It is a very bad idea to start exercising according to a TV programme. Risks: Procrastination, channel surfing, disappointments if they call off the programme. Get a video, if you like the feeling of working out with a group at home.
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