It is easy to stay in shape, lose weight, or get fit once you develop a healthy routine you feel comfortable with: Look around you; many people have worked it out. It does take effort and you need to develop self-discipline but once you get into a good routine it happens. Today more than half of the adult population is overweight and unfit. And the number is rising. As we get fatter the quality of life in our extra years may be spoilt by heart disease, strokes and adult diabetes to name but a few. We owe it to ourselves to take the time to look after bodies and to be in good health. Healthy is being well in 2011. Looking after our weight is not vanity. Looking after ourselves is not selfish. It is good practice and shows you have high self esteem and lead an organized life. When you start to make healthy changes you will be amazed at how much extra energy you have and how much better you feel. Looking after ourselves means eating healthy food, being active and getting fit. Once you achieve that, and you will, weight loss will follow. With a healthy body you are fit to take on any of life’s many challenges.
Everyone is familiar with some form of fat. It is the white portion you see around meat, and it is also the wobbly bits on your thighs and the bulging part of your stomach.
Tragically, with increased wealth comes the sedentary lifestyle. Traditional healthy diets and hard-work habits of the past have changed in favor of Western high fat processed food. Physical activity is considered beneath the very wealthy. The modern life style means we have so many labor saving machines we just do not move about enough.
The food industry is based on making us buy more processed food and eat more. Supermarkets are designed to tempt us to buy more than we need. We are encouraged to snack and eat high fat food. Sugar is put in milk and bread.
It is a simple equation Food gives us energy. If we don’t use that energy it is stored in the body as fat.
For many women who are overweight it can be a vicious circle: Being fat makes me unhappy; being unhappy makes me eat; eating makes me fat.
Worse yet, recent research has shown that low calorie crash diets do not work long term. Denying yourself certain foods can set up cravings that lead to overeating. When you finish a diet, your body immediately begins to regain the weight lost on the diet. It’s called the Yo-yo diet syndrome.
When you go on a diet your body thinks it is being starved and starts to conserve energy and fluids. You feel tired. When the diet is over, most people return to their old eating habits.
Research has shown that 95% of people who lose weight on a diet put it all back on and more within five years. Having run a slimming club for 12 years I have found that the solution is to make gradual changes to your eating and exercise habits. Eventually you will find yourself in a healthy routine and you gradually become slim fit and healthy
Try these 6 small positive changes along with your choice of slimming supplement:
Don’t try to make all of these changes at once in your lifestyle. Space them out and phase them in. Try to make just one small change every two weeks and all these changes will soon be part of your life.
I have found that the best way to lose weight long term is to gradually change habits so that you are eating a healthy balanced diet with three meals and two small snacks to be healthy. E-mail me at [email protected] for a free copy of my healthy eating guide, Your BMI is 28 which means you are classed as overweight and you need to aim to lose 10 kilos to be a good weight for your height.
