Secrets to lose weight and keep it off!

Starting on a weight loss journey to improve your overall health is a worthy goal for anyone. But it can get quite overwhelming with all the tips and tricks from your friends , family and social media. Also we are rest assured that a bunch of challenges will come along your way in terms of eating and drinking especially, when we are about to begin our smart eating and weight loss journeys.

As long as we dont try to change a lot of things at once , we can all meet our weight loss goals. Below are some tips and tricks from experts we can follow to lose weight and more importantly keep it off!

1. Outline a healthy eating plan

To keep up with this goal, always include foods you enjoy and start limiting on sugary, fried, and highly processed foods. Include foods from all major food groups - consume a lot of proteins like lean meats, seafood, low-fat dairy, seeds, and nuts. Eat complex carbs like whole grains and veggies to meet your fibre needs and healthy fats like avacado’s, nuts, etc. Fibery foods keep us satiated and provide an energy boost. Refer to our healthy eating plate blog which outlines how to portion your plate with the right food groups to get proper nutrition from each of your meals.

2. Keep data on what you are eating

Tracking or journaling is a powerful way to keep track of your calorie intake each day until you get hold of the habit of eating healthy on a consistent basis. People who have successfully shed a lot of weight, constantly keep a document of what and how much they eat. This will also give you an understanding of how our bodies respond to different sorts of foods and what works best for us.

3. Have practical goals

It is always best to set realistic goals. Even losing 10 % of your body weight will improve your health on many levels. You will move better, it will improve the way you feel, and will give you a big self-confidence boost. Set weight loss goals that are achievable and keep improving.

4. Pat yourself when you reach mini goals

Try to follow the 80-20 rule. Give your best 80% of the time and take some liberty and relax the rules for the other 20% of the time. Reward yourself after losing 2-3 kgs, hitting the gym 5-6 times a week or when you see improvement in your cardio sessions. Don't go too hard on yourself or punish yourself, because our bodies take time to adjust to the new changes we are incorporating! Keep it consistent and enjoy the small wins.

5. Take mini steps

Bringing in any sort of lifestyle change is always hard. So it's always important to make small changes in your eating habits to overhaul your diet. Making just one change a week or in a fortnight and keeping up with that will give your body time to cope up with new eating habits and behaviors. The overall goal should always be to establish new eating habits which can be sustained for your entire lifetime.

6. Include strength training

Eating healthy goes a long way for successful weight loss. But it's also very important to include some sort of strength training in our regimen to lose kilos and fend them off. Our bodies burn good amounts of calories while working out and also while resting post our workouts. After the workout, our bodies use oxygen and calories to remove lactic acid, repair muscles, and replenish stores of creatine and oxygen - it’s during this recovery period that our bodies burn extra calories.

7. Have a support system around you

It's a good idea to have your friends or family members tag along with you for your runs , walks or workouts - as this will become a source of motivation , inspiration and support on a regular basis. This will also make your weight loss journey fun and memorable.

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