Weight loss has become the number one obsession in our society nowadays. Unfortunately, what most people don’t understand is that getting in shape is not an overnight thing. Those fat burning pills you see in the commercials are as good as any other quick fix product. And if you have tried a quick fix product before you’ll understand what I mean.
If you want to lose weight, you’ll need motivation, determination, and commitment to a healthy lifestyle. It takes more than what you’d expect to drop off those extra pounds, so if you want to have a lean body you have to be armed with the right mindset and knowledge.
This is exactly what I’m about to teach you in this article, so here I present you some tips on how to succeed in your weight loss Journey:
#1 Lower Your Expectations
Keep your goals and ambitions big, but be real in your expectations. If you start an exercise or a diet that promise tennis ball biceps or washboard abs in no time, then after a couple of months you end up nowhere near that, You know what happens? you’ll end up disappointed, and frustrated and you won’t have any motivation to go to the gym after such a big let down.
However, if you break your big goal into smaller bite-size sub-goals you’ll have a much more accurate evaluation of your progress, and you’ll be happier with the results you’re obtaining. losing 1-2 pounds every week is a good example of a sub-goal that is easy to achieve and will keep you focused, and make you confident in your diet/workout.
#2 Never eliminate a food group
Many times people deprive themselves of delicious foods that might be good for their health because they heard or read a vague article that says X food group is bad, or vice versa. For example you read that a low carb diet is the best way to lose weight (which is not true) so you decide to cut on fruits because of the high levels of sugar they contain, from today on no more bananas for you. Not only that you remove a tasty food from your diet, but you also deprive yourself of all the nutrients bananas contain such as potassium which balances your blood pressure, regulates the transfer of nutrients, and stimulate muscle energy.
If you want your diet to succeed then you have to do your homework, and learn more about each food separately.
#3 Family support
When you start a diet It is important that your family supports you. If you are trying to diet but your girlfriend, wife or Mom keeps on stuffing your fridge with all those crappy foods (ex: Cookies, Ice cream, Coke, Peanut butter… etc), you’ll have a hard time sticking to your plan, and at a point you’ll give in to the lazy gluttonous fat ass who’s constantly tempting you to give up your healthy lifestyle.
#4 Work Out
As I told you before weight loss is a long-term process, but there is a trick to speed it up. You guessed it, Workout!! By exercising regularly you’ll push your body to burn even more fat especially if you focus on high intensity exercises. Not only that, but work outs will help you sleep better, look better, and have more self-respect.
