What Is The Best Way To Keep Off Weight? How To Reward Yourself For A Life Enhancing Accomplishment
The answer to 'what is the best way to keep off weight' is the word that nobody losing weight wants to hear: Slowly.
The rule of thumb should be however long it took you to gain the weight is a realistic time-table to lose the weight.
Let's talk about the reasons why.
The key to keeping weight off is developing the habits that support healthy weight maintenance.
All of the things that promote "fast" weight loss, diet pills, fasting diets, HCG, excessive exercise, etc, are all the things that present a temporary fix to a lifestyle problem and then leave you without a lasting resolution.
Losing weight gradually trains your body to like where it's at.
There is an elasticity or memory to our bodies.
You know what I'm talking about.
No matter what you do you always end up at 178 pounds.
losing weight quickly gets you to your goal but the second you back off of what ever throttle you used to drop the pounds your body gets busy getting back to where it's used to being.
losing weight gradually is sort of like sneaking up on your body.
Finally, losing weight quickly often involves resorting to unhealthy methods that stress the body and encourage other health issues.
After you have reached your ideal weight you are not at the end of your journey but are actually at the most perilous part.
I have this little video clip of the finish of a bicycle race (I race bicycles so I really get this!) and the winner is several lengths ahead of the pack in pursuit.
Within yards of the finish line he throws his arms up in victory, wobbles and falls over.
The next competitor coasts by looking over his shoulder as he crosses the finish line in first place.
Without discipline to at least rival the effort you put into losing the weight in the first place you might as well not even pack up your fat clothes.
You created a vacuum and nature hates a vacuum.
Every poorly contemplated calorie you ingest is going straight to the body's favorite warehouse: Fat.
As you plan your diet you must include at least six months of maintenance.
A time when you don't really have to focus on the deficit between what you eat and what you burn, but in the make up of what you eat.
Now it is more critical than ever that you eat adequate amounts of quality protein to maintain lean muscle mass.
Now is not the time to indulge or introduce excessive carbohydrates to your diet.
Now is also the time to either step up the exercise program you've developed as you have lost weight or launch one.
Exercise will promote lean muscle mass and keep metabolism at a maximum.
Stay on top of your monitoring during the maintenance period.
Weigh and measure each week to make sure you are maintaining your weight and body fat.
You'll be able to tell if your weight stays the same and your measurements start to creep up.
That's a sure sign that you are replacing lean muscle mass with fat and slowing your metabolism.
Remember, that is what the body will want to do naturally.
Congratulations on losing weight.
That is an accomplishment that deserves the vigilance of at least six months of careful maintenance.
After that keep a close eye on your measurements to be sure your body is on the straight and narrow.
The rule of thumb should be however long it took you to gain the weight is a realistic time-table to lose the weight.
Let's talk about the reasons why.
The key to keeping weight off is developing the habits that support healthy weight maintenance.
All of the things that promote "fast" weight loss, diet pills, fasting diets, HCG, excessive exercise, etc, are all the things that present a temporary fix to a lifestyle problem and then leave you without a lasting resolution.
Losing weight gradually trains your body to like where it's at.
There is an elasticity or memory to our bodies.
You know what I'm talking about.
No matter what you do you always end up at 178 pounds.
losing weight quickly gets you to your goal but the second you back off of what ever throttle you used to drop the pounds your body gets busy getting back to where it's used to being.
losing weight gradually is sort of like sneaking up on your body.
Finally, losing weight quickly often involves resorting to unhealthy methods that stress the body and encourage other health issues.
After you have reached your ideal weight you are not at the end of your journey but are actually at the most perilous part.
I have this little video clip of the finish of a bicycle race (I race bicycles so I really get this!) and the winner is several lengths ahead of the pack in pursuit.
Within yards of the finish line he throws his arms up in victory, wobbles and falls over.
The next competitor coasts by looking over his shoulder as he crosses the finish line in first place.
Without discipline to at least rival the effort you put into losing the weight in the first place you might as well not even pack up your fat clothes.
You created a vacuum and nature hates a vacuum.
Every poorly contemplated calorie you ingest is going straight to the body's favorite warehouse: Fat.
As you plan your diet you must include at least six months of maintenance.
A time when you don't really have to focus on the deficit between what you eat and what you burn, but in the make up of what you eat.
Now it is more critical than ever that you eat adequate amounts of quality protein to maintain lean muscle mass.
Now is not the time to indulge or introduce excessive carbohydrates to your diet.
Now is also the time to either step up the exercise program you've developed as you have lost weight or launch one.
Exercise will promote lean muscle mass and keep metabolism at a maximum.
Stay on top of your monitoring during the maintenance period.
Weigh and measure each week to make sure you are maintaining your weight and body fat.
You'll be able to tell if your weight stays the same and your measurements start to creep up.
That's a sure sign that you are replacing lean muscle mass with fat and slowing your metabolism.
Remember, that is what the body will want to do naturally.
Congratulations on losing weight.
That is an accomplishment that deserves the vigilance of at least six months of careful maintenance.
After that keep a close eye on your measurements to be sure your body is on the straight and narrow.
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