Tuesday, July 20, 2010
You Can Lose Weight With A Plan
When it comes to weight loss, most people have a very skewed view of what it takes to lose weight. Why is it that so many people end up quitting their fitness and weight-loss programs before they see positive results? The answer is that it is not immediate gratification. We have become so used to getting what we want exotically when we want it that we no longer practice long term goal setting. We figure if we cannot do it now, then it is not worth the effort.
While it would be nice to lose weight instantly it is not realistic, after all you did not gain it instantly. Now there are a lot of ads out there that make it seem that you can shed those pounds and have the body of a super model just by taking a pill, so people try them, and when they do not wake up the next day with a new body, they give up. Face it; to lose weight is going to take time and effort.
The first thing on your list of things to do should be to visit your doctor to make sure that a diet plan and exercise program will be compatible with you. Just because you read on the label or the cover that the program will make you look like a super stud overnight does not mean it is right for you. You may have some underlying problem that if you did go on this type of diet it could turn out to be quite dangerous to your health.
Now, realize a simple truth; overnight success takes a while. Look at all those football stars that seem to have appeared overnight and are making million dollar contracts. While it may be perceived that they were overnight success stories, if you dig a little deeper you will see that they had a lifetime of football. They have been playing since they were old enough to catch the ball, then played peewee league, high school and college football before they were picked for the pro league. Yet we do not see that, all we see is some person who is making a huge sum for playing a game and we call him lucky, and an overnight success. So as you can see, overnight success takes a while.
The same is going to be true for you when you begin your weight loss routine. It will take many days of effort, many weeks of maintaining your plan, and many months of sticking to it. Then one day after about a year someone will come up to you and mention how you look like you have dropped a few pounds and are looking good, then they will think your weight loss was overnight. You must be ready for the long haul of changing your life and losing weight. It will be a lifetime commitment to yourself.
To lose weight you have to make an effort to control your food intake. You will have to learn some new skills when it comes to food, like what is good for you and what is not, how many calories in that food and how much fat in that one and so on. You will decrease your caloric intake every day, and this will start you on the path to weight loss. Then you will need to become active in some way, and this will help burn off those pounds rather than add them to you. Weight loss at first may seem a daunting task but with educated effort and the realization that you are going down a different path for the rest of your life you will have healthier weight loss that will be permanent.
You can lose weight if you are willing to find a realistic plan and the stick with it for the rest of your life. You may not realize this but you did have a plan to get fat. You chose to eat too much and not exercise; you chose the get fat plan for your life. You got fat with a plan and you will remain fat for the rest of your life if you do not change your plan to that of a healthy one. You now need to choose to maintain your current plan and remain unhealthy and overweight, or to lose the weigh and get a physically fit body so that you can enjoy a happy life.
So choose your path, and follow it for the rest of your life, will you remain as you are unhealthy and miserable, or will you be healthy and happy? The choice is yours to make and yours to follow.
Be Blessed
While it would be nice to lose weight instantly it is not realistic, after all you did not gain it instantly. Now there are a lot of ads out there that make it seem that you can shed those pounds and have the body of a super model just by taking a pill, so people try them, and when they do not wake up the next day with a new body, they give up. Face it; to lose weight is going to take time and effort.
The first thing on your list of things to do should be to visit your doctor to make sure that a diet plan and exercise program will be compatible with you. Just because you read on the label or the cover that the program will make you look like a super stud overnight does not mean it is right for you. You may have some underlying problem that if you did go on this type of diet it could turn out to be quite dangerous to your health.
Now, realize a simple truth; overnight success takes a while. Look at all those football stars that seem to have appeared overnight and are making million dollar contracts. While it may be perceived that they were overnight success stories, if you dig a little deeper you will see that they had a lifetime of football. They have been playing since they were old enough to catch the ball, then played peewee league, high school and college football before they were picked for the pro league. Yet we do not see that, all we see is some person who is making a huge sum for playing a game and we call him lucky, and an overnight success. So as you can see, overnight success takes a while.
The same is going to be true for you when you begin your weight loss routine. It will take many days of effort, many weeks of maintaining your plan, and many months of sticking to it. Then one day after about a year someone will come up to you and mention how you look like you have dropped a few pounds and are looking good, then they will think your weight loss was overnight. You must be ready for the long haul of changing your life and losing weight. It will be a lifetime commitment to yourself.
To lose weight you have to make an effort to control your food intake. You will have to learn some new skills when it comes to food, like what is good for you and what is not, how many calories in that food and how much fat in that one and so on. You will decrease your caloric intake every day, and this will start you on the path to weight loss. Then you will need to become active in some way, and this will help burn off those pounds rather than add them to you. Weight loss at first may seem a daunting task but with educated effort and the realization that you are going down a different path for the rest of your life you will have healthier weight loss that will be permanent.
You can lose weight if you are willing to find a realistic plan and the stick with it for the rest of your life. You may not realize this but you did have a plan to get fat. You chose to eat too much and not exercise; you chose the get fat plan for your life. You got fat with a plan and you will remain fat for the rest of your life if you do not change your plan to that of a healthy one. You now need to choose to maintain your current plan and remain unhealthy and overweight, or to lose the weigh and get a physically fit body so that you can enjoy a happy life.
So choose your path, and follow it for the rest of your life, will you remain as you are unhealthy and miserable, or will you be healthy and happy? The choice is yours to make and yours to follow.
Be Blessed
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