12 Quick Tips For Losing Weight
With more than 30,000 diets out in the marketplace and with many of them contradicting each other…
It’s no wonder why you may be confused about who’s lying and who’s telling the truth.
When in doubt, we recommend using your common sense because losing weight isn’t rocket science, and please don’t fall for all that hyped-up garbage that so many companies are pushing.
While we may not know you personally, we believe that you’re intelligent, but you’re just not allowing yourself to trust yourself and putting all your faith into some fitness guru (we’re not saying that all of them are full of it)…
We’re just asking you to give yourself permission to use your natural instinct when taking fitness advice.
Well, enough of our rant.
Please take a look at some basic tips for losing weight that you can implement into your daily schedule right away…
Tip 1: Stay away from all those fad diets, because it’s no secret at this point how dangerous and unhealthy they can be. Losing more than 1 to 2 pounds per week over a long period of time can cause you to lose lean muscle tissue.
The more muscle mass that you have, the more calories you’ll burn.
It’s just not worth losing your lean muscle tissue over rushing the weight loss process. Fad diets also slow down your metabolism, which also works against your fitness efforts.
Tip 2: Use common sense so that you don’t allow the makers of fad diets to take advantage of you while you are in a vulnerable state of mind.
Remember, marketing is rooted in human psychology, which means that the creators of fad diets will prey on the unhappy emotions that you feel about your body to persuade you to buy.
Tip 3: Research the history and reputation of the supplement companies that you plan on purchasing products from using Google and read the comments of past and present customers (don’t believe everything because no company can please everybody).
While there’s no magic number of positive reviews in which you can use a benchmark for determining if a product is good or not.
However, the more positive reviews the better. Use common sense here, if a product has a 5-Star Rating, but only has 10 reviews, that’s not enough to make a solid decision on whether to purchase or not.
Tip 4: Be realistic in your weight loss goals… Set a target of 2 to 10 lbs per month for starters to get the momentum going. According to personal trainers, people should set a target to lose between 1 to 2 pounds per week in order to prevent the loss of lean muscle mass in the process.
Tip 5: Gradually replace simple carb foods with complex carbohydrate alternatives. There are many reasons for this, but two of the most important ones are:
1)) Complex carbs produce stable and sustained energy levels
2)) Complex carbs help to maintain stable blood sugar levels (fewer insulin spikes)
Example Replacements:
- White Bread replaced with Whole Grain Bread
- White Rice replaced with Brain Rice
- White Potatoes replaced with Yams/Sweet Potatoes
Tip 6: Gradually replace unhealthy fatty foods with healthy foods over time so that you don’t set yourself up for failure by going cold turkey.
Tip 7: Gradually increase your water intake and reduce of those fake sugary drinks that can pack on the pounds due to the non-national value of the empty calories.
NOTE: If you can store the juice in your cupboard without it perishing or going bad, then it’s packed with preservatives.
Fresh non-processed fruit and veggie juices are perishable if kept at normal room temperature for a prolonged period of time and must be refrigerated.
Tip 8: Perform Resistance and Cardio training at least 3 times per week. This allows you to build lean muscle tissue, which burns calories.
Remember, the lean muscle tissue that you build, the more calories you’ll burn, which leads to more fat loss. Cardio works in conjunction with resistance training by burning additional calories.
Tip 9: Try different types of workouts (Free-weights, Machines, Boot camps, etc.) to find out what’s fun and enjoyable for you.
Loving the type of workouts that you perform can go a long way towards keeping you consistent over the long term so that you can hit your weight loss goals.
Tip 10: Set up a reward system for eating healthy and performing your exercise for the week (don’t go overboard here)!
Your rewards should match the goals that you meet. For example, if you lose 10 pounds of fat in 2 months, then you could purchase that designer jacket you’ve been eyeing.
For accomplishing a smaller goal like losing 2 pounds, you could treat yourself to a nice dinner. Setting up your reward system will make your weight loss journey fun and provide incentives that can keep you motivated to keep going.
Tip 11: Forget about all the hyped-up exercise systems and just get up and start exercising and gradually increase your intensity so that you don’t hurt yourself. In most cases, there’s no need to complicate the weight loss process.
You can learn as you go and get more specific during the process through fitness education.
Just getting up out of bed and getting into a workout routine will provide you with the momentum you’ll need to get on a path to fitness.
If you practice this discipline day in and day out, pretty soon your body will automatically be pulled to working out and you’ll feel guilty for skipping.
You can always consult with fitness experts and join online workout programs.
Tip 12: Supplement your diet with super high-quality weight loss products that will work with your body and not against it. Unfortunately, a lot of supplements are nothing more than expensive urine.
Remember Tip 3: Research the history and reputation of the supplement companies that you plan on purchasing products from.
Conclusion
The 12 Quick Tips For Losing Weight isn’t the end-all-be-all to losing weight, but if you begin to apply this framework, you’ll start dropping the pounds without all the complications.
You can make your fitness plan more sophisticated over time, but for now, just start applying our tips to get your momentum going!
Your life is worth the investment in both time and money for learning everything you can about being healthy.
Good luck on your weight loss journey!