Going for Gold in Your Weight Loss Plan
You have a better chance of attaining your goals if you make sure that the weight loss plans that you will use are sensible and reasonable right at the beginning. Here are some guidelines from the experts in choosing weight loss plans and goals. 1. Be realistic! Most people’s long-term weight loss plans are more ambitious and unrealistic. Using this example, if you weigh 170 pounds now at 45 years old and your long-term plan is to weigh 120 which way back the days when you were 16, that is not a realistic weight loss goal. Your body mass index or BMI is a good indicator of whether or not you need to shed of pounds. The ideal BMI range, according to the national Institutes of Health, is between 19 and 24.9. If your BMI is between 25 and 29.9, you are considered overweight. Any number above 30 is in the obesity range. From this point of view, you will need a sensible weight loss plan that will correspond to the required BMI based on your height, because this is the primary factor that will affect your BMI. 2. Set appropriate objectives! Using a weight loss plan just for vanity’s sake is psychologically less advantageous than losing weight to improve health. The big leap forward is by deciding to undergo a weight loss plan that includes exercise and eating right. This will make you feel better and have more energy to do something positive in your life. 3. Focus on doing, not losing! Rather than saying that you are going to lose a pound this week, say how much you are going to exercise this week. This would definitely make up of a sensible weight loss plan. Keep in mind that your weight within a span of a week is not completely in your control, but your behavior is. 4. Build bit by bit Short-term weight loss plans should not be “pie-in-the-sky.” or a promise of heaven, while continuing to suffer in this life. You do not need to suffer while losing weight however, from small things come big things and everything starts with a step forward. On a practical note, this would mean that when you have never exercised at all, your best weight loss plan for this week should be based on finding three different one-mile routes that you can walk next week. 5. Keep up the self-encouragement! An all-or-nothing attitude only sets you up to fail. Learn to evaluate your efforts fairly and objectively. If you fall short of some goals, just look ahead to next week. You do not need to have a perfect record. After all, self-encouragement should definitely be a part of your weight loss plans. 6. Use measurable measures! Saying and doing are two different things and this is not a goal that you can measure and should not be a part of your weight loss plan. This is another reason why you should incorporate exercise on your weight loss plan and focus on it. You should be able to count up the minutes of exercise in order to be successful in your plan. The bottom line is, people should make weight loss plans that will only remain as it is, a plan and a guideline. They have to put it into action by incorporating goals that will motivate them to succeed. About Author Lee Sutherland Disclaimer: Article submitters are solely responsible for the content of their articles. ArtiLib can't be held liable for the contents of the articles. Report Abuse | Browse By Category |
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