Golden rules for weight loss
Last reviewed: 19.10.2021
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At a time when you are in a fun company or guests come to you - you really want to eat something that has been so long refrained from, and at the same time to achieve weight loss. Do not make such a mistake. Choose the optimal diet so that it can be followed always and everywhere.
Weight loss and correct behavior
Your goal is to fundamentally change the principle of digestion and metabolism in the body. Try to abandon the tempting and lush cake, it will not bring much benefit. Still there is an excellent rule: do not tell anyone that you are on a diet, you can be especially tempted with different goodies, if only you violated the diet.
To be persistent in their beliefs, remember what you all started for, do not stop there. Do not want to start again after a breakdown. If your weight does not suit you very much - will please even a small weight loss.
Even if a person, on the contrary, is going to gain weight, he will be pleased with any increase in nutrition. Do not interrupt the effort, because then there may be a feeling of guilt in front of you: is it really in vain? This feeling is often more difficult to endure than any kind of physical ailments.
How to lose weight in normal conditions
If the weight is more or less stable and slow down slowly - watch your waistline. And not to get upset in vain, do not weigh yourself often.
Who can run a marathon: the fastest and quickest or the most seasoned and hardy? If this week you did not notice a significant change in weight - it's okay. Next week, everything will be much better, give time to the body to adapt to the new diet.
Write on the products
To make the diet more diverse, decorate the packages with products with motivating inscriptions. Write, for example, "do not eat me", "do not climb - kill", "my character is stronger", etc.
If you want to get better - write the opposite: "eat me", "I love sausages" and so on.
It's curious
Meet a man who also has a problem with being overweight, trying to fight him. Help such a person. This is a wonderful method, because, losing weight, you will learn new motivating things, show your example or see examples of losing weight of other people.
Do not limit yourself in water and other unsweetened liquid, you will not lose weight from water, but you will not recover. Drink plenty of water, as much as you want.
Water helps your stomach to be filled, you feel less hungry. Water removes salts and saturates your cells with liquid, rejuvenating them. Also, water promotes the release of non-oxidized elements of food, displays them.
The habit is constantly there, or dependence on food
Is nice, how not to twist. To make weight loss harmonious, do not immediately reject all diet-forbidden dishes. Replace your favorite foods with those that suit your diet.
When you sit on a diet and try to lose weight - the thought of eating can be intrusive. Try to prioritize, get busy on arrival home with something distracting: go to the shower, talk with your loved one, read something, paint, watch movies.
This will help to distract from food for a long time. When you feel hungry, eat non-fat fish or some salad for satiety.
On the way to losing weight
With any diet, a huge plus for you will be an active lifestyle, preferably sports. People are much faster changing outwardly through physical activity. Completely change the eating habits, then the metabolism will accelerate, and your weight will decrease.
The main thing - do not get carried away by new fashionable diets that have not been tested. Consult a dietitian before you start dieting.