How to lose weight and stay healthy?
The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of
exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise.
People who have not exercised for years should not rush into running
miles a day or pounding the treadmill. Doing so would leave them feeling
disheartened and demotivated, they're also far more likely to injure
themselves and set their fitness levels back further. The same goes for
people who suddenly start crash dieting.
So if you need to lose weight, what should you do?
Energy needs and weight loss
Your body needs food for energy. It stores any excessive energy as fat.
This means if you eat more food than your body needs for daily
activities and cell maintenance, you will gain weight.
To lose the weight, you must oblige your body to exhaust these stocks of
fats. The effective way to do this is:
Reduce the quantity by calories which you eat
Increase your levels of activity.
This is why the experts speak about the weight loss in terms diet and
exercise.
Include regular exercise in your daily routine. There are lots of ways
to increase the amount of activity you do. Team sports, racket sports,
aerobics classes, running, walking, swimming and cycling will all
improve your fitness levels. Every extra step you take helps. No matter
if you hate gyms - even light exercise such as a short 20 minute walk
will be beneficial if done most days of the week.
Reduce you calorie intake
If you are overweight, you can't continue with your current eating
habits. Below are ways to reduce calorie intake without having to alter
your diet significantly.
Replace drinking soft and hard drinks with water.
Use toned milk instead of having full cream milk.
Eat less lunch than usual. Try to increase the quantity of fruits and
salads in your food and limit the use of margarine/butter and full-fat
mayonnaise.
Reduce the quantity of sugar in your tea and coffee.
Avoid eating unhealthy treats such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and
crisps between meals.
All these things will influence your health in a positive way.
Finally, don't be tempted to skip breakfast ? or any meal to lose
weight. While skipping a meal will reduce your calorie intake for that
hour, it will leave you much hungrier later on.