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This article will walk you through the process of losing weight without counting calories. These choices helped me lose all of my pregnancy weight. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. The first thing you need to do when you decide to lose weight it to take a good look at your lifestyle and the choices you are making daily. Do you eat a candy bar for a snack and guzzle Pepsi all day long? You should keep a daily journal for a week detailing what you are eating and how active you are throughout the day. You can use a paper and pencil. You do not need to go out and buy a fancy journal.
2. Next, make a conscious decision to be healthier. This means cutting out soda from your diet or limiting your soda from 12 cans a day to one can a day. If you can't live without something, make it your reward for making good choices. Replace soda and juice with water. Instead of eating greasy fast food, make an effort to pack your lunch and cook dinners at home. This is not only healthier depending on what you cook, but it is also a good way to save money.
3. Look closely at your diet and read the labels on items you purchase at the grocery store. In particular, look at how much sugar the items contain. Sugar promotes fat storage in your body because it is a simple carbohydrate. Try eating more water based food, such as fruits and vegetables. Make the meat in your meal a side dish, not the main dish. Make meals in proportion to what size you want to be. Just because you can supersize something does not mean you should. Smaller portions and more frequent meals (5 small meals a day) will keep your metabolism working throughout the day and will keep you from binge eating. When planning your meals, plan weekly menus. This organization will help keep you from picking up junk at the grocery and force you into purchasing healthier snacks.
4. Look closely at how active you are throughout the day. Do you wait for the closest parking spot so you don't have to walk? Do you take the elevator when traveling one or two stories in a building? Do you come home from work and sit on your sofa and watch television until it is time to go to bed. Fat does not burn fat. Muscle burns fat. Start lifting weights two or three times a weeks. You can use resistance bands as well. Do not try and overdo it. Concentrate on one part of the body per day (arms and back on day, legs and behind another day). Skip days between lifting to let your muscles recuperate. On the days you are not lifting weights fit in some cardio. Go on a walk after dinner or go for a bicycle ride. You should not exert yourself to the point that you are out of breath. Your body needs oxygen to burn the fat. You should exert yourself without over exerting yourself. You should get in cardio exercise three to five times a weeks at half hour intervals each time.
5. There are fun ways to lose the weight if you are not into walking/running. If you do not like exercising in public there are alternative activities. For the Nintendo Wii there are several games that monitor your exercise and help you as a personal trainer might in the comfort of your home. There is the Wii Fit, Wii My Fitness Coach, EASports Active, and much more. The games get you up and moving and active.
6. Finally, your body needs sleep in order to lose weight. If you are not sleeping or are sleeping in short bursts, this is not good for your body. People who sleep less and have high levels of stress weigh more. Try to find time each day for yourself. Use this time to relax and distress from the day. You should be getting at least eight hours of sleep a night.
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