7/14/09
Fast weight loss is a myth. It is a lie told to those who want to look good before summer or who want to lose some weight before the prom dance.
However, it would be unhealthy to try to lose weight by starving yourself or going on many of the fad diets that promise that you will lose ten pounds in a week or whatever.
Don’t get discouraged, though. It is very important to lose weight. But it is dangerous to try to lose weight fast.
Since fast weight loss is not good for you, what is the best way to lose weight? If you are obese, the best way to start is to ask your doctor. However, if you only need to lose twenty pounds or so, the best weight loss program is to lose it slow and steady.
The Best Weight Loss Diet
You probably already know that you need to eat fewer calories than what you use up each day. For instance, if you eat 2,000 calories a day you need to be using up more than 2,000.
How do you know if you are using up more than you are taking in? There are charts that will tell you what a typical person your age and your gender should be eating each day. While you are working on losing weight, eat a little bit less than the suggested.
Change the Foods You Eat
What is strongly recommended is to stop eating fatty foods, fried foods, and sugary foods. Reduce as much as possible your intake of fast foods, donuts, and second helpings of desert.
Instead, eat foods that are full of good things such as protein, carbohydrates and vitamins. Simply doing this will help you lose weight. Eat all the vegetables and fruits you want, especially fruits such as watermelon. Watermelon is filling but with very few calories.
Replace sodas with water. Diet sodas are bad for you, and non-diet sodas are even worse. Each can has more than thirty teaspoons of sugar. Water is good for you and has no calories and no sugar. So try to drink at least eight 8-oz glasses and leave sodas alone.
Replacing a diet high in fat and sugar with a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains will help a lot in reducing your weight. But there is more that you can do to lose weight.
Moderate Daily Exercise
Combine this healthier diet with moderate daily exercise and you will lose weight at a healthy pace. Continue to eat a healthy diet and to exercise moderately every day and you will keep the extra weight off.
This isn’t a plan for fast weight loss, but it is a plan for healthy weight loss. And once the extra weight is gone, this is an excellent plan to keep yourself fit and trim and feeling good.
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