There are several things in understanding weight loss. The most important thing that everyone needs to believe is that; it can happen. Yes, it can happen! You can lose weight, fit into smaller clothes, be healthier, and have the body that you always wanted or told you were not destined to have. You won’t have to look at those fitness magazines, or at the people in the gym, or those people on TV and think that they are surreal. Some of them started out just like you did; whatever your weight is. If there is no belief that you can do it, then the discipline and hard work that comes with it will seem impossible
Weight loss is completed by daily tasks being fulfilled. Daily tasks being fulfilled chop away at the long-term end result, whether it be 20 lbs. or 100 lbs, or completing a marathon, or getting off High Blood/High Cholesterol medication. Everything has to be done in small increments. Reading a book, paying off debt, and even relationships is worked on over time. But why is it whenever we think of weight loss, we think we can do it in a week? It’s no mystery why people get so frustrated and fall of their new year’s resolution kick. People, including you, have to realize the weight gain that has happened over the last couple of months or years, will not come off in a week. If I had to give you a time frame of how long; it just depends on how much you believe.There are thousands of levels of support, including this article, that are here to help you achieve your fitness goal. And I mean thousands i.e. weight loss websites, centers, support groups. There are gyms everywhere close to your work, home, and school. Calorie counter books, websites, even applications on your phone are available. Walking groups are being formed at lunch at work. Running groups and Bootcamps have started at your local gym. Healthier cooking classes are being offered by schools, gyms, personal trainers, even by family members. And these are only a few options, there are still more out there to motivate you. But if you haven’t even tried anything, then you haven’t gotten past the first step.
Being in the fitness profession for almost a decade, I’m finding that people have become a little more educated on what they are supposed to do, in general. Everyone has heard, or saw on TV, or read somewhere that you’re supposed to eat five small meals a day. We all know that alcohol is bad for us, including wine. We all know to stay away from sweets and big meals. How to cut down or out carbs and trans-fats have been the talk of the town for years. A portion size is not supposed to be bigger than the size of your hand. Fast food is bad. Smoking is bad. A dinner plate at almost any restaurant is too big.
We know all of these things, but when it comes to applying it to our own lives, we give up so quickly. Why is that? Why did you give up? Just remember small increments, and believing. If you mess up one day, you’ve got the next day to try it again. But if you don’t try at all, even with all of the support that is offered to you, you’ll never get there. And that happier, healthier life will be something you only read about, or watch on TV. And the next New Year’s will come….
Lastly, it’s not just one thing, it’s everything. If it was only eating one thing that got you out of shape or overweight, then everyone would just avoid their “one thing” i.e. rice, pastas, or breads, and everyone would be healthy. But it wasn’t just one thing that got you there it was everything. It was not exercising, overeating, snacking, all the parties, restaurant dinners, sitting all day, too much of this and that, so on and so forth. So if it wasn’t one thing that got you there, there is not one thing to get you back. There is no magic pill for weight loss. There is no super sit-up to make your stomach go away. And there is not just one butt or leg exercise to tone them up. It is all of the things that you know you’re supposed to do i.e. exercising 3-5 days per week, eating small portions, cutting out all of the things you already know to cut out etc. Just believe you can do it, and the hard work and discipline will turn into a lifestyle.
Good luck in your fitness goals. I believe you can do it!
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