I want to improve the quality of my life. I want to look and feel better than
I have been in years maybe better than I had before. I want to look forever
young.
12 Weight Loss and Fitness Strategies1. Starting a fitness program for daily or maybe 3-4 times weekly
2. Always have a detailed plan! In order to reach your health and fitness
goals, I must have a road map to follow.
3. Set realistic, attainable goals.
4. Keep a journal! This is one
of the most important things you can do. If you're not tracking what
you're doing, how will you know what worked? There are quite a few great
exercise and nutrition logs I've come across. You should keep track of all
your exercise and also each day's food intake.
5. Set exercise appointments with yourself if you're not working with a
personal fitness trainer.
6. Remember the benefits of exercise. Being physically fit affects every
aspect of your life: you sleep better, eat better, love better, overcome
stress better, work better, communicate better, and live better! Remember how
good it feels to finish a workout, and how great it feels to meet your goals!
7. Exercise safely and correctly. So much time is wasted doing, at best,
unproductive exercise, or at worst, dangerous exercise. Educate yourself on
how to exercise correctly. The best way to do that is to hire a personal
fitness trainer. It could be for just a few sessions to learn the basics, or
it could be for a few months to learn everything. It's completely up to you.
But statistics prove that those who understand how to exercise correctly get
better, faster results. And that's what you want, right?
8. Never skip breakfast, or any meal! Skipping meals throws your blood
sugar all out of whack and it sets you up to store your next meal as fat,
almost guaranteed!
9. Eat fat to lose fat. Healthy fats are necessary to your body for
numerous reasons: regulating hormonal production, improving immune function,
lowering total cholesterol, and providing the basics for healthy hair, nails,
and skin. .
10. Drink plenty of fresh, clean water.
11. Stabilize your blood sugar! If you want to burn fat and prevent your
body from putting it back on, you must stabilize your blood sugar. In order to
do this you need to eat small, balanced meals or snacks every 2-3 hours.
12. Focus on increasing muscle tissue. As I mentioned previously, muscle
burns calories, so if you want to increase your metabolism, you have to
increase your muscle. The best way to do that is with progressive strength
training. That doesn't mean you have to join a gym, buy expensive fitness
equipment, or follow some bodybuilding workout program; it simply means you
need to challenge your muscles! You can do that at home in just 15-20 minutes,
2-3 times a week.
Losing weight and keeping it off can be challenging. Monitor your progress, and compare your actual activity with your goals. With a little planning and hard work, you can achieve your physical activity goals