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The Best Way To Lose Weight

We are not going to give you a list of foods and we aren't going to give you exercises to do to help you lose weight. The best way to lose weight is to change the way you look at food, exercise and your lifestyle.

What you see must be important enough that you decide to do what it takes and act on that decision.

Begin Your Weight Control Lifestyle

To begin your weight control lifestyle we need to create a calorie deficiency of about 500 calories per day. That is going to require a commitment to eat 250 calories less and to burn 250 calories more per day. That is going to take off one pound per week. Not a bad start - in two months you will have lost nearly ten pounds.

You can even lose more than that if you want. Create a 1,000-calorie deficit per day for the week and you will lose two pounds per week. Even this is reasonable if you are able to drop your calorie intake 500 and increase the amount of exercise you are doing to burn 500 calories per day.

How you do that is completely up to you. But, we do have some pointers that you should follow in order to make sure that you aren't starving yourself and you are getting the nutrition you need.

First things first - lower the fat content in the food that you are eating. Lowering fat lowers calorie intake.

Eat in smaller portions and eat slower. This is going to help you overall for two reasons. If you eat smaller portions and you eat them slower it is still going to fill you up. Your brain doesn't register what is going on in the stomach for a couple of minutes so people that eat fast have a tendency to overeat. If you combine smaller portions with slower eating it translates into one thing - less calories.

Eat a well balanced diet. Make sure you have something from each of the four food groups. You also need to have some carbohydrates, 'good' fats, and proteins.

Don't skip meals to finish the day under your calorie intake level. If you do this you are going have an adverse effect on your metabolism. If you are going to be over by 100 calories, go ahead, and just work extra hard when you do your exercise.

Stay away from junk food and empty calories. This sounds like a cliché, but it is the absolute truth. Many of these foods have bad fats and they are simple carbs that turn into fat if you don't burn them off. Fats also have the most calories. You might have to sacrifice a nice dinner if you have a chocolate bar now.

Here are a few tips that we can offer for exercise:

Try and exercise three times a week. Minimum. If you can get in some sort of physical activity five times a week, you will be well on your way to solving this problem with your weight.

Do what you can, and then 10 per cent more.

You don't need to start running marathons to lose weight. Start with something that burns your target 250 calories per day.

Always consult your doctor if you want to get into a sport that is considered strenuous. It may be something that you can work toward rather than jump into right away.

Find something you enjoy doing rather than something that has to burn a lot of calories. You stand a far greater chance of sticking with it long term if it is something that you like. You don't want to quit your exercise routine because you might not get it started back up.

Find something you can do with friends or family. Get the kids involved or your spouse. If you have support and you are having fun then there is a greater chance that you will continue doing it.

When you have the choice, do something active over sitting in front of the television. It's OK to sit in front of the boob-tube every once in a while, just don't make that a habit over being active. Try and switch it around. You wouldn't believe how many extra calories you will burn if you rake the lawn or sweep out the garage.

Exercise as a part of a lifestyle change that is going to make you feel better in the long run. Make it something you are committed to for life rather than something you can only be committed to because you want to lose weight. There are so many other benefits to exercise besides trimming the inches of your waist.

If you are anxious to undertake a weight-loss program to drop some pounds and get rid of some inches, consider weight-management instead. Don't be satisfied with a 'quick fix'.

You have to be willing to make a lifestyle change - diet, exercise and making healthy decisions.

Are you ready for a lifestyle change?