5 Top Weight Loss Tips - What Not to Do
Top Weight Loss Tip 1. Don't cut out your favourite foods, just reduce them to a reasonable level or use them as a reward item. Set yourself a target weight loss before you allow yourself a slice of pizza. Alternatively make it a treat if you have only eaten fruit and vegetables earlier in the day. Going without your favourite foods tends to backfire and makes you give up on your weight loss plan easily.
Top Weight Loss Tip 2. Don't think of fatty foods as the enemy. Your body needs fats to work well, it is the overall calorie intake that matters most then the balance of food groups within the intake. Good carbohydrates like wholemeal foods, protein, fruit and vegetables are all essential.
Top Weight Loss Tip 3. Don't go on an exercise binge. Strange as it may seem this is not a good idea. Unfit bodies suddenly taking to rigorous exercise can cause all sorts of problems from injuries to appetite problems. The injuries will only put you off further exercise. The appetite problem comes about because your body suddenly sees a need for more calories than usual so makes you feel hungry.
Top Weight Loss Tip 4. Don't crash diet. Crash diets are inevitably unsuccessful as the weight lost is largely water weight and not excess fat. Crash dieting sends your body into a spin, it thinks you're starving so slows down its metabolic rate making it difficult to lose weight. There is also a problem in that when you eat properly again, your body tries to store that food as fat in case of another lean time.
Top Weight Loss Tip 5. Don't give up. You weight loss will plateau from time to time and you will lose your way from time to time too. Just start where you left off, being consistent is the key to permanent weight loss.