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Lose Weight At The Right Rate

We know we have to do some form of exercise to really shed those unwanted pounds, dieting alone may lose some weight, but will it stay off. Just dieting will not tone the muscles which means if you have lost a lot of weight quickly without exercise then you may well have the problem of excess skin.

This is the problem with diets and losing weight to quickly. My philosophy is that most people that are overweight did not get that way overnight, so they shouldn’t try to lose the weight overnight or in a very short space of time. Give yourself time and make a proper weight loss plan. In that plan there should be two basic things, food and exercise.

Before you start anything, get yourself a notebook and call it your weight loss plan or something similar, this is going to be your progress book or weight loss diary. Then strip off naked and take a good look in the mirror at your body. Write down the parts of your body that you want to improve, where you want to lose the fat. Then take your measurements, your waist, chest, neck, thighs, calves, arms and hips and of course any others, this is your starting point.

Now if you want to you can weigh yourself, I never pay to much attention to weight I believe it is more about body image. We all know in our heads how we want our bodies to look and you will know from the mirror where you need to make improvements to fit with that image in your head. It is OK to weigh yourself though at least it will give you third point of reference as you progress.

Next is to work out your weekly menu, write down the things you like the best and then put them into one of two categories, Good or Bad. The good being that it is healthy food and you can eat as much as you want (within reason) and bad being high in fat to many calories so will need to restrict the amount you eat. This doesn’t mean you have to Cut Out these bad foods you eat, just cut down the amount you eat and may be put them down as a treat only. You will now know the kind of foods that will make up your healthy diet.

Next is the hard work bit, you have to put together an exercise routine, try and do around an hour of exercise at least four times a week. There are 168 hours in a week, take off an average 8 hours sleep per night leaves 112 waking hours. So 4 hours out of 112 hours is not a lot it is less than 4% of our awake time. I know we have to work and there are other things in our life that take up time, but 4% is very low and we can all spare 4% for exercise (no excuses).

There are many different types of exercise we can do to tone our muscles and lose weight, Aerobics, Swimming, Walking, Running, Cycling, Tennis, Basketball and the list go’s on and on. There are two that I would recommend, but not above the others only because they are what I do myself. Running and Cycling, I do both of these twice a week each and it is amazing how they give your whole body a workout, they shed the pounds and tone all the muscles.

It is up to you what exercises you decide on, but to lose weight and tone the muscles as you go you need to eat healthy food and exercise regular, do this and you will lose the weight at the right rate and reshape your body as you go. Remember the mirror and measure are your real friend not the scales.

Don’t try to rush weight loss, have yourself a plan and set yourself goals, take your time and do it right, you will thank yourself in the long run.