Weight Loss The Healthy Way

Weight Loss The Healthy Way

When you are beginning a diet program you are probably wondering how you will able to do it in a healthy manner. Well you need to begin your journey to weight loss, by assessing your own needs, because no two diet programs will work the same for everyone. You should begin by taking stock of your emotional and physical conditions which can possibly interfere with your weight loss goals. It is a good practice to visit your doctor before you even consider your weight loss program. He will be able to tell you if you are healthy enough to undergo the weight loss in general.

You will also find that a lot of the weight loss experts suggest that you create a healthy diet plan along with plenty of physical activity for you to have a healthy weight loss. You need to make sure you have plenty of vitamins, minerals, and proteins. You should also plan on lower calories, but not in essential elements for remaining healthy.

You should also be aware that your body will require a certain amount of these vitamins and minerals for it to remain healthy as well as function well. A healthy diet will supply your body with all of the vitamins and minerals that it will need. Both problems and disorders, will definitely arise, if you do not supply your body with the essential elements. By maintaing these healthy amounts you will lose one to two pounds a week, but no more.

Another thing that will affect your healthy weight loss is the lack of sleep. When you do not get the right amount of sleep it will slow down your metabolism which will make it harder to lose or maintain your weight. Lack of sleep will also raise your Cortisol levels which will result in increased appetite and increased cravings for sugar which will lead to weight gain.

The Glycemix index is the measurement of impact that carbohydrates have on sugar. The carbohydrates that will break down sugar slowly in your body will encourage stable blood sugars which will allow them to rate low on the Glycemix index. For you to have a healthy weight loss you need to become familiar with the glycemic value of the certain foods that you eat as well as staying away from the bad carb foods. If your diet includes more good carbs it will help you keep your appetite in check and help you maintain healthy sugar levels.

All of these are some of the most important steps that you will need to take in order to maintain healthy weight loss methods. The more you work towards a healthy weight loss, the healthier you will be and the more energy you will have.

BONUS : Weight Loss Tips

As a once, er, CHUBBY person, who successfully lost the excess poundage (90 pounds) and have kept it off for well over 10 years now, I feel qualified to provide some weight loss tips. I didn't go on one of those weird liquid diet diets. I didn't join a weight loss program and have food delivered to my door. I didn't have my stomach stapled or liposuction. I'm too poor to hire a personal trainer. Nope, I was on my own — but I did succeed!

Here is how I did it:

1. Weigh yourself once each week at the same time of day. Do NOT weigh any more often than once a week, and if you stand the suspense, two-week intervals would be better. (Success breeds success! If you lost two pounds without going hungry this week, you gain the confidence and believe that you can lose two more pounds next week.)

2. Buy yourself a good calorie-counting book, or find a place on the Internet where portion sizes and caloric contents for all kinds of food is listed — including fast food.

3. Keep a journal! This is possibly the most important tip of all. If you don't know where you've been, you won't know where you are going. Plan your meals in advance and then list what you actually ate, when you ate it, why you ate it, and how eating made you feel. (When you know yourself, you can control yourself.)

4. Embark on a reasonable exercise program. "Reasonable" is the key word. If you can walk 15 minutes every day, that's great. If you walk longer, further, and faster, that's even better. But you do have to actually DO it.

5. Set goals! Goals come in two varieties — long term and short term. A long-term weight goal is the total number of pounds you want to lose buy a given date (you must be reasonable). A short-term goal is the goal you set for yourself each week. A long-term goal might be "lose 30 pounds in 5 months." A short-term goal is "lose one pound this week." As long as you keep meeting your short-term goals, you will make your long-term goal!