Losing Weight Requires Some Major Lifestyle Changes

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Losing Weight Requires Some Major Lifestyle Changes

Author: Chileshe Mwape

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Losing Weight Requires Some Major Lifestyle Changes

Once you have made up your mind to lose weight, you should make that

commitment and go into it with a positive attitude. Losing weight

requires major lifestyle changes, including diet and nutrition,

exercise, and behavior modification. We all know that losing weight

can be quite a challenge. It takes time, practice and support to

change lifetime habits. But it's a process you must learn in order

to succeed.

To be successful at losing weight, you need to change your lifestyle

and not just go on a diet. This requires cutting back on the number

of calories you eat by eating smaller amounts of foods and choosing

foods lower in calories. It also means being more physically active.

Most health experts recommend a combination of a reduced-calorie

diet and increased physical activity for weight loss.

Exercise does not have to be strenuous to be beneficial. And some

studies show that short sessions of exercise several times a day are

just as effective at burning calories and improving health as one

long session. Look at the exercising aspect of your program as fun

and recreation.

Experts say that walking is one of the easiest and most useful

exercises you can do. It helps the total circulation of blood

throughout the body, and thus has a direct effect on your overall

feeling of health. There are things such as aerobics, jogging,

swimming and many other exercises which will benefit a weight loss

program. Discuss the options with your doctor and take his advice in

planning your exercise and weight loss program.

Remember that the most important changes are long term. No matter

how much weight you have to lose, modest goals and a slow course

will increase your chances of both losing the weight and keeping it

off. It takes time, practice and support to change lifetime habits.

But it's a process you must learn in order to succeed.

Copyright © 2005. Chileshe Mwape writes for the Web Guide Website

at: http://www.webguide.org.uk/ and he's also a regular contributor

to the Weight Loss Guide at http://weight-loss.webguide.org.uk/