Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Weight loss do's and don'ts

There are several ideas that people have when losing weight and some of them
are proven to be successfully effective while some are simply catchy marketing lines.
While the latter might sound really interesting, we should be aware of weight loss myths and
marketing hypes. Here are some of weight loss ideas that you should think of
and decide which are truly effective.

Weight loss don't- Crash diet. Crushed diets, I mean crash diets are not diets that will crush your weight down or give quick weight loss but rather would make your body suffer. Crash diet refers to intentional food restriction causing your body to have reduced nutrition. The idea is based on the premise that doing crash diets would allow your body to burn fat stored in the body. However, what the body adapt is to use the lean muscle tissue instead and preserve stored fats.

Weight loss don't- Skipping breakfast. Most people think that skipping breakfast would do good on weight loss. Nonetheless, it should be remembered that breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it is the meal where the body get most of its energy for the day.

Weight loss do's- Exercise and balance diet. Therapeutic weight loss or natural weight loss could be achieve through enough exercise and balance diet. This is the traditional and yet most effective weight loss method. Physical activities help you burn more calories while a balance diet which includes fiber, would help you give the right nutrition and detoxify the body.

Weight loss do's- Make a weight loss diet plan. Weight loss programs are becoming popular nowadays whether a person's goal is to lose weight against obesity or weight problems or just to have a more attractive body. Yet, one should be careful on the weight loss plan. The best thing that you could do is to assess your health first, dictate your goal and know what weight loss program could be effective and adaptable to your lifestyle and make sure you measure up your efforts in the end. This way you can evaluate and see which part you might be missing.

However, starting up with the weight loss need assessment may be a hard thing to do at first because the moment of truth is there. Be honest with the evaluation to have an effective weight loss campaign. You may also use online assessment tools that can help you learn better about your health. Some websites charge an amount for the report, yet there are also free and effective weight loss assessment tools online.

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