5 Tips For Successful Weight Loss
Weight loss can be a difficult process.
Everyday thousands of people start a new weight loss program.
Most will quit before ever seeing results.
At times we can do things that hinder our weight loss without even realizing it.
Following are 5 ways you could be sabotaging yours.
Overestimating Calories Burned
When working out it is easy to overestimate the number of calories burned.
Especially if you are using an online calorie expenditure chart.
The majority of these tables are inaccurate by as much as twenty percent.
A heart monitor is the most precise way to get the number of calories burned during a workout.
Avoiding Strength Training
When trying to lose weight it is important that you have a weight loss program which includes both weight lifting and cardio exercises.
Lifting weights strengthens and tones muscles, which helps to increase your metabolism and burn fat.
So if you find that your weight loss has slowed or stopped completely.
Add in strength training, alternating it with your other workouts.
This should help to break through the plateau.
Overindulging In Cocktails
Drinking alcohol will cause your body to burn less fat, because it will begin working to process and eliminate the alcohol first.
Drinking alcohol also increases your likelihood of snacking, thus adding on additional calories.
Alcohol is full of calories and has not nutritional value.
So if you must drink, stick to no more than one cocktail daily.
Skipping Breakfast
While skipping meals sounds like a great way to drop unwanted pounds, it can actually have the opposite effect.
If you deprive your body of the food it needs, it will begin to store food instead of burning it off.
When you go without eating your hunger intensifies, which can cause you to overeat at your next meal
To avoid this, dont skip a meal instead eat 5 or six mini meals daily.
This will provide the energy you need for the day and prevent you from indulging in unhealthy and unnecessary snacking.
If your calorie intake goal for the day is 1600 calories plan to have five 320 calorie meals each day.
Anticipating Immediate Results
Setting unattainable weight loss goals is one of the main reasons so many people do not achieve their weight loss goals.
It is not uncommon to see peoples weight loss goals set at 25 to 30 pounds per month.
Losing weight and getting healthy doesnt happen overnight.
Your weight loss target should be no more than 2 pounds per week.
Those who lose weight at this rate, tend to be more successful at keeping it off longer.
Being aware of things that can hinder your weight loss is key.
These weight loss tips can be an instrumental part of a long term successful weight loss plan.
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