How to lose weight without losing your mind

Losing weight or at least dieting to maintain your weight is something that pretty much everyone will do at some point. There are so many different and contradictory pieces of advice out there regarding weight loss that the whole process can be confusing and you may feel like giving up before you have even started. The best approach is to avoid all the faddy diets and just eat a little less or a little better and do a bit more exercise. As long as your calories burnt are greater than your calories ingested you will lose weight.

Every Diet Can Work

It doesn’t really matter which diet you choose to follow, if you choose to follow one, as long as you end up reducing your calorie intake. Any diet plan should do this for you, as well as provide a balanced diet with all the nutrients that you need so follow any one that you fancy; choosing a diet plan that you will find easy to stick to over a long term is the best way to go. Avoid diets that claim to help you lose more than a couple of pounds a week (unless you have a huge amount to lose to begin with) as these will not be sustainable and weight that is lost too quickly will just go back on again. You are aiming to change your lifestyle in order to create a diet and exercise regime that you can happily stick to for the foreseeable future; this is the best route to weight loss that comes off steadily and stays off.

Don't Forget To Exercise

Exercise is a vital part of any weight loss plan, and you will be healthier and happier as well as increasing the calories you burn by creating lean muscle. There is no need to go to the gym for hours every day; again this is not sustainable and you are aiming for a lifestyle change rather than fast and temporary weight loss. Build up your fitness levels slowly; find a sport or activity that you enjoy and join a club or get some friends involved too. Simply putting a bit more effort into the housework can make a big difference; put on some fast music and speed up your cleaning as well as putting extra effort in and you’ll notice your fitness increasing in a few weeks.

Weight loss should be a slow and steady process if you want to maintain it, so it can be difficult to stick to a plan if you aren’t seeing instant results, but stay strong; it’ll be worth it in the long run

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