Realistic Expectations
Part of that planning is anticipating situations in which you’re likely to slip up — such as when you’re stressed out, eating at a restaurant, or traveling.
For example, “if you plan ahead and pack a meal for the plane or carry some nuts, you won’t just grab anything because you are famished, and are more likely to minimize the slipups and stick with your resolution for healthier eating,” says Arthur Agatston, MD, author of the best-selling, “The South Beach Diet.”
Hey folks, this idea of fitness should be looked at as a marathon, not a sprint. Your fitness and health is something you can keep with the proper amount of vigilance and dedication.
Of course you’d like to see those extra pounds gone in a hurry, but quick weight loss is usually not permanent weight loss, experts say. Diets that have strict rules, eliminate or severely restrict certain foods, or otherwise take a lot of effort are usually only successful in the short term. After all, anyone can lose weight eating mostly cabbage soup — but how long could you keep that up?
“Very low-calorie diets lead to quick weight loss of not only fat but muscle and bone, too,” says Agatson. “These diets also lower metabolism and when an individual goes back to eating the way they used to (because no one can live on cabbage soup), their slower metabolism will require fewer calories and, ultimately, they gain all the weight back and then some.”
Do you want to make your resolutions stick, or the pounds that seem to keep adding on? If your answer is the first one, then stick around. I will provide you with well-researched, and self -proven knowledge in the weeks to come that will help you to become all you can be in 2016. I am always open to any suggestions/subjects, or questions you may have. Let me know…Peace.
