Easy Weight Loss Success - Changing Your Habits
If you’re serious about losing weight and
improving your health through an easy weight loss program, you have to make
some changes. Don’t panic – these don’t have to be drastic. However, these
changes will essentially involve your existing habits and attitudes.
Your habits may be so well grooved that
they are a permanent feature of your life. They feel natural and you don’t give
them much thought.
Get Active!
We tend to overestimate how physically
active we are. You may need to rethink and readjust your habits. For instance,
you may believe that your daily saunter with the dog is enough for your
fitness. It’s not that everyday activities are ineffective: the Chief Medical
Officer’s report, ‘Health of the Nation’, clearly stated that activities such
as walking and gardening are sufficient to incur health benefits.
The problem, however, is that the way we do
these activities may not always be vigorous enough to produce real health
benefits, let alone easy weight loss.
In lots of documented research, time and
time again surveyed respondents believed they were ‘doing enough’ and that they
were ‘physically active’. On closer examination, however, the intensity and
progression needed to provide health improvements and weight loss were missing.
Seventy per cent of the respondents said the changes they primarily sought were
weight loss and health improvements.
Despite putting in time and effort to
improve their health, they didn’t achieve the results they sought. This lack of
results creates a sense of frustration and an element of “what’s the use?
’So, on your easy weight loss plan, you may
need to develop some new habits and attitudes. The great news is that some of
the core habits you need may already be in place, but just need a little
tweaking.
Stop kidding yourself you are doing enough
and start making your actions count.
Together, all your habits and attitudes can
lead you to an achievable major change to your health, your weight and how you
feel about yourself.