The following illustrates how you can lose 2 lbs of body fat or more each week with this “3 Easy Steps Diet”.
Lose weight healthily by planning your calorie intake:
Step 1. Create your diet plan and keep with it for 1 week.
One of the fastest ways to lose weight healthily is limiting your caloric intake. Often, all that is needed is planning your meals ahead of time. For example, a person on a healthy low fat diet plan can lose 2 lbs or more of body fat in a week.
An easy weight loss formula is based on burning more calories than taking in. In order to use it, you need to figure out how many calories you’ll need every day for your body to function healthily.
How to calculate your calorie needs:
- Your weight X 15 = A (example: 135 pounds x 15 = 2025)
- Deduct from A: 500 = B (example: 2025-500)
- Your daily calorie needs= 1525
- If you are more active than use X18 to get A
The 3 Easy Step Diet factors in data such as your gender, age, and height as well as lifestyle and the amount of body fat you want to lose. Armed with your data, choose a plan that will work for you. Whereby your calorie needs may range between 1000 to 2000 calories a day. Follow the diet plan weekly. Evaluate again, should your calorie needs change.
Continue a healthy weight loss plan:
Remember, diet plans can only work if you stick with them. Although, some people prefer to eat the same foods over and over again, for some this might be a sure way to break their slimming efforts. To prevent this, choose from a variety of low fat, low carb foods instead. Keeping within the range of healthy food choices will inevitably alter your cravings to such. For example, instead of opting for candy or the ice cream, you could choose fresh berries and top it with a spoonful low cal Cool-whip. Other great alternatives to high sugary or fatty foods is the 120 calorie all natural granola bar. Nuts and raisins are just another healthy possibility. Think of the fruits and vegetables you like and devise your own diet plan accordingly.
Yet, straying can happen. If you do have that large piece of cake, pizza or ice cream, don’t beat yourself up for it. Savor the moment and get right back on the healthy track to where you’ve left off. Then, make an honest effort to opt for fruit mixed in with low fat yogurt instead. You’ll see, after practicing your choices, the fruit will taste as good or even better as the rich cream version of it. There are plenty of ways in which you can tame cravings.
Just imagine how good you will look when you manage to slim down successfully.
Gain muscle and lose fat fast and healthily:
Step 2. Exercise and track results.
Eating the right foods and keeping to a plan will have dramatic results on your waist line. Yet for strong bones and muscles throughout your body, you must add exercise to your weight loss system.
Further more, exercising increases your body’s metabolism and burns extra calories.
There are different types of exercise to choose from. Aerobic type exercises get your heart rate up and flood your brain and all other cells with freshly oxygenated blood. Or strength training exercises such as weight training with dumbbells as well as other muscle building exercise equipment. To lose weight, our 3 Easy Steps Diet suggests that you exercise 20 minutes daily five times a week.
Note: resistance training and other muscle strengthening exercises can reduce exercising time… also see our post on high intensity visa low intensity exercises
To burn enough calories, you’ll need to set realistic goals, yet top them ever so slightly each day. Always keep an eye on your goals. Keeping log of your daily exercise routines will allow you to fine tune your exercise program for best results.
Stay motivated: Keep an exercise log to jot down your progress…
Step 3. Monitor your progress and stay motivated.
Motivation is a key factor to losing weight successfully. By keeping an eye on the prize, you’ll be able to stay motivated and continue losing weight. You don’t want to quit. Progress, indeed, makes a great motivator.
Finally, a word of caution, weigh in only once a week. Weighing in daily will not measure your progress; instead it might even discourage you and zap away strength needed in changing your lifestyle to a happy and healthy one.
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Very useful article.. Many of our friends lost hundred or maybe thousands of money..but didn’t get the weight as they want and they are getting bigger and bigger.. the only thing that getting thin is only their check book..
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