Successful planning stages for easy weight loss
Successful planning stages for easy weight loss
I am sure you already know that loss weight
and improving physical fitness
do not happen overnight. But did you know that there are steps you can take to improve your chances of success in loss weight
before you even start a healthy eating
and exercise plan
?
There are five distinct stages of behavior change. Knowing where you are now will help you create a road map that helps you achieve future weight loss
and improve fitness goals
.
This is the point where you don't feel any change in your lifestyle
is necessary. You might think that exercise
is taking too long or that fast food is very appropriate even to contemplate surrender. Starting a fitness
or healthy eating program
during this stage is likely to lead to failure. The best thing you can do during this stage is to reassess your life goals
and educate yourself more about health, disease and risk.
Stage 2 - Meditation:
During this stage, you may start thinking that change is necessary.
So, you think it may not be so bad to cut fast food
just three times a week and you may be able to walk
loss weight at least once in some time. This is the time to find out more about the benefits of eating healthy
and exercising regularly
.
At this point you become more serious about taking
action
. I took off on a picnic with your friend for the next week and plan to go grocery shopping to cook a homemade meal. You may want to search for
, gyms
,
and healthy eating programs
to learn more about what you can do to get better.
Here's where you really take the first step. The first step may be as simple as walking
a day, which reduces your visits to fast food to twice a month or just shrinking soft drinks and unhealthy snacks
. Or you can go as far as hiring a personal trainer
or join the gym
. During this stage, it is very important to learn coping mechanisms that will help you avoid relapse in your old ways. One way to avoid leakage in exercise
is to form new healthy habits
that lead to permanent
.
This, of course, is the stage that everyone should strive for. Being here means you exercise regularly
and eat healthy