| Healthy weight loss involves a steady series of | | | | calories. Try to arrange your food consumption so |
| good diet and exercise choices. Extreme diets can | | | | that you eat between 1500 and 1700 calories if |
| lead to faster weight loss, but they usually involve | | | | you want to lose weight. It's up to you which |
| eating or exercise methods that can't be | | | | foods you choose to reach your calorie goal. Try |
| maintained over a long period of time. If you | | | | to spread your food consumption evenly between |
| want to lose weight and keep it off permanently, | | | | proteins, fruits, and vegetables. |
| you need to change the way you approach food | | | | Exercise that Works for You |
| and exercise for the rest of your life. | | | | A safe and effective exercise regimen is the real |
| Drink Plenty of Water | | | | key to losing weight. When you burn more |
| The benefits of drinking enough water can't be | | | | calories than you consume, you will begin to burn |
| stressed enough. Proper hydration is good for | | | | the fat that your body has stored. Exercise does |
| every organ in your body. Drinking enough water | | | | not have to take over your life, however. Even |
| every day will keep your body from retaining | | | | walking for half an hour a day at a moderate |
| water, which may be up to five pounds of your | | | | pace can burn enough calories to make a |
| current weight. Research has shown that 8 | | | | difference. Whatever type of exercise you |
| glasses of water a day will keep a normal adult | | | | choose, it is important to do it regularly. An extra |
| properly hydrated. It's possible that you will lose | | | | 30 minutes of exercise every day will burn more |
| up to 5 pounds the first week you drink plenty of | | | | calories than spending that time sitting on the |
| water. This weight will stay off as long as you | | | | couch. |
| keep drinking your water daily. Water also helps | | | | Establish a Comfortable Routine |
| to flush impurities from your system, and it will | | | | In order to lose weight permanently, your healthy |
| keep your skin healthy and clear. | | | | diet and exercise have to become a permanent |
| Calorie Counting | | | | part of your life. Choose a diet that doesn't feel |
| Counting calories is a large part of many diet | | | | like you are sacrificing all of the things that you |
| programs. While excessive calorie consumption is | | | | love, and allow yourself to have special meals on |
| the underlying reason for most weight gain, strict | | | | special occasions. Find a way to schedule your |
| calorie control can be a daunting way to approach | | | | exercise into your daily routine so that it fits |
| food. The best way to create a healthy diet that | | | | comfortably. If you can shift your lifestyle to |
| you will be able to live with on a long term basis is | | | | include healthier foods and a little extra exercise, |
| to research the calories in the foods that you eat | | | | you will notice a difference in your health as well |
| for one or two weeks. You will learn which foods | | | | as your energy and mood. |
| are high in calories and which ones are lower in | | | | |