| The last thing you want to do when you first | | | | could cause all kinds of problems for you. |
| start your diet is to do any type of exercise. | | | | - Your body is more likely to go into starvation |
| Yes, you read that correctly - DO NOT | | | | mode if, all of a sudden, you start eating much |
| EXERCISE! There are many reasons for this. The | | | | less AND start exercising every day. Once you |
| truth is that you will lose more weight and keep it | | | | go into starvation mode, you will not be able to |
| off if you do not exercise for the first several | | | | lose weight no matter how little you eat. |
| weeks of your diet. Here are some reasons why | | | | Instead, wait until you have lost at least 20 |
| this is true. | | | | percent of the weight you want to lose. For |
| - What you eat will be more important during the | | | | example, if you want and need to lose forty |
| first month of your diet than how much you | | | | pounds, wait until you have lost 8 pounds to begin |
| move your body. Focus on eating the foods that | | | | any type of exercising. |
| you have chosen to help you lose weight. | | | | When you have lost this initial twenty percent, |
| - When you stop eating all of the foods that | | | | begin exercising for just ten to fifteen minutes |
| made you gain weight in the first place, your | | | | each day. This will now help you to achieve your |
| body will go into shock. You do not want to | | | | weight loss goals in a shorter period of time, and |
| increase this burden on your body by adding | | | | to keep this weight off for good. |
| exercise, even if it is just walking briskly. This | | | | |