How To Guarantee Your Long Term Weight Loss Success

By Cindy Burgenstein

If you have been noticing that your clothes are fitting tighter and tighter, I have some bad news for you. It's not that your clothes are getting smaller, it's that you are getting bigger. I'm sorry to be the one to break this to you. Luckily, since you're reading this article, I'll give you some quick tips and easy things to do to make it easy to lose weight.

The first thing to do is stop thinking short term. Most people, when they think of losing weight, think of doing it quickly and getting it over with. Like pulling of a bandage, or setting a broken bone. The problem with this is that when you finish "losing weight" and go back to your old way of doing things, you gain the weight right back.

A better way to look at this is by thinking about making lifestyle changes. And the secret to making any lasting lifestyle change is to make them slow, and give yourself time to get used to them. If you start out like gangbusters, you likely won't last very long.

The first thing to do is to get in the habit of doing some kind of physical activity on a regular basis. It's best to do something every day, but don't worry about this too much at first. Just shoot for some kind of physical activity, nothing too strenuous or difficult. Maybe taking a walk a nighttime, or doing one or two push ups in the morning.

Next thing, of course, is your eating habits. This too should be done as slowly as possible, so it's easy. Maybe one meal a week should be focused on healthy food. Then after that's easy, increase it to two, and then three, etc.

The biggest secret to losing weight is to start slow, and give your body time to adjust. Nobody likes change. And change that is uncomfortable is the hardest of all. By going slow, you'll make the change so easy you won't even notice it. - 33373

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