We all know that excess weight puts you at risk for many health problems, so you may need to set some weight loss goals to avoid those long and short term health problems.
What should be your long-term goals be? And what short-term goals should you set to ensure you get there? You have a great chance of reaching your goals if you make sure that the diet plan that you use are sensible and reasonable right from the beginning.
The following are expert given guidelines for picking a diet plan that works.
1. Be realistic With Yourself. The long-term weight loss plans of most people are to ambitious. For example, if you weigh 170 pounds and your long-term plan is to weigh 120, but you have not weighed 120 since you were 16 and now you are 45, that is not a very realistic weight loss goal.
2. Use your body mass index (BMI) as an indicator. The ideal BMI range, according to the national Institutes of Health, is between 19 and 24.9. If your BMI is between 25 and 29.9, you are considered overweight. Any number above 30 is in the obesity range. From this point of view, you will need a sensible weight loss plan that will correspond to the required BMI based on your height, because height is the primary factor that will affect your BMI.
3. You objectives must be appropriate. Psychologically a diet plan designed for better health will be more effective than one just done for vanity's sake. You have made the right step forward if you have decided to start a diet plan that includes exercise and eating right so that you will feel better and have more energy to do something positive in your life.
4. Focus on doing, not just losing. Instead of saying that you will lose 10 pounds this week, plan the correct meals and how much you are going to exercise. This would definitely be part of a sensible weight loss plan. Remember that your weight within a span of a week is not completely in your control, but your behavior always is.
5. Step-By-Step. Make sure your short-term weight loss plans are not "pie-in-the-sky." You should build healthy eating habits and an exercise program in a step-by-step, methodical way. You can't plan your calorie intake and outgoing based on expending 2000 clories on exercise if you have never exercised before.
6. Keep up the self-encouragement. An all-or-nothing attitude only sets you up to fail. Learn to evaluate your efforts fairly and objectively. If you fall short of some goals, just look ahead to next week. You do not need to have a perfect record but you do need to keep focused on your goals. Tell yourself each day that you will achieve some small goal, achieve it and stay motivated.
7. You must take measure. Telling youself that you are going to be more positive this week or that you are going to get serious this week is not a goal that you can measure and should not be a part of your weight loss plan. Make the scales, as painful as this may be at the start, part of your measurements each week (not every day). Also make sure you time your exercises - you should be increasing your levels on a weekly basis.
The bottom line is that you need to have a strong diet plan and achievable exercise plan that easily fits into your lifestyle. Regular and sure progress is the best recipe for long term success and will keep you motivated. - 15266
What should be your long-term goals be? And what short-term goals should you set to ensure you get there? You have a great chance of reaching your goals if you make sure that the diet plan that you use are sensible and reasonable right from the beginning.
The following are expert given guidelines for picking a diet plan that works.
1. Be realistic With Yourself. The long-term weight loss plans of most people are to ambitious. For example, if you weigh 170 pounds and your long-term plan is to weigh 120, but you have not weighed 120 since you were 16 and now you are 45, that is not a very realistic weight loss goal.
2. Use your body mass index (BMI) as an indicator. The ideal BMI range, according to the national Institutes of Health, is between 19 and 24.9. If your BMI is between 25 and 29.9, you are considered overweight. Any number above 30 is in the obesity range. From this point of view, you will need a sensible weight loss plan that will correspond to the required BMI based on your height, because height is the primary factor that will affect your BMI.
3. You objectives must be appropriate. Psychologically a diet plan designed for better health will be more effective than one just done for vanity's sake. You have made the right step forward if you have decided to start a diet plan that includes exercise and eating right so that you will feel better and have more energy to do something positive in your life.
4. Focus on doing, not just losing. Instead of saying that you will lose 10 pounds this week, plan the correct meals and how much you are going to exercise. This would definitely be part of a sensible weight loss plan. Remember that your weight within a span of a week is not completely in your control, but your behavior always is.
5. Step-By-Step. Make sure your short-term weight loss plans are not "pie-in-the-sky." You should build healthy eating habits and an exercise program in a step-by-step, methodical way. You can't plan your calorie intake and outgoing based on expending 2000 clories on exercise if you have never exercised before.
6. Keep up the self-encouragement. An all-or-nothing attitude only sets you up to fail. Learn to evaluate your efforts fairly and objectively. If you fall short of some goals, just look ahead to next week. You do not need to have a perfect record but you do need to keep focused on your goals. Tell yourself each day that you will achieve some small goal, achieve it and stay motivated.
7. You must take measure. Telling youself that you are going to be more positive this week or that you are going to get serious this week is not a goal that you can measure and should not be a part of your weight loss plan. Make the scales, as painful as this may be at the start, part of your measurements each week (not every day). Also make sure you time your exercises - you should be increasing your levels on a weekly basis.
The bottom line is that you need to have a strong diet plan and achievable exercise plan that easily fits into your lifestyle. Regular and sure progress is the best recipe for long term success and will keep you motivated. - 15266
About the Author:
About the Author: After a long personal struggle finding the right diet plan, Samantha C. Willett finally achieved weight loss success. She now educates others and reports on diet plans that work and those that just lose your time and money.
