Saturday, October 25, 2014

Losing Weight and Getting Healthy Is Not Complicated – 3 Positively Easy Ways To Start

Millions of people hear the terms weight loss or healthy living and immediately scoff. They think about eating only celery sticks and carrots. Or they think that they cannot have a hamburger here and there. Too often, people take the idea of health and wellness to extremes. There’s nothing wrong with certain extremes, however, that isn’t the course of action every single person has to take. If you’re overweight, and you feel the need to lose weight in a positive manner, do not be scared by healthy living, instead, focus on how to invigorate your life with a little bit of a push. There is no need to over complicate this, or to assume you’ll be miserable, because that’s not true at all.

Start Slowly (Assessment)

First and foremost, take a moment to assess your goals. You don’t want to start day one of your new
life with thinking that you want to drop 100 or 200 pounds. Set aside extreme goals in favor of smaller steps. If you start to climb a mountain and have no background in climbing, you will fail. It’s with that in mind, that you should start slowly by assessing realistic goals. Set yourself up for success by looking at trying to lose 5 or 10 pounds over the course of a couple of months. Once you’ve hit that goal, set up a secondary goal and continue to move forward slowly with a plan of action. Don’t go extreme here, because you’ll end up miserable.

Cut Out Processed Foods

Look at your grocery list and slowly start removing processed sugars, refined carbohydrates, and other elements. Look at ingredients, and see what you can have that is made of whole grains, natural ingredients, and make sure that you can pronounce them and identify them in your mind. If you find that you cannot pronounce something or you aren’t sure what the root element is, don’t buy it. Try to look at moving away from processed box foods, microwaveable meals, and other elements that are high in salt, sugar, and fats. Again, you don’t need to go extreme, just make a better effort, you’ll get moving forward in time.

Find Something Fun To Do

For those that aren’t big on exercise, don’t worry, there are ways to do it that aren’t so tedious. In order to gain leverage here, look into finding something that is fun for you. One easy option is to buy


a jump rope. Childish as this may seem, you’ll find that jumping rope for at least 10 minutes straight, will wind even the most fit of people. Jumping rope is just an example, find another option if you must, and look for “fun” exercise to do. If you find fun, you will not think of exercise as something that is boring.


The above 3 tips are easy to implement. They do not call on superman to show up and go through the motions. Everyday life can be altered slowly and effectively if you just take simple steps towards a better future. 

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