Diet Resolution: How To Keep your Weight loss Resolution.
We all make New Year resolutions. Many of us have a long list of resolutions. Weight loss is usually towards the top of the list, especially after weeks of non-stop eating and festive drinking, Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings, office holiday parties and family gatherings. Who hasn't packed on an extra few pounds during this time?
But while we start off with good intentions, few of us stick to our New Year's resolution to lose weight for any length of time. Within days, weeks or, if we are lucky, a month, not only do we not lose the weight gained over the holidays, but we continue to put on more. The key to follow through with your New Year's resolution for weight loss is finding a way not to lose your resolve. Your best chance of sticking to your New Year's resolution, and your diet, is to set reasonable goals. If you don't lose your focus, you can then lose the weight! Whether you want to lose 10 or 100 pounds, follow these tips to help achieve your New Year's weight loss resolution! - Don't believe promises of a major weight loss in just a few days. These quick fix solutions or diets may give you a big weight loss initially, but it's usually just water weight. After you lose the first few pounds, you will probably get frustrated and break your resolution sooner rather than later.
- Eat balanced meals. Many of us go on a crash diet to lose the extra pounds gained over the holidays. But when you skip meals as a shortcut to lose weight –the result is no big surprise. You'll end up eating more calories and jeopardize your weight loss goals.
- Exercise. This alone is a popular New Year's resolution. It is a healthy way to help you lose weight if done regularly and properly under professional supervision.
- Prepare meals and healthy snacks in advance. Take a few minutes over the weekend to prepare nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for the week. This way you have something healthy prepared when you come home from work or school starving. It will prevent you from sabotaging your New Year's resolution and your weight loss program. Remember, if you fail to plan — you plan to fail.
- Eat only until you are satisfied – not stuffed. You'll feel better and less bloated — strengthening your conviction to stick to your New Year's resolution.
- Watch for these danger signals of being Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired (HALT). Don't use them as an excuse to eat everything in sight. You will end up feeling worse about yourself, causing you to lose track of your goals and weaken your New Years resolution to lose weight.
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