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The high risk of various diseases must be one of the biggest factors that made many over-weights make up their minds to shed off those ugly extra fats in their bodies finally. But whatever reason there is, commitment to your weight loss program may be the most effective tool that will guarantee your success. Commitment includes your willingness to following changes which you should undertake that will consolidate all your endeavors for a fit, healthy and good looking body

Change your Diet

We gain weight when we consume more calories than our bodies can expend. While we need carbohydrates, fats and proteins for our body to function properly, they are also rich source of extra calories that cause you to become overweight. Taking a balanced diet of these food groups is the ideal thing to do if you are trying to lose weight. While carbs are the main energy source of the body, you should know that the healthiest types are from fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Most processed carbs like soft drinks, candies and pastries have more calories along with white rice, white bread and pasta. Take in moderation animal products and avoid fatty foods.

One of the oldest and tested, water therapy as a weight loss enhancer makes you feel full while contributing zero calories. A glass of warm water is believed to increase your metabolic rate thereby burning your calories.
So if you are fond of fast foods, there are other palatable substitutes. It would be still if you cook your own food. Discover restaurants and food bars in your place that offer healthy foods like fish and plant products.

Change your Activities of Daily Living

An idle lifestyle is one cause of gaining weight because less activity means you are consuming less calories. It is therefore essential that exercise should be incorporated into your weight loss program to make it more effective.
Exercises and activities of daily living may be classified as light, moderate and rigorous depending on the Metabolic Equivalent (MET) of the activity. One MET is energy burned at rest. Moderate METs which are ideal for starters include walking, dancing, scrubbing floors and stationary bikes. Rigorous workouts may result in speedy weight loss and may include running, swimming and heavy weightlifting.

Basing it on your present activities of daily living (ADL), you should do chores that require more METs. If at home your chore is washing the dishes which has 2.5 METs, you should be scrubbing the floor which at requires you 3.8 METs. If walking at 4 mph (4 METs) does not give you results, you should walk uphill at 3.5 mph that will require you 6 METs or you are burning 180 – 225 calories.

Change your Lifestyle

Your lifestyle has enormous effects on your weight loss program. Ideally, it should have to be appropriately aligned with your diet plans and exercise regimen. A party person may have the most challenging trek towards realizing his ideal weight. Do you know that a 500 ml of beer contain 218 calories? That is more than the calories you get from a cup of rice which is 206. With the ideal amount of calorie intake to be 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men, a night of partying that includes food and beverages may indulge you to consume your weekly recommended calorie intake in just one night!

Indeed, making the final decision to get involved in weight loss programs is difficult. It needs a lot of courage to part away with the usual things we used to enjoy, those sumptuous food in fast foods and parties, those long leisure moments we spend lying in bed and all those enjoyable nightly escapades. But no other motivation will guarantee you to go on except yourself, your body, the whole you.…