Sunday, January 11, 2009

Lose Weight The Right Way

By Simon Hoo

Have you ever asked yourself how you can lose weight withing a few days in order to get ready for a big event, such as your own wedding so that you may fit into that beautiful wedding gown or dress just this once? Look no further, read on and find out more

First off, don't fall prey to the temptation of taking the latest diet pill or any other food fad. They may give you a quick result but at the cost of enormous side effects in the long run. Additionally, such pills or weight loss "systems" are habitual and hence once hooked; you'll find it difficult to get away from the temptation. A diet pill will simply squeeze water from your body cells to trick you into thinking that you have lost a heck lot of weight. Your body will simply regain this "lost weight" once you get back to your regular diet. There's absolutely no need to pull this sort of unnecessary stunt when you can lose weight in a healthy and natural manner.

Your weight loss targets must also be realistic. Do not expect to lose 10kg in a day. It will be very bad and dangerous for your physical health if you have such massive loss of weight in such a short period of time. Aim for a more realistic goal of perhaps 1 kg over a week. Apart from slogging it out in the gym, you can also try out the following activities:

1. Hydrate yourself better with water

Water is the most important constituent of your body. After all, 85 percent of your body is water. It helps in healthy digestion of food and also removes waste products from your body. Simply put, it acts as a natural purifier and hence will cleanse your entire system in a natural way. This is very important since your internal system must operate smoothly for easy weight loss. In case you workout regularly then your body needs even more water since you lose it consistently (as sweat) in the gym. Make sure you drink at least six liters of water on a daily basis.

2. Dont eat big meals, but take many smaller meals per day

Remember, that to lose weight you need to be burning more calories than you intake and hence you must eat natural foods which the body can burn easily. You also need to make a daily reading of the amount of calorie you intake. Just maintain a calorie diary in which you jot down the calorie content of every single item that you ate throughout the day.

3. Exercise regularly

In order to lose weight, you need to ensure that what you eat is less than how much energy or food is being used up by your body. Essentially, you need to exert more and burn up more food than you consume it. An active lifestyle could mean doing many things with the objective of expending all the food that you have consumed. You could jog, go shopping and walk, dont take the lifts but walk up flights of steps instead...etc. Just be conscious of the need to burn more calories and you will be fine. - 16463

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