How to Get Healthy by Changing Your Habits.
Who wants to lose weight and get healthy? Most people I imagine. Diseases caused by overweight and obesity are at epidemic levels in developed economies particularly, though countries in the developing world are catching up as economic development occurs there as well.
There are so many diet plans and fads out there. It is so confusing now if you want to get sound advice as to how to go about effective weight loss. And to make matters worse, everyone wants it to be quick and easy. Sound familiar ?
As an exercise physiologist, I get constantly bombarded with the latest fads but the basic principles still apply when it comes to weight loss or fat loss as it should more correctly be called.
The formula is still the same as it has always been. Energy output needs to be greater than energy input. Simple ? Well, yes and no. The hardest thing for most people is motivation; how and why to get started and how to develop good, ongoing habits for life.
The rest is just detail. You see, there are many machines, gyms, diets plans etc but these are all useless if you have no powerful reason to start a healthy lifestyle. I have counseled many people who wanted to make lifestyle changes but were not committed to doing whatever it took to develop habits that would last a lifetime.
Most of exercise and health behaviour is all about change or substitution; out with the old and in with the new, presumably healthy routine.
So, how to make the change? First you need to have a long, hard look at where you are currently. Have you put on much weight over the years? Is there are family history of heart disease?
There could be warning signs that you should change before something serious happens, like a heart attack. Once you have identified a powerful enough trigger, you are a long way toward making the change you need to make. But if the reason is weak and not truly yours, once the excitement of a new routine wears off, you may find you are back to square one. So look closely at the factor most influencing your desire to change.
So, be aware and make sure you start with a strong resonating reason for change. It is the most effective way to ensure you get off on the right path and this will enable you to stay the course when times get tough.
The never say diet approach is about lifestyle changes. It is truly the only way to reliably beat the fads and the failure of the quick fix approach.
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