A good and healthy body means, a fit and toxic free body. You don’t necessarily need to have those photoshopped zero figure body types that you see in fashion magazines. You have to lose wight not your mind. These simple and easy steps if followed religiously, all your efforts will be visible in no time.
1. Make your mind ready
To lose weight you have to be mentally prepared with your goals clear in head. You need to assess the amount of weight that you want to shed, and don’t forget that it is very important to have realistic goal.
2. Diet plays the 70% role
When people are losing weight, they think exercising is more than enough and they can eat whatever they want to, which is absolutely incorrect. The secret behind getting fit lies 70 percent in your diet, while the rest 30 percent lies in working out.
3. Keep a food journal
Always write what you eat, this help you assess your eating habits better. Always see at the end of the week, that what is the result and then decide which type of eating habit suits your body the best.
4. Know what you eat
There are a lot of myths and calorie intake makes you fat. It is true to certain extent but, it also depends on type of fat that you consume. Good fat like nuts, peanut butter, actually help your metabolism and burn fat faster; whereas bad fat like oily food, lots of sugar and carbs, make your metabolism weak and store fat in the body.
5. Never skip meals
You need to give body food to lose weight. Skipping meal is a bad idea. When you skip meals, your body goes into starvation mode. This is when it tries to look for alternative solutions.In such a case, it will utilize precious muscle instead of fat to perform our bodily functions, and that is not what we want.
5. Intake of fluids
Drink lots of water, coconut water, fresh fruit juices and green tea to cleanse your body. Avoid intake of packaged juiced, they are not at all healthy and full of sugar.
6. Exercise
Exercise does not always means spending hours at the gym. Pick any physical activity that you would enjoy doing, and that will actually be a stress buster for you. It can be cycling, aerobics, jog, swimming, badminton, tennis, yoga, dance, walk or anything that you like.
7. Stay motivated
Always give yourself a treat after every 15-20 days, for all your hard work. This will keep you motivated and once in a while you can satisfy your cravings.
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