If you know you need to lose weight and do not think you can then you have a problem. There are so many people today that are overweight and have trouble losing it, simply because they feel they cannot. I was one of those non-believers also, I hated what I looked like in the mirror and told myself it would be too hard. I felt as if I was losing control and being unhappy every day.
I was always active before I became overweight and had never had problems with weight gain until after I had my children. I knew that I needed to take charge of my life and get back into the swing of things.
I started by doing simple things, which included cutting back on what I ate, as I think my main problem was the types of foods that I was eating, as well as the quantity (portion control). Also never exercising did not help. I felt I was housebound with the children
This is how I changed my lifestyle
- I started waking up 1 hour earlier and going for a 30 minute walk, coming back home and doing my Wii fit plus (an exercise DVD or dance routine would work equally as well). Doing the exercises on the Wii machine, I did not feel I was working out and rather enjoyed it.
- I would make the time to sit down and have a healthy breakfast of cereal and skim milk.
- Going for a mid-day walk for 20 minutes, pushing the stroller was a treat - great for me and the little ones loved being taken for a walk and then we would come home and I would have a nice salad sandwich for lunch.
- I started eating more vegetables and chicken, then cut out fast foods and fried food, bread and soda.
- I started drinking more water and getting more active.
- I walked around the garden, found new hobbies, played golf on the weekends, and went swimming once a week.
This made life fun and I lost the weight!
One thing we need to realise is that not all exercise is a chore. Playing a sport, you used to play like tennis or squash is a great start. Play ball with your children in the back garden. You will be surprised how much energy you burn. If you feel, going for long walks during the daytime is too hard to co-ordinate with your children's routines, buy a treadmill and do your walking at home while they are having their nap.
You too can do this, just adapt the same principle to fit into your lifestyle. It can be done.
At some time in our lives, we all decide we need to change out lifestyle and lose weight. It is sometimes hard to start but produces great results. For information on health, nutrition and weight loss please visit http://www.slimeasydiet.com
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