Reduce Your Weight Naturally

Weight Loss Naturally At Home

 

Exercise:

People don't get enough exercise and the U.S. leads a particularly sedentary lifestyle, but you don't need to spend hours at the gym to have a healthy, exercise program. Even doing things where you walk to the grocery store, or you take 15 minute breaks at work and go for a walk, can help with your weight-loss and your health.

*Exercise boosts your mood because it releases mood-boosting chemicals, which help make you happier, healthier, and more confident about yourself, which helps regulate your eating, keeping your calorie intake under control, and helps you feel as though you are accomplishing your goals.

*Find exercise that you enjoy, that way you'll be excited for it rather than dreading it. Practice yoga, take dance lessons, go for a run in the prettiest neighborhood in your town or city. Don't think of it as a punishment, try and think of how you are benefiting your body and your health!

*Get an exercise buddy. It is much more fun and easier to stay on track with someone else to help you monitor yourself and to talk to.

 

Set achievable goals:

Once you have made the decision to lose weight, set some realistic and achievable goals that you can follow. Goal setting will help you to take action, and by taking that action you will start to see some weight loss results.

*Don't get discouraged if you don't see an immediate change. Healthy, natural weight-loss that won't come back takes time, because it is about making new, healthier, habits

 

Make slow changes:

Trying to change everything at once is going to completely overwhelm your system and make it difficult to stick to the changes you're trying to make. That's why so many crash diets don't particularly work, or rather the pounds you shed come back when you're off them. Losing weight naturally and keeping that weight off means making total lifestyle changes.

*Start off with smaller changes. Add a 15 minute exercise routine to your day, and switch from using butter to olive oil when you're cooking.

*Start shifting how you think about food, so that you stop using it as a comfort routine (like you eat when you're sad, or bored, or upset, etc.). Start thinking about food as something you're putting in your body to fuel you, which means you want the best fuel possible and that means the healthier eating options.

*Eat to satisfy your hunger. Don't eat when you're not hungry and try and make different comforting habits (like drinking tea instead of going immediately for the chocolate) or finding things to substitute if you like junk food.

 

Get enough sleep:

Not getting enough sleep worsens your overall mental and physical health and makes it harder to shed pounds and to keep them off. Most adults in this day and age do not get enough sleep, so try and make sure that you get about 8 hours of sleep each night if you're an adult (as a teenager you should get a bit more sleep).

*Make sure to shut off all electronic devices at least 30 minutes before bedtime. This means computer, iPod, cell phone, etc. The light from that messes with your circadian system, slowing your biological clock and making it harder to regulate your sleep appropriately.

*The more sleep you get before midnight, the better rested you will be in the morning. 10 o'clock at night is a good time to go to bed.

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