Many adults today must face a quickly growing and harsh reality. Most of us are overweight, and getting more so every year. As much as we would like it to, the problem is not going to go away by itself. And despite many promises made by different people trying to sell you something, you are going to have put in some effort on a regular basis to solve this potentially deadly problem.
In order to lose weight, and keep it off, you just adjust two important aspects of your lifestyle. The food you eat, and the activity that you do. If you think only in the short term, as in “go on a diet,” you likely won’t achieve lasting results, as you will be only thinking in temporary terms. But when you think in terms of “lifestyle changes,” you’ll have much more success. In this article I’ll be talking primarily about exercise.
If you are like most people who have started an exercise program in the past, you likely started out like gangbusters, with the best intentions in mind. Then after a couple weeks when the reality set it, it became harder and harder, until you finally gave up.
In order to get some real, lasting results, we need to change this mind set. We need to get out the “full throttle” mind set and change over to a slow and gradual approach. Think of your ideal exercise, goal, and just plan on achieving it in a few months, instead of tomorrow night. This will give your body much needed time to adjust to the changes.
How do you start? The best exercises are the ones that you can do at home. Don’t join that gym just yet. Do a few push ups, maybe a couple sit ups, and some stretches. Maybe take a walk for ten minutes or so after dinner. Remember, so some activity that you can honestly be comfortable doing every day, for the rest of your life.
When you take the slow approach, you will have much more success. You will give your mind and body time to not only accept, but enjoy the changes in your lifestyle. Because healthy lifestyle changes are always enjoyable over the long run.
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