According to WebMD, 46% of 4,283 people surveyed said they'd rather
give up a year of their life than be obese. Well, if you are obese,
you're giving up more than a year, honey. Or, if you're like most of
us who have a few to lose and want to slink around in Marc Jacobs or
Stella McCartney, get off the couch and get moving!
Get started with info and tips from WebMD:
Weight Loss Tips That Work! Top 10 Member Weight Loss Secrets
1. Follow your bliss. Instead of wracking your brain to figure out
what type of exercise you might enjoy, member WaltzingMatilda suggests
you start with fun, then see if exercise follows! "For example, I find
gardening fun. Turns out gardening is great exercise," she writes.
2. Put veggies first. "When planning a meal, plan it around veggies,
fruits, and whole grains rather than around the protein portion,"
suggests member gmacfad. "And when eating a meal, I always eat my
vegetables first."
3. Be a kid again. "Not getting enough time with the kids? I certainly
don't," says WaltzingMatilda. So this member turns on some of her
son's music and dances with him for an hour to get her heart pumping.
4. Be realistic. After starting the program with hopes of losing lots
of weight in a hurry, member devochka learned from her mistake: "When
I realize how long it took for me to put the weight on, it seems
pretty silly to think it would come off in a few months."
5. Just do it. Tempted to skip your workout? So is member trillium8,
who says, "After dinner, I feel more like relaxing than going out in
the cold and snow. But I say to myself, 'Don't think about if you feel
like doing it, just do it!' and go out the door for a walk. And I
never regret it!"
6. Make chores count. Since housework always needs doing, why not make
it a workout? WaltzingMatilda suggests striving for inefficiency when
you clean: "Bring up only one basket of clothes from the basement at a
time, and vice versa down the stairs. ... Don't bring a whole basket
of cleaners around the house -- bring just the dusting stuff, dust,
then go back for the window cleaner, etc."
7. Find your center. "Accept that all you can control in life is your
own attitude. Don't look to anyone else to fix you; don't tell
yourself it will be a better time when external circumstances are not
so heavily against you, etc. Just focus ... on the path you want to be
on, and put one foot in front of the other," writes member
ignoranceisbliss.
8. Plan ahead. "I always try to plan my meals for the next day ahead
of time, figure out how I will journal it, etc.," writes member
mushroomgirl.
9. Shop smarter. "Try to use a handheld basket while grocery shopping
whenever possible. My hubby likes that trick -- he also goes more
frequently and buys less (and fresher) food that way too!" writes
WaltzingMatilda.
10. One day at a time. "When I think of eating well for the next 40
years, it's incomprehensible. But I can manage eating well for today
and make plans for tomorrow," suggests member Dog Lady13.
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