The hardest part of beginning a new exercise regimen is in finding the effort and motivation to commit to something new. So what are the best ways to make a change and start leading a healthier lifestyle?
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Setting the right goals is an important first step. Most people trying to lose weight focus just on weight loss. However, you’ll be more successful if you focus on nutritional and exercise changes that lead to long-term weight change. Successful weight managers select no more than two or three goals at a time.
Effective goals are Specific and Attainable. “Exercise more” is a commendable ideal, but it’s not specific. “Walk five miles every day” is specific and measurable, but is it attainable if you’re just starting out? “Walk 30 minutes every day” is more attainable, but what happens if you’re held up at work or there’s a thunderstorm? “Walk 30 minutes, five days each week” is specific, attainable, and forgiving. In short, a great goal!
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If you want to lose weight, it is simply not enough to begin an exercise program. You must also be able to stick with it. This can be challenging, especially if you have spent most of your life as a couch potato. You may find exercise to be boring or a chore. And you may be wondering whether your exercise program is worth the effort because the results aren’t immediate.
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Candy, cookies and sugary drinks are delicious at times. Those sweet tasting junk foods give you on a sugar rush and a temporary pick up. However, when you consume sugar in high dosages, you’re feeling of increased energy isn't the only thing that's high, so is your blood glucose levels. When you feed into your cravings and savor those sugary sweets, your blood glucose goes off the charts which may leave you feeling tired, sluggish, and out of energy. If you follow these easy tips, they'll help you to stop your food cravings before they begin.
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When you are trying to lose weight, you are probably already thinking about changing your diet and exercising more. However, you are forgetting about one crucial element to ensure that you reach your goal - get proper sleep.
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Ever wonder why only 10% of the people you see in the gym are making great progress? It's because they are not in their heads sabotaging everything in their lives.
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The New Year's Resolutions are coming very soon and the number one resolution is to lose weight. In the title I said "Anyone Can Lose Weight" and this is very accurate. The real accomplishment isn't the weight loss, it's the behavioral change to maintain the weight loss and not bounce back.
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We are a society based on vanity! All the way back to the beginning of recorded history humans have wanted to live forever, look more attractive and be stronger. The amazing and sad part is most of the time it was to attract the best mate. This is something that as a society we should have evolved past in the modern age, but we have not. In fact it has just gotten worse, but now it's not about finding a suitable mate. Now it's about the image that society puts on each of us. We must look a certain way, act a certain way and be a certain way.
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