Heather knew she had started the diet in a planned and gradual. "But, I still do not want to be restricted to eat anything, as long as it is no more than 2000 calories per day," Heather said as quoted from the site health.com.
By designing her diet carefully, with clear performance targets. Heather was able to lose 1.3 kg in just one week alone.
Motivated by that result, Heather again reduced their daily caloric intake to only 1800 calories per day, coupled with regular exercise.
After a year, Heather was able to lose up to 34 pounds! Today, Heather's body back slim and thinner. And most importantly, he was more fit and healthy.
It is not easy to do the diet was. Here are the steps taken by Heather:
Consult your doctor
People who are obese or overweight usually have a lot of the risk of disease, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes.
Before doing the diet and exercise, consult with your doctor. Check your blood pressure, blood cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar levels, so the doctor can give you some hints and diabetes management.
When you have a history of heart disease among family or other problems, be sure to ask your doctor about it.
Determine the target achievement
Set targets based diet tips below:
Write the target of achieving a diet-specific and concrete. For example, you target to drop two pounds in two weeks
- Do it gradually. Determining targets small so that it can be easier to do
- Focus on health. Each target weight loss must remain focused to pay attention to health. For example, with respect to the consumption of healthier foods, which can lower the cholesterol the body, or by adding the daily sports activities.
- Beware of setbacks. When undergoing the program, be aware of the activities that could lead you to achievement setbacks diet, such as banquet or party. Continue to motivate them to remain obedient to the rules of diet
Determine the activity of a diet based on the following tips:
- Schedule a sports activity. As with other activities, time must be set aside to run this activity. While you're busy with work, remains on the commitment to exercise, such as training with cardio, about 10-15 minutes.
- Use a pedometer. Write down how many achievements have been obtained, and the projected increase in the next weeks.
- Sports outside the gym. Sports activities can also be done outside the gym, for example in the office. Within walking distance to the location of the printer for example, or park the car farther from your office, and others.
Determine consumption of healthy foods based on the tips below:
- Consumption of high-density foods, but low calorie. Mass by filling half of a lunch plate with vegetables, a quarter with protein, carbohydrates and a quarter again.
- Ignore list of abstinence. Rather than stop at all your favorite foods to eat, try to negotiate. If you like hamburgers and fries, try to switch to turkey burgers or grilled sweet potatoes.
