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One of my favorite blogs polled their readers for weight loss tips. The results are posted in this post:
Be careful, these tips were proposed by a large number of people. Not all of them are necessarily good, some even contradict themselves.
One weight loss tip in particular caught my attention. This tip is in my opinion the best one of the bunch:
Ultimately weight loss is about the balance between calories taken in and calories burned. Take the weight you want to be and the activity level that you maintain and calculate the number of calories that you should eat to maintain that weight. Now you have to eat fewer calories than this number, on average, over time to lose weight and achieve your target. Keep a food diary with full daily calorie calculations. Write down everything.
I say this because I have lost 60 pounds ( since Jan 7th 2007 ) by doing exactly what this tip promotes. No program or Fad Diet, they are only tools to help you control your calorie intake. If you need to follow a Diet by all means do it but I am currently having success without them.
In the coming weeks I will post more details of what I have been doing and how my progress is going.
Posted by cormierjf on July 6th, 2007 under Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips | Comment now »Online Diet Books Do They Really Work?
One of the biggest concerns people have over online weight loss is whether these online diet books actually work.
To be honest the answer is exactly the same as it is for paper books. Some will work for some people, some will work for others, and some won’t work at all.
It is actually extremely difficult to predict if a diet book will or will not work. I’ll talk about some tips you can use here for making sure that the program you are looking for actually works or not. Though please do remember that online weight loss programs can work just as well, if not better, than offline programs. They can work better because sometimes they include additional bonuses like meal planners, or hypnosis CD’s, which really can help you get the most from the weight loss program.
When you are looking at an online weight loss program, it is always good to look at the testimonials for the product. Sometimes these are not 100% genuine, i.e. they are requested from people who have reviewed the product. If the testimonials include before and after pictures then you can feel much better about the product.
You need to also remember that books are often researched and ghostwritten by another person. The diet programs that are actually written by someone who has used it to lose weight and keep it off are often the best of the bunch. This is because you are not dealing with a business person who has had a book written, but a real person who has been in the situation you are in and have successfully lost weight.
One of the best things about online weight loss programs is that they usually come with a money back guarantee. This allows you to test out a program safe in the knowledge that you are covered by the guarantee and if the program isn’t what it appeared to be then you can get a refund.
The weight loss industry is a massive multi-billion dollar industry and every celebrity has their own diet program. It’s important for you to remember that diets are different for every single person. What works for one person may not work for the next.
The real reason that any diet program works is because you, the dieter, are motivated to get rid of weight and take regular and consistent action. Whatever online weight loss program you choose to work with, make sure you take this regular and consistent action, and you will not only get rid of your excess weight, but also keep the weight off permanently.
Posted by cormierjf on April 3rd, 2007 under Weight Loss | Comment now »3D Weight Loss
If I ask you know how much weight you want to lose, can you tell me?
Or are you going to say “Some weight”, which is what most dieters will say.
Ok, so when are you going to have that weight gone by?
If like most people you will answer “some time” or not have a definitive date.
So when is this some time? And what on earth is this some weight huh? Do you know? I bet you don’t. And if you don’t know, how are you ever going to know if you’ve got there and got rid of the weight?
Having worked with hundreds of weight loss clients in my clinical hypnosis practice, I quickly discovered that people with specific weight loss goals were the people who succeeded with the least amount of struggling.
How much weight do you want to lose? Think about it right now and write it down somewhere if necessary. Get an exact figure in your mind. Remember that some weight is a completely useless goal, as is a few pounds, a few stone, a few kilograms. The figure has to be precise. Know exactly what your target weight is and subtract it from your current weight. Then you know exactly how much you need to get rid of.
Once you know how much weight you want to lose, your next step is to work out when you want to lose the weight by.
This is another place where dieters make a simple mistake. They don’t have a target date for achieving their weight loss goals, or if they do the dates are so unrealistic the only way to achieve them is through losing a limb!
Next decide exactly when you want to lose this weight by. What date (and some rough date is NOT good enough) do you want to be your target weight? Set a precise date like 31st December 2007.
Now you have your target date for being your ideal weight and how much weight you want to have got rid of by then. Work out how many months and weeks are between now and your target date. Then calculate how much weight you need to lose each week and month.
For example, if you have 6 months between now and your target date and have 30 pounds to lose in that time, it works out as losing 5 pounds a month, or a little over a pound a week, which is entirely achievable.
In summary:
1) Determine how much weight you want to lose / what your target weight is
2) Decide when you want to have got rid of this weight, i.e. your target date (and made sure it is feasible)
3) Divide up the weight by the time to get how much weight to lose each week and month
Following these 3 D’s will ensure that you achieve your weight loss goals.
Posted by cormierjf on March 26th, 2007 under Weight Loss | Comment now »
