How to Keep Off the Weight You Have Lost
How To Maintain Your Lost Weight
If you have a tendency to yo-yo your weight then this article is for you.
If you thought that weight loss is hard, then try maintaining your slimmer, trimmer body!
Weight loss is not easy for sure, but what is really hard is the task of keeping weight off from getting back to you!
Far too many people lose weight successfully but they are not able to maintain their new weight for long! Why? As soon as they have lost weight, they think it is okay to indulge themselves a little and go back to their old eating habits.
They eat junk and fatty foods which they were deprived of during their weight loss program; they also sit on the couch longer because during the weight loss program they have been denied any kind of rest.
Huh! Weeks later, when they check their weight, they see that the scales are going up again - up…up…up… until they regain all the ‘lost’ weight plus a few extra pounds as bonus! Not only these people failed to maintain their slim figure, they also made a big ‘profit’: profit in body fat, that is!
It is certain that weight loss requires determination and self-discipline on your part; but in order to maintain your newly acquired slim figure, you need the same kind self-discipline and determination,. In order to keep weight from getting back to you, your body must be put on a weight loss maintenance program for at least a couple of years, after which it generally ‘forgets’ to put on additional weight and tends to keep the slim figure forever!
Not all weight loss programs offer a weight maintenance program for its clients. If you programs offers one, you are plain lucky; if not, you need to create your own! With a weight maintenance program, you don’t need to be on a strict diet and exercise routine as in the case with a weight loss program, but still you should monitor your body weight constantly!
In essence, you can base your weight maintenance program on your weight loss program but in a somewhat relaxed form. For example, if your original weight loss program asked for exercising throughout the week without any breaks, now you can workout for say, only for four days.
As for foods, you still cannot afford to eat fatty foods because they are extremely rich in calories. If you cannot control your mouth and if you are too desperate to put that large burger in your stomach then make sure to workout one more day just so that you are able to burn off the excess calories gained from these fatty foods!
The rules for calories are still the same: you must consume fewer calories than what you burn. As for exercises, the best and simplest form of exercise for this period is a plain morning walk.
Remember that you need to do this only for two years, after which your body will automatically adjust itself to your new body weight and will lose its tendency to put on weight time and again!
