The Best Free Weight Loss Program for natural weight loss

The best things in life are free and that is truly the case when
it comes to planning your weight loss program.

Whatever you do, don’t waste your money on diet patches, pills
and potions – they may harm you and they will certainly harm
your wallet. Stand well clear of anything which is supposed to
help you lose weight that hasn’t been prescribed by your doctor.

After all you already own everything you need to lose weight.
You don’t need the latest diet program. You don’t need more
fitness equipment gathering dust in a corner. You don’t need a
gym membership. You don’t need diet foods. How much have you
paid in the past for all the diet books and paraphernalia that
were meant to help you but had no lasting effect on your weight?

To start a successful natural weight loss program you just need
the following basic plan:-

1. Eat good healthy home cooked food

Healthy in this case means low in fat, sugar and salt and with
plenty of fruit and vegetables, natural whole grains and lean
proteins. There are a ton of fantastic healthy and delicious
recipes out there that you can use. You’ll find them on the
internet, in your own cookbooks or you can borrow recipe books
from the library. Select the best meals you can and create a
weekly meal plan. Enjoy your food more on your weight loss
program than ever before! Plan your meals on a weekly basis and
keep to it. Your shopping list becomes your best ally in your
weight loss plan.

Eating out is often the downfall in any weight loss program. If
you can’t avoid it, and especially if you eat out a lot, choose
your restaurants with care and select the healthiest dishes from
the menu. You could also ask them to prepare something healthy -
most good restaurants would be able to provide plain fish or
chicken for you with a salad (dressing on the side!)

2. Don’t eat unless you are physically hungry and stop eating as
soon as you are satisfied

If you are overweight, you can be sure that you have eaten more
food than your body needs in terms of calories. Chances are
you’ve done that both through your choices of food – high in fat
and sugar – which bulks up your body without filling you up and
also through eating larger portion sizes than you really need of
everything.

If you’ve forgotten what a normal portion is, it’s best to think
of a meal as being about the size of your two clenched fists.
Put that much on your plate to start with and see how it feels
to eat that much. About right? Stop there. Too little? Have a
spoonful more or fill up on salad or vegetables – you can’t do
much harm with them!

3. Add as much movement into your day as you can

Most weight loss programs have an exercise element. Great though
this is in theory, it’s where many people give up. It’s just too
demoralizing when you go red in the face, sweating and heart
pounding after a couple of minutes when you’re supposed to do
twenty! Twenty minutes! You’re lucky if you can do five. Why put
yourself through this when you’re clearly not ready?

The best way to add more movement into your day is by walking.
Walk everywhere! It’s free! If you can afford it, get a
pedometer and measure how much you’re doing each day. Aim for
10,000 steps every day when you’re trying to lose weight – it’s
also great to stay at that level once you reach your target – it
will help you stay slim.

If you’re not fit, check with your doctor and start with a few
hundred steps, adding to your total every day. If you don’t have
a pedometer, keep a note of your progress by counting the number
of minutes you walk and get a rough idea of the distance you’ve
covered (for example, one block and two lamp-posts), gradually
increasing both as you get fitter.

You can walk whatever the weather if you have the right clothes
and footwear or you can just walk around your home or the shops
- it really doesn’t matter as long as you move!

Of course there are more things you can do to lose weight, but
these three offer the best start to any weight loss plan. There
would be far fewer overweight people in the world if everyone
followed these simple and natural steps. Weight loss programs
make things complicated because they need to differentiate
themselves from each other. They are not just going to tell you
the obvious – they have to wrap it up in ratios and percentages,
points and calories, rules and regulations until you can’t live
a normal life and follow them.

Free yourself from the latest diet fad and just start by
following these steps. Weight loss, though still not as easy as
falling off the proverbial log – we know that is just a fantasy
- will happen more easily than ever before and in a completely
natural way which gives lasting results.

Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

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