Weight Loss

This week, I have had many questions about weight loss! Women are always asking how to lose weight quickly and every week I see so many people getting frustrated with the scales. Weight Loss is complicated and so is the body. If you have been on a diet recently and weigh yourself too much you can seriously sabotage your results by getting frustrated with the scales. Initially, when you start a weight loss programme, the first weeks weight loss results on the scales are normally high and alot of women then expect to pull big numbers continuously. This is not the case for your second week, where your weight loss result will be less. So set a realistic expectation when you weigh yourself. Half a kilo to a kilo a week is healthy when you are dieting. Weighing yourself every day is a total no no. Weigh yourself once a week on the same day as soon as you get out of bed to see your results.

Now if you are working out with weights, well muscle weighs more than fat so you are going to lose more in centimeters or inches rather than pounds or kilos. So again, be realistic about what to expect on the scales and take into consideration how much exercise you have done that week.

Also, listen to your body. Often when you are due your period, you can retain fluid and this shows on the scales even when you have been very focused with your weight loss programme.
If it is that Time of the month and you are feeling bloated and heavy, yet you have been very committed with healthy eating and exercise, well give your self a break and skip the weighing in until the following week. You may show a result on the scales that is fluid retention and that could derail your focus and make you feel like your weight loss programme is not working.

Be kind to yourself. Set realistic goals and listen to your body and use a tape measure rather than scales for a more accurate result.

Stay healthy
Joanne McMahon
http://www.weightlosssecret.info