Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Natural Weight Loss: When you do not have to Go Over

By Aiza Mccaya

There are two essential things in weight loss: eat the right kinds of food and exercise regularly.

You just have read all that you need to know about how to prevent being overweight. That simple set of instructions should be easy to follow, but not for 35% of Americans who are unable to prevent being overweight.

Of course, once we are overweight, we usually want to trim down for a whole lot of reasons, some related to health, others having to do with looks.

Losing weight is never too late no matter what a person's age is. But the fact remains that it is always a lot easier not to gain weight than to try get rid of it later. And if we don't know it yet, the fact is that weight gain will happen when a person is not doing anything to prevent it from happening.

Health experts say that most people who are into losing weight usually stray. They tend to go back to their old eating habits even after they learn to enjoy low-fat eating. They tend to return to sedentary ways even though they enjoy exercising.

The momentum might be working against a person as far as losing weight is concerned, but according to experts, it can be done. There are many motivations that are more powerful than vanity or approval that we could use for averting weight gain.

Many health experts stress that the importance of losing weight is not merely skin-deep. It affects the person's overall physical well-being, experts say.

Losing Weight the Natural Way

The process that goes with weight maintenance is not really that complicated. Some people may have already known what the best methods for them are. Therefore, introducing the natural way of losing weight is not a problem.

Consequently, a reasonable approach for losing weight naturally is to stick to a diet that is high in complex carbohydrates, high in fiber, moderate in protein, and low in fat.

Baked potato is an example of complex carbohydrates. Sour cream and butter should not be put into it because they are fats. Vegetable is fiber. Be sure not to fry it because oil is fat. A cut of lean meat is protein. The gravy you want to pour over it is fat so avoid that.

Health experts further say that dietary fats are a reason for gaining weight because of the high calorie content. Excess calories taken in from dietary fat are stored as body fat. They are turned into body fat more efficiently than those coming from other sources.

Don't fall into the trap of advertised fat-free products. They will not help you in any way in losing weight naturally. More and more fat-free or low fat products are being introduced in the market but more and more Americans are still getting fatter.

Thinking that no-fat is non-fattening is a delusion. The truth is that you get as much calorie of the no-fat product as what you get from the regular versions because the calorie does not necessarily come from fat.

The term fat-free can be a trap if you start to believe that you can eat any amount of the foods that are advertised that way.

It would be better if hunger is satisfied with snacks that are healthful. Eating every three or four hours would do a person so much good. That would mean eating a light low fat snack three hours after lunch or before dinner.

When you feel the urge for food coming on, snacking on something healthy such as a slice of whole-grain toasted bread is a better alternative. Never skip a meal and eat snacks instead because that is the worst thing you can do if you are trying to control your eating habits and weight.

Remember, if you want to lose weight naturally, you have to keep track of every food you eat and of every activity that you do. When you say natural weight loss means that you do not have to use some accessories or helpful aids just to lose weight.

The natural way to lose weight is a process. By process means it needs a lot of effort and determination. It would take longer than the unnatural means so it also requires discipline and self-control. - 16004

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