Accountability Is Key to Weight Loss Success

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If you are like most people, sheltering at home hasn’t been weight loss friendly. However, when someone is there to provide encouragement and support, it is much easier to integrate healthy lifestyle changes and avoid unhealthy habits like craving fast foods. Remote support and virtual coaching have received a boost from the technology available today that makes it less time consuming to conduct face-to-face counseling with added convenience and safety during the pandemic. Although you probably don’t have a home office in your kitchen, you know the refrigerator and pantry are close by. That’s why you need to eat breakfast before you start working, take your breaks outside, set aside half an hour for lunch, and make the kitchen off limits during normal work hours. Accountability has always been key to weight loss success. Remote coaching can help you make better choices and stay focused on your targeted goals without having to constantly deal with frustrating weight loss barriers of going it alone.

Making the decision to lose the weight that you gained during the pandemic is a big step in the right direction. Most people find it helpful to make a personal commitment to establish healthy habits, such as those discussed below:

• EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE - To embrace the challenge and improve your chances of lowering your risk of chronic diseases, start by learning how to read Nutrition Food Labels. This will make shopping easier and allow you to fill your kitchen with healthier food options.
• SELF-MONITOR & FOLLOW-UP - If you are overweight or obese, self-monitoring of your waist circumference is an important indicator in determining your overall risk factors for many chronic diseases.
• AIM FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT - No matter how many pounds you packed on while sheltering in place, modest goals for your weight loss journey and a steady pace will increase your chances of losing weight and keeping it off.
• RESOLVE EMOTIONAL ISSUES - Setting new goals and staying focused and engaged is critical to resolving the emotional challenges that you are facing. A remote weight loss coach can help you create a plan that is do-able with flexible menus that fit your taste and unique schedule.

Since COVID-related stress is not episodic, your body didn’t need trigger insulin resistance and increase cortisol hormone production to allow you to escape a physical danger. Unfortunately, when coupled with a more sedentary lifestyle, unwanted body fat is commonly an end-result.

Following a personalized menu plan based on a whole foods approach will set you up for losing weight and keeping it off. Moreover, when you add remote coaching and support, you may find you are able to eat more and still lose weight. At Metabolic Research Center, our goal is to help you achieve a balanced lifestyle by finding the foods that work best for your body and delivering the remote weight loss support you need to get on track and stay the course for your weight loss journey. Chances are good that you gained weight while sheltering in place by eating too much processed foods loaded with added sugars. Implementing a healthy eating program can allow you to consume more food and will equate to the quickest route to permanent weight loss. There is no better time than today to make a commitment to losing pandemic weight gain. A remote weight program from MRC provides you with the personalized menus and long distance coaching to reach your target goals.