Assign Timelines to Your Weight Loss Journey

People have been saying to eat less and exercise more for years without seeing the results they were seeking. The best plan you can have for losing weight is one that has been personalized for your body, your preferences, and your biochemistry. Your resolution only matters if you stick with it and are working toward achieving success. While weight loss and improved health are among the most common, they also have the highest New Year’s failure rates. Most resolutions involve losing weight, eating healthier, or exercising more; but just because you want to something, doesn’t mean that you know the best way to go about accomplishing your goal. Although weight loss professionals often disagree on the most effective way to lose weight, there a substantial amount of information available on what doesn’t work.

• Eat More Fiber to Feel Full - Consume more fiber. This will help you feel full longer after meals or snacks. Foods high in fiber include lentils, lima beans, artichokes, green peas, and broccoli.
• Include Good Fats - As strange as it might sound, you can lose fat by eating fat if you consume good fats in the right amounts. Dietary fat provides key benefits regardless of your weight loss goals.
• Limit Liquid Sugar Intake - Alcoholic beverages are metabolized to sugar, and cocktail mixes can contain large quantities of added sugars that boost total caloric intake.
• Identify Culprits for Overeating - Eating and multitasking reduces your natural ability to sense how much food you’ve eaten or how hungry you are. Avoid all forms of distracted eating.
• Avoid Foods with Added Sugars - Consuming too many foods and beverages with added sugars makes it difficult to achieve a healthy eating pattern and provide no essential nutrients.
• Include Extra Protein in Diet - Protein can help you lose unwanted weight gain by boosting appetite-reducing hormones and encouraging your body to burn more calories.

As you likely already know, making a New Year’s resolution is much easier than keeping a resolution. Making a resolution to deprive yourself of food to live in a constant state of hunger on the border of starvation is something that you will likely not stick with for long. So, if you failed in the past, you’re in the majority. However, it does not mean you cannot keep your resolution this year. If you don’t where to start, write down all the bad habits you want to change that could be limiting your weight-loss efforts. Assign them a timeline and get started on your New Year’s journey. It works better to define a plan to resolve your issues rather than restate last year’s delusion. Nonetheless, a New Year’s resolution to lose weight is what you make it. Moreover, it starts by focusing on the positive and identifying how your efforts will benefit you in the long run when your resolve is successful.