Personalize Your Resolution and Your Weight Loss Plan

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. Setting measurable goals and monitoring your progress is crucial to achieving your resolutions. You have to take relevant steps like eating whole foods and drinking water instead of sugary drinks if you want to succeed. Creating a timeline to go with your resolution is helpful, as it allows for short-term and long-term benchmarks of goal achievements. Timelines let you know if you are on track and allow you to make finite adjustments to your overall plan. 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 well for shedding unwanted pounds. Start by avoiding the latest fad diet.

• Eat More Fiber to Feel Full - While most carbohydrates break down into sugar, fiber isn’t digested and stays intact as it passes through your digestive system helping you stay full longer.
• Include Good Fats - Consuming healthy fats adds balance to your diet, so enjoy small amounts of fat from good sources like those found in fish, nuts, seeds, and olive oil.
• Limit Liquid Sugar Intake - If you normally drink sodas and are craving bubbles, opt for a seltzer water or club soda. Both are caffeine and calorie free options that support healthy weight loss.
• Identify Culprits for Overeating - Emotional overeating due to stress is essentially a form of binge eating and often triggered by anger, loneliness, or sadness.
• Avoid Foods with Added Sugars - Limit consumption of foods that contain added sugars like those found in baked goods and processed foods. Also, manage your intake of sugary liquids by drinking water instead.
• 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.

About half of the people who make a resolution want to lose weight, while others focus their goal on exercising more, eating healthier, or making lifestyle changes like stopping smoking. 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 journey. 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. It works better to define a plan to resolve your issues rather than restate last year’s delusion. Really, 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.