How to change your lifestyle to lose weight and keep it off – 5 key steps

zdravnik, psihosomatolog, nevropsiholog

“I will tell you about the most important steps to take on the path to weight normalization and wellness in general.”

1. Keep an eye on your health

If you have something hurts for a long time or you feel discomfort in the body – see a doctor, listen to his recommendations. Be attentive to yourself. Approach the process of managing your health comprehensively and responsibly.

2. Do not forget to drink water

More than half of a human being consists of water. Its consumption is essential for the smooth functioning of the metabolism. Get a tracker or set a reminder on your phone. Try to make it a habit.

3. Revise your diet

If you’re only eating sausage and pasta, it’s time to pay attention to other counters. Seasonal fruits and vegetables, small amounts of red meat, poultry. In the case of veganism – plant-based products: chickpeas, lentils, etc., any fish, nuts.

Be sure to take into account when and how much food you want to consume. After all, for example, eating three bananas at a time (seemingly “the right product”), you consume almost two-thirds of the daily calorie allowance. By the way, do not demonize foods, do not divide them clearly “bad/good”. Usually people refuse to eat nuts or mushrooms because of their caloric content or exclude their favorite sweets altogether. Slimness is not equal to a strict diet, just as overweight is not a reason to limit yourself in everything.

If there are no medical contraindications (medical diet, food allergies), you can eat both sweet and spicy. The main thing is to find a balance and not to make food a cult.

4. Give food its place

As mentioned above – you don’t need to put food on a pedestal of needs. To do this, you need to work with your inner state, to look for “weaknesses” that could be the cause of both overweight and addiction to food. Comprehensive work with a psychologist and a nutritionist to help you!

5. Try to move more

Find a sport that you like. Try it out, find out your own. Perhaps you have long wanted to go to yoga or are absolutely sure that Pilates is not your thing. You can “want to” and you can “do”. You don’t have to go to the gym if you’re still shy about working out in a group or even individually. Try training at home using video lessons.

If you can’t do sports yet, walk more. Don’t use the elevator, take a few extra steps around the house. This useful habit will not only help to reduce weight, but also develop endurance, will provide the necessary prevention of acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory infections.

6. Get rid of bad habits

In addition to giving up alcohol and nicotine, give up the habit of “harmful” thinking. Searching for negativity in everything, gossip at work, judgment poison life on a par with cigarettes. Remember: into a new life – with new habits.

7. Find something you like

Studying foreign languages, music, drawing, reading, crafts, dancing will make your life not only more interesting and brighter. All this will help to shift the focus of attention from food to hobbies.

Do you want to be healthy and look good? Are you willing to change for the sake of it? I hope so!