DO's & DON'Ts for Successful Slimming



Whether your goal is to get rid of weight gain or to improve your health, sticking with a weight-loss program can be a challenge! These are 5 do's and don'ts that will help keep you focused on achieving your best body yet!

DO:

• Monitor your progress. Weighing yourself once a week, logging your food and activity, and monthly sessions with a tape measure record your progress to keep you motivated.

• Choose to eat healthful, wholesome foods from all the food groups. That's the only way you're assured of getting the essential nutrients you need.

• Exercise.While a recommended goal for weight loss is about an hour a day of moderate activity, anything more than what you're doing now is a plus.

• Eat breakfast every day.
  

• Drink at least six cups of water every day.

DON'T:

• Forget that calories count! With all the hype about weight loss, eating fewer calories and exercising more calories away is the bottom line to losing weight.

• Follow a strict diet.  Learning and sticking to healthy habits is what ultimately gets you to and keeps you at a healthy weight.

• Risk your health to drop a few pounds.  Losing weight improves your health, but not if you do it with a crash diet or one that promotes depriving yourself of essential foods.

• Go it alone.  Getting support from others - family, friends, or a weight-loss group - makes the weight-loss journey less lonely.

• Get distracted.  Losing weight takes time and it's easy to let life derail your efforts. Take the time to recommit yourself to losing weight on a regular basis so that it stays on your "A" list of priorities.