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What is
your approximate ideal weight according to the BMI scale? Enter your height and
weight and the BMI Calculator can calculates if you are in the ideal weight
range.
Set and document your weight loss goal
Set a target weight and target date. Use the
principles of successful goal setting
to help you identify, document and achieve your weight loss goal.
Seek professional help if appropriate before you get into any areas that
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Understand
the principles of weight loss
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Simplistically, you need to either burn more Kilojoules or consume less
Kilojoules. The
long term weight loss guide has a brilliant description of this
process. I recommend you visit the page, enter the data related to you and then
when you read the information. This information guides you to what you
need to do to lose weight. It is a simple overview and it will really help you understand the basic principles
involved in weight loss. So if you believe you will be helped in your
weight loss program by better understanding how
various factors will impact on you than visit the
long term
weight loss guide |
Burn up
more calories
Use
visualization to turn up your metabolic rate.
Build up
more muscle. As you build more muscle, you may in fact become a bit
heavier because muscle is heavier than fat. While you will become heavier
your general sense of well being and appearance will improve. Having a
higher proportion of muscle also means your metabolic rate is higher and as such
you will burn up more kilojoules (calories) every minute of the day.
Exercise
more. Exercise can burn up the kilojoules quite quickly. There is an
excellent website that provides an understandable explanation of the
impact of exercise on
weight loss. This website will explain your different training zones
and how your quite gentle exercise can be highly beneficial for burning up
kilojoules. Enter your data and find out how long you will have to
exercise in your fat burning zone to burn up one kilojoule.
Consume
less calories
Adopt a
habit of healthy eating. This may lead
you to:
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Eat less
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Eat more
appropriate foods. You may even find that you can eat more, but just
change the foods you are eating and in fact find that you are consuming less
kilojoules. For instance, the kilojoules in vegetables is about one tenth
of the kilojoules of sweets and one fifth the kilojoules of bread. About
halfway down the weight loss
webpage is a calorie counter. You can enter how much of each type of food
you eat to obtain an idea of your total daily kilojoule (calorie) intake.
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