If you lose weight slowly—around 1 to 2 pounds a week—you’re more likely to keep the weight off after you’ve lost it.
Healthy weight loss will be a slow and gradual process. The more patient you are, the more likely you are to succeed in changing your body.
2. Expect it To Be More Than Just a Number on a Scale
You probably have been too focused on the number on the scale. And when that number doesn’t go down, you get upset.
Am I right?
Well, every good plan should not just include the number on the scale. In fact, there are many other ways to judge if your plan for making your body healthier is working.
For example, you may have high cholesterol before the program started. And after a period of time, you go back only to discover that it went down to healthy levels.
That’s not just because your weight may have gone down, that’s because you’ve adopted better eating habits that have resulted in better cholesterol numbers.
Likewise, if the pants you were wearing last week made you feel like an exploded Pillsbury Dough can…but this week, they happen to fit your body really well…
…then you probably dropped some inches off your body. Changing your eating habits and exercising more will help you drop more than just weight.
Judging the success of a program should not just be about a number…but should be about the whole package and the positives that you have created.