By Gen Wright

A weight management program that works long term is not something that you go on and off when you feel you need to lose a few pounds. The program that you can live with must be flexible enough to work with you rather than against you.

Diets that restrict food teach us that changing our exercise or eating habits are short term projects rather than a longer term situation such as an improved lifestyle. People are bombarded with words like ‘lose 30 pounds in 30 days’ and most people tend to believe them. They go on and off diets, stop and start exercise programs, and their weight fluctuates up and down along with their self esteem.

Many people do not understand there is a much better and healthier alternative to short term diets. There simply is no need to jump on and off the diet roller coaster when body weight shoots up or whenever some new miracle diet plan comes onto the market. We are now very sure that diets do not work and over 95% of people who go on one will regain the weight plus some extra as well.

In order to break free from the ineffective diet mentality you need to view your exercise program and eating plan as part of a permanent lifestyle change rather than a short term fix. It is important to adjust short term thinking and replace it with longer term realistic goals such as getting healthy or improving strength and fitness if your goal is weight loss. It is only when you become a healthier person you will achieve your weight loss goals.

Nowadays it is about making sure you have a healthy metabolism (your body’s engine) as this is the key to reducing your excess body fat. The new way this is achieved is with the understanding that hormones and chemicals are involved in the key processes of metabolism, and that the exercise we do and the food we eat plays a huge part in whether we store body fat or burn it for energy

This is the major reason why diets don’t work as they force the body to work against us rather than with us. As soon as calories are reduced below a certain level the body puts the brakes on fat loss as it senses a famine and quickly goes into ’starvation mode’ in a effort to stop itself from starving.

This state only makes it harder long term to lose body fat. You are in effect teaching your body how to better hold on to the fat. The new way of fat loss is about stoking your metabolic engine to burn the excess fat off rather than attempting to starve it off.

This way also involves a proper exercise program that contains strength training exercise which is the only exercise that will tone and firm muscle tissue. Muscle tissue is the driving force behind your fat burning machinery ? your metabolism ? so the more you have of this highly active tissue the more calories you will burn around the clock.

Have your program set up by a fitness professional so that you get it right and get the results you want. Wasting time on ineffective exercises will only slow your progress and leave you frustrated and disappointed.

Try this new way for yourself and step by step you will see that this way may be slow but it is far better than having your body weight going up and down. You will finally be able to see your weight going down permanently and can be relieved you will not ever have to put yourself through the rigors of restrictive food dieting again.

About the Author:

Do you want to discover the secret to rejuvenating your body and improving the quality of your life? Download my free ebook “I’ve Found the Fountain of Youth- Let Me Show You Too!” here: Secrets To Longevity For Free Fitness Report here Fitness Weight Loss Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger.

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