You want to look and feel your best, but putting in the effort to get there doesn’t seem worth the misery of dieting. When you do attempt to cut carbs or take up triathlons, all it seems to do is drain your emotional wellness, which does no good for your relationships – how are you supposed to be a loving partner or parent when you haven’t had chocolate in 17 days?! Clearly, you need some stellar advice for losing weight while still maintaining a shred of wellbeing.
Sometimes, there is a very good reason to diet. According to Andreas von Bubnoff’s and Joanna Lloyd’s article “25 things you can do take off 10 years or more,” published in MSN Health and Fitness Anti-Ageing Guide, maintaining the weight you had before turning 25 takes years off the ageing process. Another decent reason to lose weight is that you’re actually a better parent to your children – in terms of taking care of them and being more affectionate – if you are at a low enough weight to move around with ease and comfort. Plus, maintaining a healthy weight helps you to control and prevent chronic illnesses, like diabetes, and chronic back pain. So, what can you do to reach your worthy goal, without undergoing the discomfort, pain and struggle of typical weight loss?
1. Eat less: Ah, shucks. Unfortunately, there’s no getting around the fact that you are what you eat, both in terms of quantity and quality. Giving up less-than-healthy foods altogether isn’t a sustainable way to maintain your weight, as you’ll only end up craving junk food more and falling off the wagon. Reduce your portion sizes and eat less of what adds weight.
2. Take care of your health: Wellness is such an overarching thing that you can take it for granted. You never notice how good it feels not to have a cold, for example, until you’ve just had one. Your health is sacrosanct so don’t do any damage to it. The best way to approach a health-centred lifestyle is to be reasonable and rational. Almost anything is permissible in moderation; just don’t push it to the extremes. I cannot stress this point enough in terms of anorexia. Don’t seek to look anorexic. On a superficial level, it just doesn’t look good, but the fact of the matter is that anorexia is a disorder, unhealthy and just illogical.
3. Go slow: You can be so eager to reach your weight loss goals that you try and hurry the process along, and get disappointed when you’re not Gwyneth Paltrow in a week. Don’t be in such a rush; take it slow. You need to take time to adjust to your new weights as and when you need to because your physiological mechanism – which, by the way, is outside the bounds of your control – can take several weeks to several months to become accustomed to a new weight. Be patient and loving with yourself – you’ll get there soon enough.
4. Tame your body and your hunger: If you eat meals and snacks at regular times, you can train your body to expect food at these points in the day, and at no other times. Predictability is the perfect, sneaky solution to tame the beast. When you’re planning your eating routine, make sure it doesn’t include eating after eight o’clock at night. Your physiological system needs some Empty time, some Processing time, some Quiet time, before bed. Instead of your go-to bedtime snack, try drinking a cup of organic herbal tea, which can also help relax and prepare you for a good night’s sleep.
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