You need to make sure your motivation is a good one, as down the line this is what you’re going to fall back on when weight loss becomes too challenging. A good goal to strive for is ‘Losing weight will make me healthy, happier and save me from an imminent premature death’ or ‘I want to live to see my grandchildren get married’, whereas something like ‘I want to drop a few dress sizes’ lacks the intensity of the first two, unless you are exceptionally vain about your appearance, which means you’ll likely reduce that goal down as things get tough and you’ll gain it all back when you’ve achieved it. You need to have an intense motivation that will push you forward, so once you have it, write it down somewhere you’ll see it and repeat it to yourself often.
Once you have a goal in mind, you need a way of getting there. Firstly, drink 8 glasses of water a day to increase your metabolism, make you feel full on no calories and reduce your amounts of unnecessary snacking. Drinking plenty of water also clears your body of toxins and gives yourself more energy, which means you’ll have more energy for calorie burning activities. When picking these exercises, make sure you enjoy them because otherwise it’s much harder to make exercise a sustainable aspect of your overall weight loss program. Maybe there’s a sport or class that you might enjoy, or something you can all do as a family such as bike riding. Pick something you can do it anytime, anywhere, and as much as you like, and make sure it gets your heart pumping. Also, exercising when you wake up will ensure you’ve ticked it off the list for the day, and you don’t have to think about it anymore.
Also, eat plenty of low-density and high-water content fruits and vegetables and avoid fatty, unhealthy foods that are high in calories. Reduce the amount of weight-causing refined carbohydrates you eat, such as white rice, bread and pasta, sweets, cakes, and chocolate. Also, eat 5-6 small healthy meals a day rather than 3 large ones as this will increase your metabolism, and never eat before bedtime. Eat no later than 4 four hours before you go to bed otherwise the energy from the food has no outlet because you are sleeping; so this is quickly turned into fat. Get motivated and follow these guidelines and see if you could be 10 pounds lighter.