A Simple Plan to Lose Weight

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Whether you want to lose 10 pounds or 50 pounds, weight loss can be a long hard battle. You can lose weight this year if you put your mind to it though. As complicated as it may seem, weight loss is as simple as calories in and calories out.

Calories In: a Weight Loss Plan

In order to lose weight, you first need to take stock of the calories that you eat each day. For one week, keep a diary of everything that you eat. Keep track of every snack, every meal and every drink. Do not hide anything in this journal. If you go back for seconds, write that down. If you get a double helping of mashed potatoes, write that down. This journal is for your eyes only, and you cannot lose weight until you understand what you are eating.

Once you have an idea of what you are eating, come up with ways to take calories out of your diet. Instead of making major changes to your diet, start small. If you drink 4 glasses of soda a day, cut that down to two. If you eat two or three helpings at a meal, cut that down. Find ways to cut back on what you eat without changing what you eat.

After adjusting to these minor changes, you can also begin to substitute the unhealthy foods you eat for more healthy choices. This may begin to happen naturally as you reduce your caloric intake. For example, if you do not eat two helpings of dinner, you may still be hungry and so you may snack on carrots or popcorn after dinner. Be sure that you do not replace your unhealthy food with more unhealthy foods.

Calories Out: a Weight Loss Plan

As long as you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight, guaranteed. If you burn the same amount of calories that you eat, you will maintain your weight, and if you eat more calories than you burn, you will put on weight. In order to increase the amount of calories that you burn in a day, make simple changes in your life. Park at the edge of the parking lot and walk a few feet further. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. The more you move the more calories you will burn.

This year as you attempt to lose weight, do not spend money on these fancy weight loss plans unless you need the motivation from a program. If you want a plan that will help you lose weight for sure, brush up on your simple math and begin adding up the calories. Calories in must be fewer than calories out in order for you to lose weight.