5 Habits For Healthy And Sustainable Weight Loss

Thanks to the lifestyle of the day, more and more people are struggling to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. The struggle is so real and laziness is extreme such that people now subscribe to fad diets or even drugs just to shed some weight. Unfortunately, these easier means of weight loss are not only unhealthy, they are also unsustainable. You just can't stay on a diet forever, and you also have no idea what side effects those weight loss drugs could be. There are better ways to stay fit:

1. Ditch Drastic Diets

Drastic diets may show some quick results, but unfortunately these disappear as soon as you start eating the wrong food again. However, this is not the only reason why you should avoid these regimes.

Usually, this method is detrimental for your health. Research shows how harmful is for your heart to gain and lose weight too fast and repeatedly. Your heart pumps oxygen and blood throughout your body and since it must adapt to more or less body weight, this can cause a lot of stress. Plus this may cause irregular heartbeat, and in worst cases, heart failure. This is why it’s far better to lose weight in a healthy and gradual way and then maintain it with good habits.

Plus, chewing your food thoroughly for at least 20 seconds can significantly help your digestion. Good digestion is the first step to maintaining a healthy, standard body weight.

2. Alternate Running And Walking

“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired,” — Jules Renard

Sometimes laziness is understandably stronger than your motivation, and postponing workouts is a pretty common mistake. But if you want to lose weight, you must exercise too.

Running is a good form of exercise if you want to lose weight, but alternating it with walking is enough to burn fat, and it doesn’t require high cardiovascular and muscular endurance.

3. Take a Walk Every Day

Walking every day (or almost every day) is a good way of working towards weight loss, especially when you want to maintain the right weight well into the future. Walking burns calories and it helps increase your metabolism as well, and this is one of the most important factors in creating healthy, ongoing weight loss. Plus, it improves your physical fitness and overall health.

4. Drink A Lot Before Your Meals

One of the most common mistakes is ignoring how important drinking water is for our body to function optimally and for our general health. Research shows that consumption of water significantly boosts weight loss and the metabolism. However, it has been shown that it’s far better to drink water away from meals in order to help your digestive process. Plus, drinking two glasses of water before each meal will make you feel full and will prevent you from emotional eating – one of the worst enemies of weight loss.

5. Make Vegetables The Biggest Part Of Your Meals

Eating a lot of vegetables is one of the best habits you can build if you want to lose weight. It’s vital both for good health and to help us lose weight. But unfortunately, people tend to eat small portions of vegetables, and bigger portions of cheese, pizza, meat, and other high-calorie foods. Vegetables provide a source of many nutrients, help to fill us up, and are low in calories - in addition to their many other positive health benefits.

Via Lifehack

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