How to lose weight?
This is the question that everyone wants answered. However, there are two things to check before an answer can be offered.
Do you want to lose weight? Or do you want to reduce your body fat? This isn’t the same thing.
Losing weight tends to be easier than losing fat as fat is hard to shift.
To shift one pound (0.5kgs) of body fat you need to ‘lose’ 500 calories a day for a week.
This doesn’t mean dieting, rather changing your lifestyle… not just for a couple of weeks but for good. Simple changes can make a difference, for example checking the fat content of foods you are regularly eating to make sure they are not excessively high. Foods like cheese and butter are high in fat, therefore if you eat a lot of these foods, cutting just a few portions out of your week can start to reduce you calorie intake. Making a few changes to what you eat as well as adding an exercise session a few times a week can get you to that 500-calorie target.
Losing weight will however take time and you must stick to your new lifestyle as it will not happen in days. Twelve weeks is a good timescale to keep in your head. If by the end of 12 weeks you have not seen weight loss then you are doing something wrong and need to make further changes to your lifestyle.
It is important to set realistic goals and to realise that it will take time to see real results.
concepthealth can help you on your way by providing you with individual calorie targets for each day and sample eating plans to guide you on how to meet your target levels of calories, carbs, protein and fats.
concepthealth promotes lifestyle change not fad diets. We cannot help drop dress sizes in a week or lose six stone in time for your holidays in two weeks. concepthealth will however help you set realistic goals, give you the information, and support you to reach your goal.