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How To Change Your Health Habits For Life.
By Jeffrey Goyen | September 6, 2009
Who wants to lose weight and get healthy? Most people I imagine. Diseases caused by overweight and obesity are at epidemic levels in developed economies particularly, though countries in the developing world are catching up as economic development occurs there as well.
There are a plethora of diet plans and fads out there now and the list grows daily. It is so confusing if you want to get sound advice as to how to go about effective weight loss. And everyone wants it to be quick and easy. Am I right ?
As a consultant exercise physiologist, I get contacted so often about the latest fads, even I get confused sometimes. However, the basics still apply when it comes to fat loss as it should more accurately be called rather than just weight loss.
The formula is still the same as it has always been. Energy output needs to be greater than energy input. Simple ? Well, yes and no. The hardest thing for most people is motivation; how and why to get started and how to develop good, ongoing habits for life.
The rest is just the detail. There are many machines, gyms, diets plans, abdominal machines etc but these are all nearly useless if you have no powerful reason to start a healthy lifestyle. I have chatted with many people who wanted to make lifestyle changes but were not prepared to do whatever it was going to take to develop habits that would last the distance.
Most of lifestyle and health behaviour is about change; out with the old bad habits and in with the new healthy routine
So, how do you make this change? First you need to consider where you are starting from. Have you put on much weight over the years? Belt line a bit tighter than it used to be? Heart risk in your family?
There could be indications that you should change before something drastic happens to you if there is family history of a negative nature.. Once you have identified a powerful enough reason, you are on the road to making the change you need to make. But if the reason is not truly yours, once the excitement of a new routine wears off, you may find you go a bit stale or even reach a plateau.
And make sure you start with a strong, powerful reason for change. It is the most effective way to ensure you get off to a strong start and this will enable you to stay the course when you need to revisit your reason for taking some action.
The never say diet approach is about lifestyle modification. It is truly the only way to beat the fads and the failure of the quick fix approach.
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