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Mike Bale
by on December 20, 2019
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Weight Loss, Simplified There are thousands and thousands of articles and other resources online about losing weight. But in spite of the sheer amount of knowledge there is online, the basics of weight loss are still very simple and can be explained in one sentence: Burn more calories than you eat. It's that simple. If your body is burning more calories as energy than it is ingesting, you will lose weight. So what are the steps to accomplish this? Calculate TDEE TDEE stands for Total Daily Energy Expenditure. This is the amount of calories that your body will burn in a day. There are several reliable calculators online to figure out this number. These will factor in your age, weight, gender, activity level, and often other factors. I would recommend trying out a couple different ones and taking an average of the numbers that you get from them. Hold on to this number once you get it - αγορα cialis απο φαρμακειο χωρις συνταγη. Get your daily caloric goal Take the TDEE you got in the previous step and subtract somewhere from 10% to 30%, depending on the amount of weight you want to lose and how quickly you want to lose it. This deficit should be based on your current state; a 30% deficit may not be appropriate for someone that is barely overweight and is just trying to lose a few remaining lbs. Track your calories The most important, and maybe the hardest part for most people, is to keep track of your calories. If you don't keep an accurate log of this, you can't be sure that you are hitting the right number every day. There are a number of different apps that can assist with this, by MyFitnessPal is one of the more popular ones. It makes it easy by allowing you to scan barcodes on food products, as well as search from a massive database of food items that others have entered. You an also create your own recipes and meals to enter into the app and plug in later. It may seem extremely tedious at first, but eventually it will become a habit and you won't think twice about it. Again, this is the most important step because if not done correctly, you could unknowingly be eating too many calories every day and wonder why your diet isn't working. Evaluate and adjust After a couple weeks of sticking with your caloric deficit, you should reflect on your progress and adjust if it necessary. The best way to do this is by looking at the scale. You should be weighing yourself every morning, first thing after waking up and using the bathroom. You can take your weight from a week and average them to get and average weight for that week. Use these numbers to see if your diet is working, and increase or decrease your caloric intake based on the results. at varied, colorful, nutritionally dense foods. Eat a varied, nutritious diet. Keep a food and weight diary. Engage in regular physical activity and exercise. Eliminate liquid calories. Measure servings and control portions. Eat mindfully. Stimulus and cue control. Plan ahead. She decided to take her goals seriously, and committed to working out six days a week (first thing in the morning!), drinking more water, and eating smaller, more frequent balanced meals. In five years she 90 pounds, and she's healthier, happier, and stronger than ever. She cut soda and fast food from her diet and started drinking more water. It worked. By March she 35 pounds. In three years, she 100 pounds and has maintained her weight loss.
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