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Lose 10 pounds, 10 days at a Pound a Day!
Everyone wants to burn fat fast and lose 10 pounds overnight. So what can you eat to lose weight before that next party, trip to the beach, family reunion, and so on?
But the quickest way to lose weight is to take it slow and steady. Losing weight quickly with 'quick weight loss diets' does not yield lasting weight loss, but does create yoyo dieting patterns. Yet very few of us adopt an attitude of persistence and forward planning, and so end up impatient and in search of any fast weight loss diets tips and advice. Anyone looking for the quickest way to lose weight should just reverse the quickest way to gain weight, and we all seem to master in the latter without too much ado. Oh, and we all need to exercise to lose weight too, and cannot expect to get that perfect physique by diet alone!
It's quite a common target for new dieters to lose 10 pounds. 10 days later, they set the same goal again, and so the race is on to loose 10 lbs every 10 days until that target weigh loss is reached. Now, although it's quite achievable lose 10 pound in the same amount of days, especially if you're got a fair amount to of weight to drop, it is a little over ambitious to expect to loose 10 pounds every 10 days for the duration. The speed for losing body fat slows down the further we get into the program. Fast diets are considered potentially dangerous, depending on who you are and how much you have to shake off. Be good to yourself! Setting yourself realistic goals over the long term is far more beneficial to mind and body than crash dieting.
Losing weight for most folks does not require rocket science. In its most simple form, losing body fat means eating less, eating more of the right kinds of foods, and take regular exercise at least 4 times weekly. This 3 step approach works most of the time in the majority of cases. Ten days is not an impossible goal to lose 10 pounds. 10 days in the beginning of any diet and exercise regime is very achievable. But to expect to loose 10 pounds every ten days is a mighty big challenge and totally unnecessary let alone harmful to some.
It's probably better to lose 10 pound in just ten days as a kick start and morale booster, but then follow it up with a more realistic, gentler, and sensible program of action. Healthy diet plans do not fall in the rapid weight loss category, and are definitely not the right way to go about losing fat safely and effectively.
There is usually a time in a person's life when they need to step back and look at their weight issue. This is especially the case with mothers, and people whose work allows them little activity in general, especially those over 30. Yoyo dieting is probably does more harm than good, and the reason many of us jump from one diet to another is because we fail to embrace a lifestyle change permanently. It's nice to lose 10 pound or more quickly, as ten pound weight loss seems to be an easily achievable goal for may. Lose 10 pounds, 10 days later, 10 pounds more etc, but a lot of us soon slip back into our old ways of eating again as soon as our target has been reached.
Statistics are changing all the time on obesity, but the fact of the matter is that the amount of clinically obese people in the western world has reached unprecedented levels. It's also a cold hard fact that more people die prematurely on this planet by consuming too much food, not too little! Any overweigh person can lose 10 pounds 10 days at a time for s short spell, but the sad reality is that most dieters do not keep the weight off or make permanent lifestyle changes, thus making those fat loss diets just something to go on when the weight returns, and come off when it's gone.
This kind of yoyo dieting is not good for body or mind! Some folks find that if they loose 10 pounds too quickly, they seem to put 12 pounds back on even quicker the minute they resort back to their old eating ways. Dieting is not a course with a graduation folks, it's a lifestyle change, or perhaps that should read as a lifestyle challenge!
Lose 10 Pounds Quick! Hmm! Fast Diets are Okay for some!
There are people in society who have no experience of ever being slender. Fat kids, fat teens, and now obese adults! For them, their size is normal, or at least it would be if the media wasn't constantly reminding them how grotesque they are. But the folks in society with the biggest hang-ups are those who used to be right sized and are now far too large for their own good. Sure anyone can loose 10 lbs pretty quickly, but to lose 10 pounds then 10 days later gain back 12, it becomes depressing to say the least. Overweight people can't help but look at slim people and think to themselves, it's alright for some! So what's the solution?
The heavier we are when we first start dieting, the more we will lose in those first few weeks and months, depending on our starting weight and excess fat. Someone who's considered clinically obese should be able to loose 10 pounds pretty easily, whereas someone who's thin all over apart from a big gut, might find it a lot harder and longer to loose 10 lbs even in the early stages of weight loss. Eventually, weigh loss with slow down to a crawl, but it will continue to come down so long as you maintain a positive attitude, keep focused on your target weight (and not your weekly achievement), and be patient and persistent with your endeavour. Never ever, forget to pat yourself on the back for trying, no matter what the outcome.
Okay, let's begin to sum up here. It's now 2012, and like most New Years, there are plenty of us (especially the over 40's), that could really do with a little weight loss. There aren't many around that wouldn't like to lose 10 pounds 10 days after the festive holidays, but of course, we don' need Xmas and the New Year as an excuse to loose 10 pounds. Any diet can be started and re-started on at any hour, on any day, in any month, until you get it right.
NEVER give yourself a hard time for failing as this often leads to food binges, but simply give yourself a big fat (excuse the pun!), pat on the back for having a go while at the same time setting a new date and time for the next attempt to loose 10 lbs. Fat wasn't burned off overnight, just as Rome wasn't built in a day. It takes what it takes, and you're worth every effort.
Why try to lose 10 pounds in 3 days that has probably taken 3 years or more to put on? Be good to yourselves folks. Yes, it's great that you are going to change your life for the good. You will look better, feel great, and becoming healthier when you diet steadily but surely. Take your time and forget fast diets, and concentrate on the slow step diet which will introduce you to new diet ideas that will lead towards a completely new way of living. Treat yourself gently and don't forget to give yourself a pat on the back once in a while. Are you ready now to workout diet ideas and new eating lifestyles for 2012 and beyond? You're not alone.
| Slender Folks Tidbits & Q&A |
Q. What is 10 Pounds in Kilograms?
A. Many of our readers from around the world will not be familiar with the pounds unit, so for the benefit or all, your 10 pounds of fat is also 4.53592 Kilograms, 160 ounces, or 4535.92 grams. Whichever way you read it, if it's excess fat, then it's too much weight in any unit
Q. When is the Best time to exercise?
A. Believe it of not, the best time to exercise is early in the morning. Give yourself 30 minutes to an hour of good physical exercise and you'll kick-start any day off by feeling just great. Contrary to popular belief, exercise does not make fit healthy people tired. Just the opposite it true. Exercise wakes people up and gets their juices flowing. This is another reason why exercising in the morning is preferable to exercising at night. Late evening exercise might just keep you awake half the night and that will do little to set the next day off in fine fettle. People who get little to no regular exercise are generally more tired and worn out than those who do.
Slender Folks Monthly Rant: Have you ever wondered why it is we gain weight far quicker than we lose it? Actually, it's not rocket science. We can eat almost whenever we want to within reason, and most people do. We eat at our desks, while slouching on the sofa, in bed, or in the car, ad infinitum. In fact we can eat while we're busy or inactive. It takes no special skills, willpower, or complicated time management. The same can be said for dieting, but diet alone is only 60% of a successful weight loss, with the other 40% coming from exercise. It is the commitment to exercise, or lack-of, which makes losing weight such a slow and painful ordeal for many.
Q. How Often Should I Weigh Myself?
A. It's really tempting to weigh yourself daily when embarking on a new diet. Most of us lose weight quickly in those early days too, but even so, weighing yourself daily is obsessive behaviour and not recommended. Dieting is all about achieving goals, and goals need some slack. The main agreement between dieticians is to weigh yourself once a week, at the same time, usually after you have just woken up, and before you eat or drink anything. You can them set yourself a new goal for the following week and work at achieving it.
Q. Should I try to Lose Weight with Diet Pills?
A. Some people have had some success with diet pills, but let's face up to some facts of life here. There isn't now, nor has there ever been, a successful type of armchair diet, and what's more, why would anyone want it if there was? Eating healthily and getting plenty of regular exercise not only makes people look great, but they feel and function much better too because of their hale and hearty lifestyle. Who wouldn't want to look, feel, and function at their best?
And here's another myth; people are often piping on about how they're too tired to exercise because of their busy work and home life. Guess what? Exercise not only wakes you up, but it gives you more energy once you are fit, not less, so that end of day tiredness is not there with fit and healthy folks. Diet pills and a night in with the TV, or a lifestyle change bought about by good grub and lots of activity? You decide!
Q. What is an Armchair Dieter Exactly?
A. Put simply, as the term suggests an armchair dieter is someone who wants to lose weight by doing as little as possible to achieve it. The armchair dieter might be more careful about what foods to consume yet never does any exercise thus never achieving their target weight. But perhaps the worst type of armchair dieter is the one who slouches in front of the TV repeating over and over again, sometimes for years, about how they're going to embark on this diet or that, though never actually doing anything about it. Only the individual's action, not their thoughts or intentions, will get them to where they want to be.
Q. So Just what is a 'Yo-yo Dieter'?
A. Simply put, a yo-yo dieter is someone who rarely sees a diet through to the end thus resulting in a persistent weight up and weight down pattern. A yo-yo dieter is also someone who does reach their rarget weight but always returns to their old weight, or even heavier, soon afterwards. Both dieters will more than often jump from one fad diet to the next, but never maintaining whatever weight loss they achieve. Many yo-yo dieters follow this pattern from late 20's to old age, but it doesn’t have to be like this providing they can make a lifestyle change rather than just these repetitive mad dashes at losing weight.
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