Tinkering with ideas for how to get fit by nibbling around the edges with the occasional walk or light swim at the local pool won’t do much good. Whether you intend to lose a lot of weight or to only maintain your current slim profile, a lifestyle change is required to achieve and maintain a healthy profile.
Here, we explore some ideas to promote better health in yourself through a modified lifestyle switch.
Empty out the Refrigerator & Kitchen Cupboard Space
Even before you make it to the supermarket, you need to take an inventory of what’s in your refrigerator and nearby food cupboards. If they’re stuffed to the gills with overly sweet snacks, poor excuses for a breakfast cereal, and numerous other unhealthy choices then you have an uphill struggle ahead of you. The best idea is to make a stark inventory of what’s healthy and what’s not. Then, discard or donate those items that no longer suit your lifestyle. When you return to the supermarket, you can make some healthier choices that will better represent your new lifestyle.
Whether you like it or not, what you buy at the supermarket often has had the greatest influence on your current health and whether you’re likely to lose the pounds anytime soon. Usually, if you buy it, you’ll eat it. Or at least, that’s a good motto to go by when making eating choices during your trip to the local food store.
Oh, and “healthy choc-chip cookies” are not healthy. They’re just slightly less bad for you. We never met a cookie we didn’t like, but you’ve got to be honest at this point.
Embrace the Future You
What do we mean: embrace it? Well, you’re going to need to change your lifestyle. If you’re only going to lose weight and then quit the diet to return to your old eating habits, then you’ll be right back where you started in a few short months. Granted, if you started at 450 pounds, getting right back to where you were might take longer than that, but you’ll get there. Believe me, you will.
The way to handle the situation is to create a new lifestyle. You’re buying that packet of fresh fruit instead of the potato chips because healthy snacks are the new you. Paint a picture in your mind of the most horrible thing you can and associate that to eating potato chips. Why? Because you’ll not want to eat them again.
Healthy Dog, Healthy Life
Having a pet in the home keeps you active because your friend will remind you when they need to be outside to go potty. They’ll also be pretty insistent that they want to walk, even on a leash. They even want you to follow them and throw the ball. There’s very little chance of you not losing weight and getting fitter if you’re putting on the miles to keep your dog in line by exhausting them on a walk so they’re chilled out when they’re back home. When that’s not possible, it might be if they’re ill or feeling run down. Now supplements make a useful addition to the overall wellbeing of your pet. It comes in many forms, including capsules, oil and biscuits.
It’s all about a change of lifestyle to modify your eating, drinking and exercise habits. It’s not hard, but it is difficult to start and then maintain it. Not everyone has the discipline to succeed, but many people do.
