OK maybe to some people that might not seem alto but i hated looking at myself each and every day. i am a small 5 foot and just felt like a balloon. I guess the smaller you are the worse the fat looks on your body.
My stomach had rolls in it, my arms jingled, my thighs rubbed against each other when i walked.i didn't have any energy to go out with my friends and i was never approached by guys at all.they all thought that i was older for my age!!!
And that wasn't all that was bad for me. Every time i had to go town or even to the locals shops i would break into a sweat and start breathing heavily. My blood pressure was through the roof and so was my cholesterol.
At the tender age of 24 something said to me that all that wasn't a good sign. I knew i had to do something very soon. One night i looked at myself in the mirror and decided then and there that i had to change no matter what,even if it killed me because lets face it i didn't have much of a life anyway.
I started to make a day by day dairy of what i did, what i felt, what exercises i did and exactly what i ate as well. I promise to soon publish that whole dairy up as well (even the embarrassing parts too) but for now if anybody wants to know how i did it just follow the tips below and hopefully you should lose weight too.
1. Change your lifestyle and eating techniques:-
Basically you have to control yourself. if your not going to be following a strict diet then just swap the food you have at home for low fat alternatives. Swap the local chippy chips for low fat oven baked home chips, Regular coke to diet coke, chocolate for fruit. Bottom line- swap high fat food for low fat alternatives, because a diet plan isn't forever you will end up pigging out at the end of your diet. its better to lose the weight steadily than all of a sudden by dieting just to put it back on.
2. Do not consume more energy than you expend:-
Once you know the basics of how fat loosing that body fat works you will know that its truly simple. Stay in control of your bodies daily calorie intake needs and burn some energy as well
3.Exercise part 1 Cardiovascular:-
Again this is the same thing as changing your lifestyle as well. if your not into going to the gym or for 5 mile run then change the small things in your life, and i don't mean park the car further or walk to the shops blah blah blah ( don't get me wrong they are still good ideas but) you still have to get your heart pumping to burn fat and those small things just wont cut the cheese.
I'm talking about doing something more like getting the kids involved, like playing rounders,badminton,tennis or even football or even going for LONG walks in the park.
Most people don't feel like they have exercised when it comes to playing a sport only reason being because it is fun and we don't generally associate exercise with fun you see. Its called tricking your mind.you've had your fun as well as exercised. Nobody said that only the ye old treadmill will help you lose weight and nothing else.for just half an hour a day can show some serious benefits both to your health and body as well as still relieve stress.
4.Exercise part 2- weight training
Now don't panic, i know i have just given a huge or somewhat huge lecture on making exercise fun but that doesn't mean that weight training still cant be fun either.
Weight training is important. I wish i could say that "oh, there is no need for it" but i wold be lying to you.
imagine any celebrity model. they have a shape to their bodies. there curves were made to look like that through weight training.besides if we didn't weight train then what are we supposed to do with all that extra skin we will have after burning the fat out of it. it needs toning up and weighs will help us do that.
I don't mean pick up 10kg dumbbells and start pumping the iron, no, you can still exercise with your own body weight. for example training for the stomach is sit ups, crunches etc. you really don't need any weights at all.
But if you do want to lose weight that bit faster and think you don't mind lifting then investing in a pair of dumbbells-the choice is yours on how much you can handle weight wise- and get started. Or if you're short on cash just grab t2 tins or 2 sugar bags from the kitchen cabinets and get started.
Using them is a personal choice as well as the doctors viewpoint so always consult him/her before embarking on any exercise plan.
5.Take before and after pictures:-
This is purely for motivation really. take a picture each week if you had to and just compare the difference. if you start seeing results within yourself it will keep you going for longer. Most people give up after just few weeks because they don't see the difference or don't feel too different but if you had a picture you could look at it and think "yep its working " and carry on with it for few more weeks.
6. Try an exercise program.
Program's like
Insanity: The Ultimate Cardio Workout
