Many individuals are overweight, or carry a few extra pounds they wish they didn’t have. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Simple changes to how we eat and live our lives can prevent weight gain, and help us lose excess weight. Remember, these will take time, but with patience and motivation, you can manage your weight successfully. We suggest to begin with these 3 ways to effectively manage your weight!
How to Achieve Healthy Weight Management
Gradually Implement Change That Is Sustainable
It’s one thing to be excited about weight loss and living a healthier lifestyle and wanting to jump right into it. It’s another to have a plan that will work, in the long term. Before starting, be sure that you’re willing to make the necessary changes to your food choices and activity. This doesn’t include crash diets, strict eating regimes, or extreme exercise routines. Once you’ve committed, start bringing in changes gradually. Introduce one new change at a time, and the next, once the first has become a regular habit. It is much easier to sustain these changes, when you aren’t overwhelmed by trying to achieve many new tasks at once. This is where people will often fall short and begin to take on an all or nothing approach. By implementing things that are easy to maintain slowly, you will achieve more, and be more likely to succeed.
Remain Focused On Your Health and Not Your Weight
The number you see on the scale doesn’t necessarily reflect your progress, or your state of health. Being laser focused on your weight is not the best approach, when trying to make lifestyle choices. Paying too much attention to your weight will likely end up with you being hard on yourself for not seeing the changes, at a pace you desire. Instead, if you take a health-focused approach, you can be proud of yourself for making healthy choices and taking care of your body, for the future. Remember, bodies come in all shapes and sizes. You may never look like the photoshopped celebrities in magazines; but, instead, like the best and healthiest you.
Keep Your Metabolism Up
When you cut calories, your metabolism begins to slow down. Also, as you lose weight, your body burns fewer calories, at rest. Studies have shown that as you lose weight, you lose lean muscle mass. That loss of muscle will lower our metabolism, slowing down our weight loss. To keep your metabolic rate optimal, it is important to include good quality protein, at your meals, and start implementing muscle-building exercise, into your routine. Remember, muscle weighs more than fat so you may see the numbers on the scale increase, as your body adjusts. This little reminder, may help you to be health focused and not, simply, weight focused. Keeping all of these tips in mind will help you to, not only, lose weight, but also keep it off, in a healthy and safe way.
Being aware of how to maintain weight safely, can greatly improve your health. If you like the idea of being able to help others manage their weight through nutrition and change their thinking, you may want to pursue a career as a holistic nutritionist. Edison Institute of Nutrition offers online courses in nutrition training to help get you started.
Edison Institute of Nutrition is highly recognized for its nutrition programs, based in Canada. We offer distance learning, available to individuals worldwide. These courses meet many nutrition-related interests and skill requirements, including:
- Achieving a better state of health
- Gaining knowledge about holistic nutrition
- Becoming a holistic nutrition resource for others
- Pursuing a professional certification in holistic nutrition
For more information about our programs such as our Introductory Program, Diploma in Holistic Nutrition or Continuing Education programs, call the Edison Institute of Nutrition today at or contact us to speak with one of our educational advisors.
