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Top Tips for Weight Control
By WLR Guest Dietitian
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‘There is a general
perception that almost no-one succeeds in losing weight and
keeping it off in the long term’ say scientists from the Brown
Medical School, Rhode Island, USA.
They go on to explain that
research has in fact shown that 1 in 5 overweight people are
successful - when success is defined as losing at least 10
percent of their weight and keeping that off for at least 1
year.
To help motivate people who feel despondent about their
ability to control their weight in the long term, they have
compiled this list of top success strategies used by the
thousands of successful slimmers they have interviewed.
They
are:
- being physically active for an hour or more daily e.g.
a total of walking for one hour
- eating a low fat diet and
keeping a check on overall calorie intake
- eating breakfast
regularly
- keeping a regular check on their weight e.g. once
or twice a week
- not falling into the trap of ‘all or
nothing’ thinking (where you feel bad if you overeat/eat a
high calorie food, feel you’ve blown it and keep on eating)
- having a fairly consistent eating pattern across weekdays and
weekends
- greatly limiting their variety of fatty and sugary foods
Surprisingly Simple
This study is very encouraging as it shows that
long term weight control is possible – and it points to
surprisingly simple ways
to help make it happen.
While this study highlights practical
strategies of successful slimmers, the big reason they can
keep putting them into practice rather than go back to old
habits is their positive state of mind. They believe, and keep
on believing that they can keep up these changes and that they
are worth it.
Using the food diary and tools in WLR can help you make the
changes necessary for weight loss and weight control,
try it free for 24 hours.
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