First Stepts Of Weight Loss

There are so many ways to lose weight. However, most of them will give you a hungry and unsatisfied feeling. Before you know it, all that weight you lost, will return and you are back where you started. Losing weight isn’t easy. It’s hard. But you have to take it one step at a time. Taking that first step to change your lifestyle is always the hardest. You need to change the way you eat and live. I know it’s hard. You always have the urge to crawl back to your old habbits, but you’ll never lose the weight if you crawl back and give up. It doesn’t work like that. That’s why I’ll help you take these first steps. Note that this is what I think is the best. I’m not a professional nutritionist yet (I’m working on my bachelor), but I speek mostly based on my experiences and proved science.

STEP 1: Intermittent Fasting

This is a huge deal in weight loss and I personally think it’s the best method to lose weight. Intermittend Fasting is based on the primordial human’s way of life, a time when food was not available all day, all the time. We as human’s are since modern times habituated to eating 3 to 5 meals a day, just to never be hungry. But the fact is that our body needs a break from digesting to be able to regenerate. The way we as humans eat right now has a negative impact on our health and it can lead to obesity and food-related and mental illnesses.

The first thing you should know about IF is that it isn’t a diet. It isn’t an eating plan. It is an eating pattern. With IF, you stop eating for predetermined periods of time. You leave out a meal or you fast up to 24 hours (that depends on what is best for you). Our bodies fasts in a natural way, as it’s used to (from back in time). It gets into detox mode and learns to burn FAT again and not to rely on constant food supply. For more info; read my article about intermittent fasting! All the benefits and how it works will be in that article.

STEP 2: Say no to sugar and cut your carbs

I just want to point out that sugar is the number one most addictive thing there is on Earth. So YES THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD, but it causes massive weight gain, because it increases your hunger and desire for food, plus, drinking sugary beverages like sodas and juices and eating candy and cookies make it easier to consume a high number of calories and to overeat. There are so many negative effects that I will point out later in another blog, but cutting sugars will have a huge impact on your physical and mental health and your energy throughout the day. One note: it’s important to also cut all the processed foods and cut carbs and eat plenty of healthy fats such as avocado, full-fat yoghurt, nuts, seeds… that way you’ll feel ful. Fats don’t make you fat, it’s the sugar and carbs that makes you fat, so avoid low-fat foods, because these always contain a lot of sugars.

If this was easy, everyone would do this. When you feel something is tough, know that it's not because you aren't strong. Recognize that what you're doing is hard, and you are a badass for forging ahead anyhow!

STEP 3: drink lots of water

This is always VERY important. If you drink water a half hour before every meal, you’ll decrease the amount of consumed calories and so it helps with weight loss. Drinking tea or coffee is also really good, because it will not only give you energy, it’ll also boost your metabolism, so your body will burn more fat faster. ALWAYS HAVE A BOTTLE OF WATER WITH YOU!!!

STEP 4: Do HIIT and lift weights 3 to 4 times a week

Both will boost your metabolism. You’ll burn more calories during and after your workout AND you’ll also burn more fat in a short amount of time! HIIT is short for High Intensity Interval Workout. The key is to go at your maximum effort during the exercise and rest for a short amount of time. It’s important that you don’t do it 6 or 7 days a week because than you’re doing it wrong #MeInTheBeginning. Three to four days is the best way, because those other days are to rest and regain your strenght.

STEP 5: Get a good night sleep

I always denied that sleeping can effect my weight. I slept poorly, I slept too short. Apparently it is very important to sleep at least 7/8 hours, because poor sleep is one of the strongest factors of weight gain. No more staying up ‘till past 12. Try to reduce the habbit of being on your phone. Try to relax and sleep.