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Action Plan to Lose Weight for BMI 28+ Part 3
Action 3. This final part is about changing your lifestyle to achieve a healthy weight for a lifetime and feel good about yourself, this can take several months but it is worth persevere.
Join the gym
As you are now exercising on a regular basis, it is time to take a step further and increase the frequency and intensity of your workouts. The advantages of joining a gym or your local fitness centre is that you get the chance to exercise with other people and practice the activities you enjoy. Exercise is vital for weight loss, as you get fitter increase the intensity of your exercises, keeping your heart rate to its optimum level. Try intensity training five times a week for 30 minutes each time.
Stay Healthy
Have your five portions of fruit and vegetables every day as they have plenty of vitamins and water as well as being low calorie, helping you to stay healthy. During the main mealtimes, opt for food with lean protein, such as fish, skinless chicken, pulses and beans.
Meet people
Have some fun with family and friends and enjoy yourself, this helps you to unwind and feel good about yourself.
Keep food fun
It is important to enjoy what you eat, keep your new diet interesting, so you don’t get bored of it. Try different foods you haven’t had before, like exotic fruits, such as lychees, dragon fruit, passion fruit etc. Learn to prepare some interest healthy dishes with a new cooking book can help you to make some nice healthy meals.
Drink plenty of water
Drink between six to eight glasses of water a day to help you digest your meals, prevent bloatedness and carry nutrients around your body.
Maintain a healthy weight
These are changes for a lifetime, keep healthy with your new lifestyle and feel better for it. Minimise the sugar and the fat contents from your diet for good, enjoy healthy meals and don’t feel hungry. Be proud of yourself and make exercise part of your daily routine for life. Monitor your BMI regularly, if your weight start to increase get back to your food diary, you know what to do now.
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