5 tips for losing weight

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S5 tips for losing weight healthily

With this information about the complexity surrounding obesity, you will now be able to understand the best basic guidelines for losing weight correctly, that is, losing weight healthily.

1. To lose weight healthily, forget about numbers
Much more important than numbers on the scale, our health must be a priority. Most treatments for obesity focus on weight loss. However, it is necessary to understand how your body works as a whole.

To do this, try to consult a specialist, such as a nutritionist or an endocrinologist, for example. The latter will help you carry out research that includes your hormonal levels and possible metabolic changes, in case you have more difficulties losing weight. In other words, the cause of overweight may be a hormonal imbalance.

Another common effect of weight gain is emotional issues. In this case, seek psychological help or even psychiatrists, if your situation involves, for example, eating disorders. These problems are very serious and can lead to death.

2. Eat better, not less
Yes, it is possible to lose weight by eating everything. The key word is balance, which means eating adequate portions of food. And, to balance your body, you need to eat different types of food, as each of them has nutrients necessary for your body to function.

A good tip for losing weight healthily is to start by eating greens, fruits and vegetables, as you increase your satiety and guarantee important nutrients for your health. And avoid sugar consumption as much as possible and prefer foods rich in fiber and good fats.

3. Respect your body and its satiety
How satisfied were you? Great, you don’t need to overdo it, as this can overload your body. Therefore, eat slowly – this way, your stomach has time to “tell” your brain that you have eaten enough food to satisfy your hunger.

Another important tip is to avoid going without eating for many hours. When this happens, you end up feeling very hungry and tend to eat too quickly. Furthermore, all those hours without stressing eating or your body unnecessarily.

4. Cook more at home

The golden tip here is planning, especially with the busy day-to-day routine. Most processed foods are unhealthy because they are full of chemicals and should be avoided as much as possible.

Furthermore, cook at home with approximately fresh foods, which are great for balancing your body. Fresh foods are those that we find at the market or in the fresh food section of the supermarket: vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, etc.

When you cook, pay more attention to your food and it becomes easier to maintain a healthier diet, as the foods were chosen by you. Therefore, ask your partner, your family for help, the more people participating, the better!

Remember: a good diet prevents problems related to weight gain, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart attack, as well as joint pain, among others.

5. Do regular physical activity
Physical exercise helps regulate the functioning of your body, in a competitive way, including hormones. This contributes to your energy balance, increasing your feeling of well-being – which is why moving your body is also very important for your mental health, which is reflected in your relationship with food.

The regularity of physical exercise is more important than the type of activity chosen. Therefore, choose something that best fits your profile: it could be the gym, cycling, yoga or a simple walk. Try to move every day!

Quick miracle diets don’t work
As you can see by reading the text, losing weight is not such a simple process and will happen from one moment to the next. Therefore, we must emphasize that miracle and quick diets do not work.

But why? Because their involvement usually restricts foods that, instead of helping them, harm their body and also their mental health. How many times have you heard people complaining about how difficult it is to stop eating “this” or “that”, how they are dissatisfied with not losing the weight they expected?! Reflect on this.

Your body needs time and the necessary nutrition to function properly – hence the importance of seeking help from a specialist, so that you have the most correct guidance for your case.

“Garbage day” does not help you lose weight healthily
Want an extra tip for your dietary health? Forget the famous “garbage day”, as many restrictive diets out there preach. Normally, it’s a day at the end of the week to eat whatever you want and “escape the diet” of everyday life. But food is not garbage, and should never be considered that way, in addition to not being any “reward”.

With the information presented here, it is clear that the problem is not the act of