The cure to obesity or being overweight is simple. Lose 5 pounds ...

Set smaller weight loss goals to see the most success.

If you are overweight (or obese), there are some powerful reasons to drop 10 percent of your body weight this year. Losing this amount of weight can significantly improve your health and well being.

It may not sound like a lot. In fact, most people trying to lose weight set much loftier goals for themselves, but unrealistic goals can often end in disaster.

The cure to obesity or being overweight is simple. Lose 5 pounds. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. etc

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What does losing 5 pounds of fat really do? Think it doesn?t make a difference?

This represents 5 lbs of fat.
For every 5 lbs of fat you lose, you remove over 1 mile of blood vessels that you heart no longer has to pump through.

A 10 percent goal is very doable?that?s 20 pounds for someone who weighs 200; 25 pounds for a person whose scale reads 250; and 30 pounds trimmed from a 300-pound person.

Ten Benefits
So, what are the top ten health benefits you can expect after dropping 10 percent of your weight? In no particular order, they are:

10. Better blood pressure
9.?? Improved heart health and lower cholesterol levels
8.?? Decreased risk for diabetes
7.?? Enhanced sex life
6.?? A better night?s sleep for those with obstructive sleep apnea
5.?? Less pain associated with arthritis, joint disease, and lower back pain.
4.?? Better breathing
3.?? Decreased risk for colon and breast cancer
2.?? A healthier gallbladder
1.?? More energy

Tips for successful weight loss and maintaining that weight loss for the rest of your life:

• Set a 5 or 10 pound goal for yourself.
• Learn to read food labels ? calories, fat, protein, carbs, sugar AND the ingredient list.
• Count your calories and keep track, journal everything and hold yourself accountable every day.
• Make drinking plenty of water party of your daily routine.
• Walk for 10 ? 20 minutes every day. (intentionally walk .. not just thinking back over your day and adding up the time you walked into the grocery store or walked to the mailbox ? set aside time to just walk, wherever you want and at whatever pace your comfortable with) It doesn?t seem like much but at the end of the week you?ve got anywhere from an hour or two put in walking! And as time goes by you?ll build the stamina to do more.
• Give your? body the nutrition it needs to stave off hunger, cravings, binges etc. When your body has been given what it needs to function it will do so.

NOTE:

IF YOUR hunger is out of control, if you?re binging, craving .. it?s because of something you ate earlier that?s spiked and then dropped your insulin levels ? usually something with a lot of sugar or carbs (which turns into sugar). Figure out what you ate, stop eating that!

To stop food cravings and binging: Make your snacks foods that are low in sugar, low in carbs, high in fiber, high in protein. By keeping your insulin levels steady (eating and snacking on a regular basis on the right foods) you will improve your metabolism, your weight, your mood and your energy levels.

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About Mary

Visalus has helped me reach my goal weight in a short amount of time. It has changed the way I think about food, nutrition, health and overcome the mental hurdles that SO many people struggle with when it comes to our bodies and our relationship with food. I believe in this so much I've made it my career. I help people regain control of their weight, their health, even their finances. I want to help you - all you have to do is START! To your health :) Mary

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