Among the many things a new dieter asks is “How long should I diet?” The common answer is to stick to the diet until the ideal rate is reached. But this is simply untrue.
If you’re trying to lose weight, you might notice that you gain back all the pounds you lost (plus more) when you revert to your old eating habits, no matter how long you stick to your diet. This is the main reason why dieter’s young and old want to know exactly how long it takes for the diet’s good effects to stay for good.
There’s good news and bad news for the new dieters out there. The bad news is that there is no such thing as diet duration. Dieting is a lifestyle change by itself, which means you should stick to this diet for life. If you want to stick to your ideal weight, then you’d better stick to your diet.
The good news is that sticking to a diet can be easy. However, you don’t have to make a single drastic lifestyle change to lose all that weight! Many dieters failed this way because they try to change all their habits overnight. Instead, try breaking into your diet slowly and steadily. Below are some tips that can help you to easily stick to your diet for good.
Small steps, but never stop growing.
Start your diet with a very doable sacrifice. A good way to start would be to swear off all forms of soda in favor of water, natural fruit juice, or low-fat milk for the first few weeks. (Did you know that a typical can of soda contains about ten teaspoons of sugar?) Sticking to your diet will be much easier when you’re in charge of it, instead of having to follow every single “diet rule.” Once you get used to one sacrifice, impose another manageable limit. Then another, and another. Lifestyle changes are much easier to deal with if they come in chunks!
Key factor exercise.
Dieting on its own can help shed all those extra pounds eventually. But with exercise, weight loss will be exponentially faster. Exercising for at least an hour every day for five days a week can prevent you from gaining all those pounds back in case you’d revert to your old nasty eating habits. Go to your preferred gym and try incorporating cardiovascular exercises, strength training and flexibility routines throughout your workout. Also, incorporating fun exercises like dancing, kickboxing and Yoga can also encourage you to stick to your diet.
Don’t beat yourself up
Remember that any kind of food, no matter how fattening or “sinful” it is, can fit into a diet as long as it’s taken infrequently. Make sure you balance out your intake with more healthy food.
There will always come a time when even a flawless diet is bound to be disturbed. Missing a workout on a busy schedule from the office or drinking a toast for a friend’s wedding is just some of the many instances which are quite impossible to avoid. But don’t get so worked up over these stumbling blocks. Try getting back on the right track as quickly as possible. If everything goes well, your weight will still continue to drop.
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