Saturday, November 5, 2011

How to start to lose weight? What is healthy....

The main reason I am writing this blog is to put out quality info on various topics that relate to a human's health, basically covering the four parts (Physical, mental, emotional, and social).  The focus today is to touch on the physical side, which is the part that most people easily associate with health. 
Furthermore, what are the first steps to take when trying to achieve an ideal body weight through balancing your body composition (fat to muscle ratio, 1 of the 5 parts of health-related fitness)? Try these 4......

 No matter where your starting point is with your life and condition these are the first steps to identify healthy habits to build a foundation for a healthy lifestyle. 

1.  How much sleep do you get each night out of seven days?  To maintain an ideal body weight an adult should accomplish at least 7 hours each night.....SLEEP is a vital variable to maintaining & achieving an ideal body weight.

2.  Start a food journal with writing down EVERYTHING you eat over 7 days  A specific focus on food consumption (diet is anything a person eats) with looking into how many calories each day, while identifying Protein, Carbs, Fats in grams for each category.   Not a bad idea to eliminate both Alcohol & Sugar from the diet.  Drink WATER, you cannot consume to much of this!!!!!
 
3. Physical activity is a MUST for everyone.  The idea is to balance your movements into something you enjoy participating in, basically the rule is 60 min. a day on most days of the week.  Look into measure your heart rate during exercise/physical activity, as this is the best tool for driven results.  Find your target heart rate & put your heart in it!!!!
Set a goal that is both reasonable and specific (results can be measured).  Actually write it down and check daily what have you done to accomplish it.

4. A base assessment of body fat should be conducted in the beginning, this measurement (NO SCALE do NOT MEASURE YOUR WEIGHT on a scale, bad reference point) should give a body fat % & that number will decrease over the course of becoming more physically active.  This is also the reference point for results for the future.

For body weight their is no quick fixes, truly the solution is a lifestyle that supports as much movement as possible.  Making daily choices that have positive outcomes will continue the habits necessary to live well. 

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