Which Weight Loss Plan to Choose?

I don't care what plan you choose!
Well, yeah, you know I do. There are obviously excellent plans, and pitiful to dangerous plans.
Follow an excellent, healthy, wholistic plan, and you will lose weight, be healthier,and see whole life results. Obviously that is what I want for you.
But even if in desperation you follow a pitiful, silly, fad plan or half heartedly do something, AND YOU CONTINUE for a month or a year, guess what- you will end the year lighter.

Now let me say again, I am passionate about the desire to move you to health, not just lose weight. If you take in too few calories (like those 1000 calorie plans) you lose muscle as well as fat so the fat will come back- trust me it will!

The secret to long term, empowering, health-sustaining weight loss is the ability to still be doing it this time next year. Movitation to STAY THE COURSE is your key.
You can't do low calorie, self-deprivation plans for more than a few days to a week.
You won't work out 7 days a week so don't set yourself up for failure.

So let's talk about what is DO-able and more important Sustainable so this time next year you will still be following it and you will see results that will last a lifetime. This will be the topic of several blog post coming this month.

First Key- Small, consistent pattern:
Doing 15 minutes every day or every other day is better than planning every Saturday to bust a gut for 2 hours.
why? Because stuff gets in the way regularly: you get sick, you help the brother-in-law move, you go on vacation, etc. Suddenly your plan for 52 killer workouts is like 40 but more likely you have 3 weekends in a row get canceled and you just stop.
Conversely, It will become easier every day if you calendar the daily appointment to get up 15-30 minutes early, put your sneakers on, stretch, do some crunches, and/or walk the block/treadmill. Even if you gets sick, go on vacation, have an early appt, you won't lose the habit and you'll be doing this next year. More importantly your body will respond to it and crave it. You'll see results quickly and sustain them longer.

Slow and steady wins the race. (remember the tortoise and the hare?)

Next post: a nutrition key to success