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Healthy Weight Loss Program: Quick Tips #1 – Have a Ball

March 13th, 2010 louisj No comments

Many times we want to lose weight and we have a problem choosing a program that works for us. Losing weight is important to me but my health is more important. In a series of quick tips I will introduce ideas to help us in our quest to lose weight and keep it off in a safe, effective and healthy way. These quick weight loss tips will be short, healthy eating, fitness, nutritional vitamin supplements or general health and wellness tidbits to help meet your goals.

Quick Tip #1 – Have a Ball.

This idea came from Scott Tousignant and is posted on his blog under his 30 day home office challenge. Scott is one of the people I follow because I like his Fat Loss Quickie Program. Today’s Quick Weight Loss Tip is to get a stability ball (fitness ball). I have been a big fan of stability balls for years and it is a great way to strengthen your mid section and work off a few pounds there. The unique tip I got from Scott is to use the ball as a chair at your home office desk. For me, I spend a lot of time at my home office desk and this will help me greatly.

The Stability Ball.

The Fitness Ball helps my improve and strengthen my posture, strengthens my core muscles, and adds a little excitement to my day as I bounce and swivel around while I work or talk to customers. Try moving from side to side or from front to back while working and see that this extra activity doesn’t engage and help build up your abdominal, lower back and oblique muscles. This is your core area where the excess fat that we want to lose is often stored. You can order your stability ball here or go to any store with a small fitness equipment section and get one. They run about $15 to $20 and it well be money well spent to help you lose weight and keep it off.

Resistance Training.

As a quick tip bonus I keep a couple of dumbbells near my desk. Once or twice a day I will take 5 to 10 minutes to do a few resistance exercises with the dumbbells. To note; as part of your program resistance exercise is the most important way to burn off fat and keep it off. So beyond our daily exercise routine we need to develop little habits that will help us increase our resistance training and build muscle to burn fat, lose weight and improve our overall health.

Finally.

Use your fitness ball any where and any way in your home that you will use a chair. Watch television, read a book, talk on the phone or whatever. Not only do I use my stability ball as a chair to help strengthen my core muscles, I also use it to exercise with. There are many abdominal exercises, like crunches, sit ups and back stretches that I use my stability ball for. But I also use it as a weight lifting bench. Many exercises that we can use a bench or a chair for, the fitness ball will help us engage our mid sections and build those muscles, burn that fat and help us lose weight. The stability ball is an essential part of your healthy program.

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Healthy Weight Loss Motivation

January 31st, 2010 louisj 2 comments

Motivation For Healthy Weight Loss.

It is not easy to stay motivated all the time during a healthy weight loss program. You are often tempted to go back to your old eating habits or to miss works outs. Many people around distract you from your program. To be successful you must stay motivated. Here are a few tips to keep you motivated to meet your weight loss goals.

Have Fun

The most important thing you can do in your weight loss program is to have fun. There is nothing worse than doing something that you do not enjoy and that will quickly eleminate any motivation you have at all. Make your work outs different and fun. Pick up activities you always wanted to do. Having fun is the most underestimated motivator and ironically, it is the most potent. Having fun creates enthusiasm and helps you keep going even when you see no results.

Visualize

Your weight affects various aspects in your life. It makes you feel good and more confident, reduces health problems and other ailments. You have your own “whys”, visualize them. Feel as if you are already experiencing the benefits. Visualize how you would look, walk, talk being slim? As you increasingly visualize the successful you, you feel the results and you become the results and are therefore motivated to keep going.

Weight Loss Partner

Whether they are an accountability partner, someone who is working out with you, a weight loss coach or just someone you just talk to; sharing your goals with others will increase your chances to succeed while on a fat loss program. Even a support group can be helpful. If you can’t find a group, join one on the internet. People pursuing the same goal will keep you motivated. Please do not seek condolences, but motivation, success stories and tips. Those will get you inspired!

Set Realistic Goals

Some goals are unattainable and unacheivable. This will only discourage you because you may feel as you failed. Make your goals realistic and your activities realistic. If you can only commit 30 minute a day to your exercise program fine. Follow a fixed routine with regular exercise and a healthy diet. Create positive goals by doing the activites that you can and will commit to until you achieve them.

Write and Review your Goals

Write it in your dairy, journal or stick it on your mirror so that you see it every day. This will constantly remind you and reinforce your goal. Review your goals, keep a track of your weight and analyze what you could have done better.

Reward Yourself

Rewarding yourself helps keeping you motivated. Your rewards should be realistic and meaningful. You should reward yourself when you reach your set limit like go out for movies or buy something for yourself. Your rewards should not go against your healthy weight loss program. Do not eat extra sweets or skip a workout as a reward. This only sets you back.

Motivation is the driving force to any healthy weight loss program. It “glues” together the other components you are utilizing: a healthy diet plan, nutritional vitamin supplements and an regular exercise program. To sum up, you should think about the end result every day and visualize the benefits. By developing a program that is motivating you set yourself up to succeed at meeting your weight loss goals.

Be Blessed. Be a Blessing.

Coach Louis

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