Planning to lose weight? Here are a few tips to get you on your way to achieving your goal weight!

There are many ways to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time.However, most of them require you to be hungry and unsatisfied. What does it take to lose weight? What are the different ways? Find your answers below.

1. Keep track of your calories

Monitoring your calories each day may seem annoying, but it can help you more than you think. Understanding is the first step. One pound equals 3,500 calories, which breaks down to 500 calories a day. Doing a combo of exercise and cutting calories to reach 500, could help you lose a pound a week.

To keep track, use a journal by jotting down everything you eat each day…yes, even that piece of cake you grabbed after lunch. Then weight yourself once or twice a week to see your progress.

2. Eat five times a day 

In order to prevent that famished feeling that drives you to overeat, you should plan on eating three meals and two snacks a day, timing them so you eat every two to three hours. A sample schedule could be:

7 a.m. — Breakfast
9:30 a.m. — Snack
12:30 p.m. — Lunch
3:30 p.m. — Snack
6:30 p.m. — Dinner

3. What to eat

Every time you decide to chow down, be sure to include protein to satisfy your hunger, fiber to fill you up, and healthy carbs to sustain your energy. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be between 300 and 500 calories each, and the two snacks can be about 150 each. Break them down according to your needs and cravings.

4. Get moving

Your diet isn’t the only part of your weight loss dilemma. You can’t forget to exercise. In order to burn calories to reduce your overall body fat, include 60 minutes of heart-pumping exercise five times a week. We know it’s tough, but a nice walk at lunch time just won’t cut it. We suggest swimming, running, high cardio exercising, etc.

5. Set small goals and celebrate them

Losing weight is no small task. It’s a journey so it helps to set smaller goals along the way to your big goal.

6. Be patient and remember
why you’re doing it!

Losing weight is a process. Just as you tacked on the pounds, it takes time to shed them off. Patience is key. Just as you start reaching for that cupcake, remember what your reasons are for losing weight. Let that keep you motivated. You’ll get there!

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