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Principles & Maintenance

Principles of Healthy Weight Loss

     There are some things you need to remember when choosing a plan and trying to loose weight. The plan that you choose should help you to loose weight but also needs to be healthy.

- Follow sensible and healthy guidelines for eating and physical activity for achieving and maintaining healthy weight.

- Excess weight is caused by an interaction of genetic (inherited) and environmental (social and cultural) factors, which include metabolic (physical and chemical) and behavioral (psychological and emotional) components. Because of the complexity of weight loss, gain, and maintenance, people need to understand that a quick and effortless weight loss is worthless.

- As a sedentary lifestyle is a significant barrier to successfully maintaining weight loss and preventing further weight gain, it is important to add more activity in your daily routine.

- Losing weight requires burning more calories than the body takes in, by either reducing caloric intake or increasing caloric expenditure, or preferably, both.

- Remember, achieving and maintaining even a modest amount of weight loss can reduce the severity of illnesses associated with obesity.

- Medical, pharmacological and surgical interventions may be options for women with more serious cases of overweight and obesity. These interventions, used in conjunction with a plan for healthy eating and physical activity, should be utilized in conformance with applicable treatment guidelines.


The ABC's of weight loss Plans:

Before joining an online weight loss program make sure of the following

A. Does the program apply to your country? Some generic foods that are included in a weight loss plan may not be available in your country.

B. Is support available? Is there a phone number for you to call? Do they offer real time chat mode support? Is support only handled via email? The Weight Loss Plan you should go for should offer several convenient ways for you to contact them. Don't be afraid to call their toll-free support line, just to see that it is working.

C. Know what other people say about the plan. Visit their site as often as you can, read the reviews, watch the ratings and be well-informed about what is best for you.


Maintaining Weight After Weight Loss

     Here is the problem that most people involved in a weight loss plan face - keeping the weight off after the plan had been completed. Once you have achieved a healthy body weight what lies ahead is effective weight management, which involves behavior modification which is a lifelong commitment and includes at least two components:

- healthful eating in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, emphasizing a reduction in total calories, a lowered fat consumption, and an increase in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and
- increased frequent and regular physical activity of at least moderate intensity.

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