8 Fast Weight Loss Tips for Women
With so much information (and misinformation), in the world today when it comes to women’s weight loss, its hard to know what a fad is, from what is the real. Weight loss can be hard, and it’s made even harder when you don’t know what advice to follow.
Lucky for you, we have compiled the top 8 weight loss tips for women, whether you’re just starting out on your weight loss journey, or if you’re feeling stuck somewhere in-between, this article is for you. Read on to
find out the top 8 fast weight loss tips for women.
1) There Is No Quick Fix
As much as you want to get those unwanted kilos of right now, it is better to adopt a longer-term outlook on your health and wellness goals. There is no point losing a significant amount of weight through a fad diet, only to put right back on afterward. There is a healthy amount of weight to lose in a week, and it has a limit. 500g to a kilo a week is considered within the healthy bounds of weight loss.
This may not sound like a lot if you are just starting out, but you would be surprised at how much weight you can lose over a year at this rate, not to mention you will be a lot more likely to sustain it. The best way
for you to lose a healthy amount of weight fast, in most cases, is to lose it a little bit slower, but more consistently over the long run.
2) Set a Plan
Building on from the last point, stressing consistency is integral if you want to lose weight fast. Get yourself a diary or write up an exercise plan for you to follow throughout the week.
This ensures you know how much exercise you are doing each week, so if you hit a weight loss plateau, you might be able to start scheduling in an extra session or two (within moderation) to help get over it. Don’t
forget to also schedule in the occasional treat dinner with friends and family to reward yourself throughout the way.
3) Metabolism Is your Best Friend Not your Worst Enemy
Many of you reading this might already have a negative perception of your own metabolism. Blaming it for your lackluster weight loss efforts in the past or seeing it as the reason why you are carrying extra weight in all those unwanted areas. Well, its time we break this perception, and start loving our own metabolisms, as it truly is your best friend when it comes to losing weight. Start thinking of it as a reward system for exercising and eating healthy.
When you start training more often, your metabolism naturally speeds up, as a result, helping you burn more calories throughout the day when you aren’t even exercising.
4) Calories in Calories Out
Knowing how many calories you are eating in a day is not an easy feat. But it is important to have a rough idea of how many you are consuming throughout the day. Put rather simply, eating fewer calories, will result in you losing more weight, but eating too few calories can sometimes end in the opposite.
Lowering your calories too quickly can have a negative effect on your weight loss efforts, this is because your body starts to assume it is dying from starvation (which it essentially is) and regulates your hormones
to slow your metabolism to stop you this. This makes it pretty darn hard to lose any more fat. A good place to start is eating 250-500 calories less than you are currently eating, any more and you risk messing up your
metabolism.
5) De-Toxify
Obviously eating less food directly leads to weight loss, but have you considered what kind of foods you are eating? Eating alkaline and nutrient-rich food is another piece in the puzzle of losing weight fast.
Foods with high micronutrient content and high fiber levels will not only make you feel better, but they will also help with reducing how hungry you are, often making you feel more satisfied after a meal. Make sure to head over to the USDA website [https://www.choosemyplate.gov/nutrition-nutrient-density] for more
information about what kinds of healthy foods you should be including in your diet.
6) Limit Alcohol
All this talk of food, but we can’t forget the silent culprit at play here, alcohol. Alcohol consumption is another reason why you may be struggling to lose weight. Make sure you don’t forget that alcohol has
calories in it as well, sometimes quite a lot in the case of sugary spirits and beer.
Try and cut out your overall alcohol consumption throughout the week, or at least limit it. For many of us, alcohol is a big contributor to why we struggle to lose weight, hence why it couldn’t be left out of this list.
7) Start an Exercise Regime
I know you have heard it many times before, but it’s important to start exercising. Making regular exercise a
part of your routine will allow you to burn extra calories and more importantly, build some extra muscle, which in turn, will speed up your metabolism making the whole process a lot easier.
Try working out with a friend doing something you both enjoy, maybe take up yoga or a fun exercise class so it’s not such a drag to get it done. Also, make sure to implement some light resistance training at least a
few times a week to make sure you speed up that metabolism.
8) Don’t Go Overboard
Losing weight may be very important to you, but make sure you don’t go overboard in the process. If you start to feel the symptoms of overtraining (lethargy, struggle sleeping, weakness, stress), don’t feel guilty to take some much-needed rest, your body may need it.
Overtraining, much like undereating will be counterproductive in the long run. If you start getting sick more often, and not being able to give 100% when you are training it will set you back in your weight loss efforts, as well as not being healthy for your physical and mental health.
Remember….
Make sure you implement these 8 tips on your weight loss journey but also remember that any weight loss regime should fit with your lifestyle and add to it, not take away from it. In order to lose weight and keep it
off, your healthy exercise and dietary efforts must be something you can keep up with in the long run, if they aren’t, you might need to step back and reconsider your plan.
