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5 Ways to Lose Weight without Trendy Diets
By: Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
Published: November 1, 2019
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Anyone who wants to lose weight has a nearly endless collection of trendy diets to try. If the first one doesn’t work, dieters can simply try a different strategy. Unfortunately, many dieters achieve successful results for a short time only when they rely on a trendy diet. Once these individuals stop dieting, the pounds slowly come back, settling around their waist, thighs, and hips. Here is a look at successful ways to lose weight and keep it from coming back.
Focus on Fresh Foods
Processed foods often contain extra calories, created by adding ingredients such as sugar, salt, and corn syrup. Avoiding processed foods also means reducing the number of empty calories you consume. Fresh vegetables and fruit are high in fiber and low in calories. They allow you to fill up without tacking on extra pounds. It’s important to keep in mind that salad dressings, butter, cheese sauces, and gravies add calories to your veggie servings.
Exercise 5 Times a Week
Exercising throughout the week helps to burn off unwanted calories. For the best results, you should aim for five 30-minute sessions. Changing up your exercise routine helps to keep this strategy interesting. Listening to music, television, or the news can also make it easier to remain dedicated to your exercise routine.
Get Plenty of Rest
Being tired is an easy way to trigger bad food choices. If you don’t have the vitality you need to get through your day, you may be tempted to indulge in sugary treats for a quick burst of energy. You may also find yourself tempted to choose fast food instead of preparing a healthy meal. If you aim for seven to nine hours of sleep each night, you should feel rested throughout your week.
Remove Temptation
Eliminating high-calorie treats from your kitchen should make it easier to avoid them. Most likely, you’ll want the weight to stay off once you lose it. Therefore, it’s important to replace unhealthy options with healthy ones. Doing so allows you to satisfy your sweet tooth without derailing your plan to lose weight.
Eat Smaller Servings
Eating less food is one of the best ways to lose weight. Whenever possible, reduce the size of your serving to lower your caloric intake. Minimizing your snack and dessert servings may provide the biggest drop in calories and pounds.
Trying to lose weight can be difficult, particularly if you are more than fifty years of age. While trendy diets may work, the results are not always lasting. For the best results, you should try to incorporate lasting strategies to aid with weight loss and maintenance into your daily life. These strategies can be as simple as eating more fruits and vegetables, avoiding dressings and gravies, and exercising more frequently.
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Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Earley, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
