Weight Loss That Works
The average person on the national weight loss registry has lost about 36 pounds, and kept it off. How do they accomplish this? Research has been done, and what they have found is very interesting.There are six common habits of those people who have lost the weight and kept it off. They are:
- They Eat Breakfast Daily
- They Eat Out 3 or fewer times per week
- They eat 5 Small meals a day
- They exercise regularly
- They weigh themselves regularly
- They keep a food diary
Eating Breakfast is how you get your metabolism fired up in the morning. In The Zone, you actually are encouraged to eat more often, never waiting more than 4 hours to eat, so that your metabolism stays up. Plus, with the hormonal balance your body enters with The Zone, you keep yourself in Fat Burning Mode all day!
Eating Out is directly related to being overweight. You are more likely to over eat, you are eating foods that are higher in fat, and often foods that are higher-density calories. Let's be real: you don't go out to eat a nice salad, lots of fresh veggies, and a nice lean portion of chicken. You go out to eat a rich meal - whether it be a fatty cut of meat, some pasta, fries, or a burger. It's amazing how many calories are packed into some of those meals! Eating 5 Small Meals a day, like eating breakfast, keeps your metabolism turned up so you burn fat through the day. Plus, when you eat more often, you are less likely to binge, because you just don't allow yourself to become starving!
Your body craves exercise, and for good reason. It keeps you energized, plus it improves your muscle tone (and muscles burn more calories than fat!).
Keeping track of your weight helps, well, keep you motivated. When you are doing well, you want to continue your progress. When you slip, you give yourself a mental kick in the butt and commit to doing better!
A food diary may seem like a chore, but it is so revealing. It's pretty hard to be dishonest with yourself if you actually write down everything that you eat during the day. It's a self-accountability that you can do with yourself that is very powerful.
Additional Habits that were common were:
- Positive problem-solving attitude
- Continued contact with suppor team
- Reduction of other health problems
Don't understimate these things. They really do add up to powerful influences in your ability to be successful.
Some of the negative predictors included:
- Negative Life Events
- Family Dysfunction
The goal should be gradual permanent lifestyle changes to improve physical activity and performance, as well as food selection and cognitive health. Changes should be gradual to ensure weight loss and improved health at a pace that can truly be incorporated to replace decades of poor habits in order to keep the dropout rate down.
You get ALL of these things at FormulaZone.
We have worked hard to give you every single tool you need in order to have success with your weight loss.
Our Menus include breakfast, every day.
Our Menus help you to eat in, instead of out. We offer tons of pre-packaged meals so you can take something fast and easy with you to work. We give you the tips you need to eat out successfully.
Our Menu Planner requires at least one snack a day - and it is suggested that you have two or more.
We are introducting an exercise log that will help you keep track of your exercise.
The Weight Loss Log allows you to keep track of your weight.
The Food Diary allows you to keep a detailed food log easily, and gives you feedback.
The Discussion Forum provides a community for you to stay in contact with your support group.
Our Support Staff works with you to help maintain a positive problem-solving attitude.