Weight Management: The Truth

At Body line fitness & gym we firmly believe that the best way to lose weight is through eating a healthy varied diet and coupling that with an effective exercise programme.

Since the dawn of the modern age both men and women, though predominantly the latter have strived and struggled to lose that spare tyre, those last few lbs, those last few inches or drop that dress size.

We have tried every diet under the sun and even made our own up in some cases, and it would be unfair to deny that we have had some degree of success too. However the one thing that is almost always guaranteed is that you will eventually put the weight you have lost back on once you revert back to your usual diet, and it’s this constant yo-yo dieting that earns the diet industry over $40bn every year and this figure continues to grow year on year.

As stated at the start of this bulletin we at BODYLINE FITNESS & GYM believe firmly that the best way to lose weight and guarantee you keep it off is to eat a healthy varied diet and exercise, and not to follow these faddy 100% guaranteed success diets that seem to spring up all of the time, in order to cater to the needs of today’s consumer.

Firstly you need to face up to the reality that you’re not going to lose the weight while you continue to eat processed crappy foods. Then, you need to determine the reasons behind why you want to lose weight, and what it ultimately will mean to you once you have lost the weight. Set yourself some goals that are both manageable and long term and ensure that you stick to them by allowing yourself the odd reward every now and again.

Most of us know in reality what we should and shouldn’t be eating and what is and isn’t good for us, and at the end of the day the only person you’re kidding is yourself if you continue to eat crappy processed foods and then wonder why the weight isn’t dropping off.

Here are some basic tips to help you to start to lose weight and keep it off…

· Exercise on regular basis for at least 45-60 mins at a time preferably 3-5 times per week, whilst ensuring that the exercise you do makes you work up a sweat and keeps you feeling out of breath.

· Have someone work out your calorific requirements or BMR (basal metabolic rate) as it’s otherwise known. After all you could be eating a perfectly healthy diet, but if you’re eating too much then you may well be getting more of the required macronutrients than you need. Similar enough you may not be getting enough of these macronutrients if you don’t eat enough, and as strange as this will sound not eating enough can also affect your ability to lose weight.

· Eat regular but often, this helps to keep your metabolism firing on all cylinders, and helps you stave off those hunger pangs that ultimately lead to us binging on crappy sugary foods.

· Allow yourself a cheat day every once in a while, but only every once in a while, any more often and it’s not a treat it’s a regular occurrence.

· Try to limit alcohol intake, this affects the body in so many ways that adversely affect the way in which we process any excess energy, in turn if we are unable to process this excess energy then it will eventually be stored as body fat.

· One of the best tips I have ever come across was this, If you normally buy something that your grandparents wouldn't recognise as food (in other words it’s pre packed and goes in a microwave) then it’s probably full of additives and preservatives, which themselves can go a long way to inhibiting fat/weight loss, so stop buying it!

Ultimately guys the main thing to get from all this is that we need to start taking more care over what we eat when we eat it and what we make our body’s do in terms of exercise. Most people don’t have the first clue what to do about this, this is because for most people they stopped learning about food and exercise when they left school. You also have the younger generation now who live almost constantly on junk and convenience food, It’s easy to try to blame this on our busy lifestyles and work life, in reality though it’s sad to say it’s due to laziness/poor planning and poor education about food. The math is simple really, we sleep an average of 7hrs per night multiply that by 7 for the days in the week and you get 49hrs sleep a week, we work on average 37hrs per week also giving you a grand total of 86hrs per week, considering that we have 168hrs in a week that leaves us with the grand total of 82hrs each and every week to socialise, exercise and get our food intake right.

So, no time = no excuse!

If you've decided that you want to lose weight or you want to just overhaul your nutrition intake and get fit then that’s what we at BODY LINE FITNESS & GYM can do for you.

Just get in touch and we will help you achieve your goals.

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