There are a lot of diets out there, and some of them offer quick and wonderful weight-loss results in extremely short amounts of time. However, these processes aren’t for everyone and can be very unhealthy for those who do them. They ask for immediate change in your dieting practices and workout regimens, expecting you to fall into line and do as they say, but such rapid change doesn’t hold steadily over time. As a result, many people who follow these quick-solution plans gain back the weight they lost and end up back at their own starting point. In order to forego this unwanted result, here are six things to keep in mind while you work towards your weight-loss-goal. 
State-of-mind is half the battle.
You may believe that you need a trainer while working out, or a dietitian’s notes to keep eating right. All either one of these experts offer is a frame of mind, one that will keep you on the path of living healthier and losing weight. But if you’re not in that frame of mind yourself, then you will, on some level, be at odds with whatever they’re trying to say to help you. You need to want to do these things for yourself, to be mentally prepped to do what needs to be done correctly. If your state-of-mind isn’t set, you won’t succeed in your weight-loss-goal, but if it is, you’ll find you need less and less outside help to keep your goal on track.
You seriously need to cut back on the carbs.
Everyone loves pasta and bread, but no one can deny the carbohydrates packed into them are what keeps you off-track for weight-loss when there’s too many of them and you don’t burn them off. It’s not that you need to cut them out of your diet completely, but you need to better manage your intake of breads and pastas in order to keep yourself on-track. Less carbs means more weight loss.
Eat lean meats, not fatty ones.
Eating meat is a good thing because it’s packed with protein, which is great for people on a diet and workout regimen. But not all meat will keep you on track for your weight-loss goals. You should eat less fatty red-meats and more lean ones, like chicken or turkey, that burn off better in a workout. Also prepare it correctly; less frying, more steaming.
Eat more greens and vegetables.
Your mom always told you to eat your vegetables so you could grow up healthy and strong, and let’s face it, she was right. And she’s still right now that you’re grown. You may not eat as much green vegetables as you should, but they are packed with vitamins and minerals that will stabilize your diet and make you healthier while losing weight.
Don’t overindulge in fruits.
A lot of kids will willingly eat fruit over vegetables, and dismiss the notion as still being a healthy one. You can’t fall into the same thought-scheme. Fruit goes down easier because it’s sweet, and has more sugar than vegetables. Too much of this over time is unhealthy, not so much as eating candy, but it’s still unhealthy. You should eat fruit while maintaining a diet, but don’t think of it as a cure-all; it’s just another portion of your diet that needs to be properly balanced like the rest.
Exercise.
Of course working out will give you results, especially when done alongside dieting appropriately. But you need to determine what your workout goals are. Losing weight will happen more quickly if you do workouts with high repetitions and less resistance, alongside sprinting and rapid-body-movement routines that will burn fat. But if you are looking to build muscle, then you should focus on low repetition with more weight in your lifting, and less stressful cardio workouts. The appropriate balance between the two, however, will yield better long-term results.
If you stick to these recommendations, losing weight will prove to be easier for you in the long-run, showing gradual, but long-lasting, results along the way.
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