(ARA) – Fitting diet and exercise changes into a busy lifestyle can be difficult, even for those who are 100 percent committed to taking control of their weight and health. Good health is a 24/7 endeavor, and many people are looking for weight loss success with flexible plans that can accommodate the hectic pace of modern life.
“While the fundamentals of good health are the same for everyone — eating and exercising well — there are as many paths and schedules for those goals as there are people,” says Liz Josefsberg of WeightWatchers.com. “It’s possible and essential to find ways to make positive changes that become a natural part of your lifestyle.”
For Tory Klementsen of Washington, weight loss success happened when she started focusing on improving her health, rather than just losing weight. Tory lost more than 100 pounds* through lifestyle changes that included altering her eating habits and finding forms of exercise she could enjoy. Now this self-professed “reformed couch potato” lists skydiving and marathon running among her weight-loss related achievements. Her key to success was Weight Watchers Online, a subscription based plan followed completely on the internet, which provides interactive tools to help people through the process of losing weight.
“Anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight knows that difficult moments can happen at any time of the day or night,” says Josefsberg. “Tory’s subscription to an online resource made it easy for her to stay on course and maintain important lifestyle changes.”
WeightWatchers.com and Tory offer the following five tips that will help you stay motivated and make healthy choices every day:
1. Don’t let yourself get too hungry before eating because then you’re more likely to overeat when you reach for food. Plan ahead for smart snacks, like a celery stalk with a dab of peanut butter or a cup of lowfat yogurt, and have them handy when hunger strikes. “Eating lots of little meals helps me keep from getting ravenous and out of control,” Tory says.
2. A business trip or vacation doesn’t mean a vacation from your healthy lifestyle. Tory fights off travel temptations by arriving at her destination and immediately stopping at a grocery store to stock up on healthy foods. Having a supply of good food on hand will help you avoid fast food pitfalls.
3. Start the day with a good breakfast. Avoid starchy, sugary high-calorie breakfast foods like muffins or doughnuts. Instead, opt for healthy, filling and fiber-filled choices, like healthy breakfast cereal with yogurt and fruit.
4. Find a weight loss plan that works for you; the Internet is a great resource for this. Weight Watchers Online is built on the proven approach to weight loss developed by the experts at Weight Watchers. This convenient plan, with separate customized sites for men and women, makes it easy to stay connected anywhere, anytime.
5. Vary your exercise routine so you don’t get bored. Above all, don’t be too hard on yourself. Unrealistic expectations can cause you to become discouraged and give up too quickly. Fit exercise into your schedule by walking at lunch, waking up 30 minutes earlier or joining a 24-hour gym; but commit to some form of exercise every day.
For more tips and information about a weight loss plan that could be right for you, visit www.WeightWatchers.com.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
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