Can You Lose Weight Overnight?

Is there such a thing as taking a pill and losing weight while you sleep? We all would like to think so but unfortunately the types of pills offered on the market will be mostly water loss, not a body fat loss. All the advertising for colon cleansing is the same thing. It will clear your colon so there will be a weight loss but not a body fat loss. You get cramps, diarrhea and dehydration. We all wish that there would be that magic bullet but unfortunately there is none.

What is needed is old fashion hard work. Watching what you are eating and how much output of activity to burn calories. You need aerobic activity and strength training to build muscle and burn calories. The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn. I have heard from so many females that they do not want to bulk up with muscle. Well ladies it takes a lot of work at the gym with long hours and heavy weights to bulk up. We just do not have the make up for that. Use your lighter to medium weights and lots of repetitions to gain definition and not bulk.

Using this format for losing weight will help you change your lifestyle verses making this another diet and exercise program. In order to keep the weight off you need to work at this lifestyle change on a daily basis. When starting this type of change (your lifestyle) take it one day at a time and don’t try to change too many things at once. We all have good intentions and changing too many things at once leads to just another diet and exercise program that most likely won’t last. It does take about 28 days for a habit to form. One day to break it and then you have to start over. If you change one item per week and allow yourself to not just physically change but mentally change does take time. Take it slowly and avoid setting yourself up for failure.

When starting your fitness program take it easy for at least two weeks. Don’t just jump into it and start lifting heavy weights. If you do you will become sore and then not want to exercise again for days. There goes your consistency. Same thing with your nutrition, we all have good intentions but things get out of hand. Start with portion sizing versus cutting out your favorite foods. Get used to portion sizing for about 2 weeks and then take the next step and cut back on (not out) how often you are eating your junk foods. Eventually over time you will cut way back to having whatever junk you enjoy to having it only occasionally versus daily and overeating it. Also add in one fruit portion per day and one vegetable and get used to that before going out to purchase a refrigerator full of fruits and veggies and they end up rotting.

We all must work at this daily. Be careful with what you read. It seems like it is too good to be true then it is something that you will need to stay away from.

Ellen Miller is a Fitness Practitioner/personal trainer and the originator of the IsoBreathing program. She has been teaching lifestyle changes for almost 30 years. Her email address is Ellen@isobreathing.com and she does answer all emails herself.

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