As we take the lose weight/get healthy journey, one of the main things we have to remember is that lasting change takes time. Any food/exercise plan entered into that guarantees extreme results in a very short period of time may deliver on its promise if followed precisely. What it's also likely to deliver is a high-speed return to where we started, leaving us disappointed and discouraged! Why? Most people cannot maintain the extreme calorie/food group reductions or exceptionally difficult exercise routines many of these plans call for. It's just too hard, and frankly, unrealistc!!
We have a great ability to adapt to change when it comes in measured amounts. Consider how athletes train. They don't go from lifting 20 pounds to 100 pounds, or from running a mile to running a marathon. Instead, they steadily increase the demands on their bodies, giving their bodies a chance to become comfortable with the demands being placed on them. We should use the same approach to losing weight/getting healthy!! Make small changes, get accustomed to those, make more changes, get accustomed to those, and so on, and so on.
Do yourself a favor; follow a practible, livable plan to get healthy, so you can do just that: live with it!!!
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