Top tips for healthy weight loss

Are you ready to kick start your healthy weight loss journey?

My top tips for healthy weight loss will also help you lower your cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and reduce your disease risk.

What great side effects!

The easiest way to achieve healthy weight loss is with healthy food.

After all, you can only do so much exercise each week, but you likely spend at least 20 hours buying, preparing and eating food.

Achieving healthy weight loss is all about getting your food right!

Where to start?

Here are my five top tips for starting your healthy weight loss journey using healthy foods and eating habits.

Tip #1: Find out what's working and what's not.

After all, if you're overweight right now, then something is wrong.

Is it the amount you're eating? A lot of people simply eat too much, too often. Learn about my simple Portion Size Diet Plan on this page.

Or could it be your eating habits?

If your eating habits need work, this site will show you an amazingly simple method for losing weight with healthy eating.

If you're time poor or struggle with planning, you might need some help to get organised. Check out the sample healthy eating plan I've created for you.

Perhaps the quality of your meals needs some work?

You might want to learn about which foods are healthiest, or to simply compare your eating habits against my handy weight loss tips.

These pages were written using scientific studies and literature about healthy balanced diets and healthy eating habits.

How do yours stack up?


Tip #2: Find out if there are any 'hidden' factors that could prevent you from losing weight

Despite your best efforts, you might find that you can't lose weight no matter what you try.

You may need to find out whether

• digestive problems

• food intolerances or

• adrenal fatigue

are holding up weight loss, or whether you have any other underlying health concerns that could be causing you trouble.

Tip #3: Write your personal plan for making healthy change

It's one thing to have a big goal or dream of how you'd like to be - making it happen needs planning, goal setting and action taking.

First, develop a vision of what your life could be like. Write an inspiring, positive statement about what you'd like to achieve and why it's important to you.

Now, knowing what might need to change (see Tip #1), write down five habits you'd need to develop to make this vision happen. They must be specific, realistic and measurable.

Then, write down two or three small goals each week, that you feel confident you can achieve.

Your goals might be related things like learning about:

• healthy cooking methods

• the nutritional value of food

• how to read food labels

• choosing healthy breakfast foods

• why protein is important for weight loss

• which carbohydrates are healthiest

• rethinking fast food choices

These are just some of the things you might need to learn more about, and set goals around.

Then, start taking action on your goals!

With each change you make and maintain, you’ll look and feel better and lose weight. And that creates motivation.

It’s just like the old saying ‘practice makes perfect’. This applies to piano players, athletes, lawyers, typists and yes, people who want to be healthy and lose weight!

Tip #4: Get support from friends, family and/or online communities.

As a Wellness and Fitness Coach, I find the thing my clients ask for and value the most is SUPPORT.

After all, if change were easy, we'd all be thin, rich and successful!

Get support to make change, stay on track, stick to the plan, cope with tough days, and celebrate successes.

Who can help you with this? How often would you need to talk with them?

Tip #5:Get the right information for you

Let's face it, there's so much info out there on how to lose weight. But is it accurate? Is it safe? Is it right for your body type, budget and lifestyle? Can you maintain it?

Find a good Wellness and Fitness Coach, because they'll be qualified to give you accurate information that's right for YOUR specific needs.

He or she will keep you accountable and help you overcome the obstacles to your success.

Summary: Healthy Weight Loss

The key steps for building health and losing weight are:

• Know what needs to change (improve)

• Understand whether hidden factors like disease, digestive problems, food intolerance or adrenal fatigue are holding up weight loss

• Learn how to shop for healthy food • Create a healthy eating plan that’s based on a balanced diet

• Learn the golden rules of healthy cooking • Use these top weight loss tips to get results, and help you stay motivated

• Get support!

• Get the RIGHT information for your specific needs and learn how to overcome the obstacles to your success

• Consider emotional therapies for overcoming obstacles to weight loss (e.g. cravings, comfort eating, boredom eating)

One last thing: Are you taking medications? They can affect weight loss. Certain types of medications can affect your metabolism, and therefore, can restrict weight loss.

These are (1):

• Benzodiazepines (diazepam, alprozolam, flurazepam etc)

• Corticosteroids (betamethasone, prednisolone, cortisone etc)

• Sulphonylureas (glipizide, tolbutamine, chlorpropamide etc)

• Anti-psychotics (chlorpromazine, risperidone etc)

• Tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline, imipramine etc)

• Anti-epileptics (sodium valproate etc)

• Insulin (all types)

There may be other mediations that contribute to weight gain, or inhibit weight loss. Please read the information leaflet that accompanies your medication.

If you need support to help you achieve healthy weight loss, feel free to contact me.

(1)Dr Egger, G. and Dr Binns, A., 2001. The Expert’s Weight Loss Guide. Allen and Unwin, NSW, Australia.

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