Easy Ways To Lose Weight Fast - Why Torture Yourself

You have tried every diet known to mankind and they all touted themselves as easy ways to lose weight fast. Were they? Probably not. Although you did lose some weight, it came back quickly enough and then you found out it was probably only water weight that you lost, not any real fat. Now you are frustrated and not just a little upset, both with that company that sold you another bill of goods and yourself for falling for all the hype, again!

Are there truly any easy ways to lose weight fast out there? I don't know but I do know one thing, you would lose more weight if you tried the good old standby of eating less and working out more. You want easy? There it is. Eat less, work out more.

Too many people want to have someone else fix their problems. Your doctor is fixes what ails you, your dentist fixes your teeth, your chiropractor fixes your spine, and so on and so on. It has just become way too easy to expect other people to fix the problem that the one with the problem forgets that they and they alone are responsible for their own BS.

Think about this though, what does the doctor do for you when you are sick? She gives you a prescription, right? What do you do with that prescription? You get it filled at the pharmacy and you take it home and take it until it is gone and you feel better, right? What would happen if you didn't take the medicine? You would get sicker. Then you would feel really stupid for not taking the medicine, right?

The dentist tells you to brush and floss or you will lose your teeth. Who do you get mad at when you lose your teeth? The dentist? The chiropractor tells you to do these exercises to strengthen your back muscles so you have less pain. Who do you get mad at when your back still hurts? The chiropractor? If you do blame the dentist and the chiropractor then you are completely misguided and really need to rethink things.

Same goes for the weight loss, you and only you are responsible for how easily you lose the weight. Eat less and work out more. Walk where you can, incorporate some weights when you get stronger, ride a bike when you get even stronger. I hope that's not whining I hear. What? You cannot possibly find the time for all that?

Well then, I guess you better start making time to check your blood sugar before and after every meal and injecting yourself with insulin morning, noon and night. Because that is where you are headed if you do not take responsibility for your weight loss right this second and find the time to exercise at least thirty minutes a day, every day and eat less food for the rest of your life. These are the only proven easy ways to lose weight fast.

Difficulty Losing Weight - Why Lie To Yourself

Many people have had difficulty losing weight, nothing is more frustrating to get your motivation up, find the perfect diet and exercise program for you and then... nothing. Some people actually do have a metabolic issue that makes it virtually impossible to lose weight, but not many. For most of us the harsh reality is that we're just not being as good as we think we are. The cool thing is that there are a few simple things you can do that will help keep you 'honest' in your weight loss journey.

For one thing, it's amazingly easy to 'lie' to ourselves about what we've eaten in any given day. There have been times when I would have sworn I was good, until a friend (I use that term loosely!) will remind me of that pastry I had at lunch or all the cream and sugar I put in my coffee. Ooops. I didn't mean to lie to myself, it just happened. Most of us are like that to one degree or another.

To keep yourself on track one very simple but effective thing you can do is to keep a food journal. For a week or two, write down every single thing that you eat or drink. You have to be honest and you have to include everything even that second glass of soda at lunch and the two pats of margarine you put on your toast... everything.

If you do that for few weeks, you'll quickly be able to spot the times of the day and the areas in your diet where you might have a bit of trouble. Once you pinpoint the reasons you have difficulty losing weight you can make changes that will help you achieve your goals much more quickly.

The same principle can apply to when you work out. Again, it's easy to think that you're working harder than you really think. If you keep a workout journal it's harder to convince yourself that you've done something you really haven't done. Not only can you track the number of times you go to the gym but you can also track how long you spent on the treadmill (or doing cardio in general), how many exercises you did for your upper body, how many you did for your lower body, etc.

You can also keep track of how much weight you lifted for each exercise. Ideally, you should be increasing your weights over a period of time. It's important to keep your body challenged and not let it get into a rut. By changing up the weights you lift as well as the exercises you do, you'll keep your body 'guessing' which will help you get better results in less time.

Most of the major muscle groups (chest, upper back, lower back, abs, butt, quadriceps, hamstrings) will have more than one exercise you can do. By mixing up the exercises you do for each group you are keeping your toning efforts in high gear. Another benefit is that the different exercises will target each muscle group in a slightly different way which can also lessen a lot of the repetitive types of injuries to your body.

I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news, but usually when someone has difficulty losing weight it's really more about the way they're doing things than about any metabolic issue with their body.