Have you managed to successfully sustain weight through the holiday season, or even lost several pounds? If so, great job! If you’ve gotten off track over another month or two, now will be the time getting back on the right track by putting your health and wellness first.
Here’s how to start: Keep only health- promoting foods. Clean your cupboards and pantry of each item which have been not recommended choices for the Take Shape For Life Plan or(for those successful maintainers) that provide empty calories. Eliminate all of the excess baked goods, increased calorie finger meals, etc that can be surplus from holiday parties. Store your fridge and pantry with only health- promoting items—lean meats, fresh/frozen or canned vegetables as recommended for use on the 5 & 1 Take Shape for Life Plan
; add fresh/frozen fruits, whole grain products, and low- fat dairy products to your to-do list and cupboard for those currently following the transition/maintenance phases.
Setting up your surroundings for success will be key to adhering to your goals. Here’s to a fresh re- commitment of the necessary health objectives!
If you’ve neglected your workouts over the holidays, don’t expect to resume them at full force. Unfortunately, it takes much less time to lose aerobic capacity or strength than it will to gain it. Exercise physiologists call this loss of fitness “detraining. ” How quickly you detrain depends largely on genetics and on your level of fitness; interestingly, the fitter you are, the faster you may well detrain.
Using Medifast and following the 5 & 1 Take Shape for Life BeSlim Plan you can expect to lose 2-5 pounds a week. Each Medifast suppliment contains only 100 calories.
Generally, you can expect to lose 5 percent of your aerobic capacity after one week of inactivity, 15 percent after 2 weeks, and up to 25 percent after three weeks. If you’ve managed to get in at least one workout per week, chances are you’ve maintained your previous level of fitness. Start off slowly, because haven’t worked out for over a month. And no problem- you’ll be back fit right away!
Now’s the time when preparing for thinking ahead towards the New Year. What will you modify? How will you adjust? What will you start? If you’re thinking about making real changes toward a greatly improved diet and lifestyle, begin by deciding on your goals. Are they realistic? Are they doable? Is it possible put them in a time frame? It’s wonderful to begin the New Year with new challenges ahead. Just be sure that your goals are possible, so you can see real success.