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When it comes to weight loss, the buzzwords you might behearing lately are: lifestyle and change...as in, you need to make one to besuccessful at losing weight. It may seem like losing weight is a simple goal--dosome exercise, go on a diet and voila! But, if it were that simple, I'd be outof a job and you'd be too busy working out to read this.
While magazines and infomercials make it seem effortless,losing weight takes hard work and that often means changing different aspectsof your life like, how you spend your time, how you schedule your day, andhow/what you eat. If the way you live doesn't allow for these changes, how farwill you get? What's Your Lifestyle Like?
The reason lifestyle is so important is because how you livedetermines your choices and these choices decide how healthy you are andwhether you're on the road to weight loss. So what is a healthy lifestyle? Thetypical components include not smoking, eating healthy foods, exercising and keepingthe body at a healthy weight. Where do you fall on the healthy lifestylecontinuum? First, figure out how much time you spend doing the following:Sitting at a desk, sitting in front of a TV, sitting in front of a computer,eating out at restaurants, eating fast food or junk foods, staying up late/notgetting enough sleep. Get used to do those things last year?
Well. Now, how much time do you spend:
Being active in general, let’s say you are taking thestairs, walking instead of driving, gardening, cleaning, doing exercise,preparing your own meals and snacks and eating fruits, veggies and wholegrains, reading food labels, having enough sleeping and dealing with stress ina healthy way.
If you spend more time doing the things in the first listthan the second, it's time to reevaluate your priorities and decide what youreally want for yourself. Living healthy means spending time and energy on yourbody--moving it around and paying attention to what you put into it. Staying inan unhealthy lifestyle means you can avoid expending energy, time and effort.
The rewards for making these changes are endless, butit's beginning that's so difficult. What does it take to change your lifestyleand how do you know if you're ready? Let yourself to have your very owncommitment to change your lifestyle better for this year!
published in English Day on Tribune, January 09
si dini akhir - akhir ini ngeblog dengan bahasa inggris...dan sukses membuat kening kk berkerut - kerut mengartikan hehehehehe...tapi tak pe lah sekalian latian..
ReplyDeleteHehehehehe.. Ini bah sebenarnye artikel copas dari folder2 lama waktu kuliah kak.. Skalian gak utk latihan reading skill ye kak ^.^v
ReplyDeleteI was late in delivering my comments here. Nyehehehe. I have to pick up my son at Al Azhar this early morning and return to the base at my office at noon. Miss Syahdini and Miss Diar spoke Excellent English.
ReplyDeleteI was on a diet for a month a few years ago, I am just loosing weight only 1 kg. I am not happy
Happy Blogging
Better late than never kang hehe.. Wowww, I hope I will be as fluently as Kak Diar in english :D
ReplyDeleteThe key of diet is actually only one: discipline, and it's thing that so easy to say but hard to practice, sometimes..
Alhamdulillah I lost 3kg, that's why I dare myself to publish this post hehehe..
Some expert of nutritious said that the problem on a diet is not how much the food we ate every day but how much the calorie that have been burnt. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's one of the important factors, too.. That's why we need to be active in general, walking instead of driving, gardening, cleaning, doing exercise, all the activities for burning the calories :D
ReplyDelete*sounds so expert writing this :p
Hey, two people here are mentioning my name and it makes me blushed and flattered :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of losing weight, taking care of my daughter (and chasing her crawling everywhere) is my exercise. I want to gain some weight, but I just don't know how.
Wow, although there's no notification sent to your e-mail for mentioning you here, but I believe the notification came to your intuition hehehe..
ReplyDeleteActually I already plan to write Tips untuk Menggemukkan Badan kak, but am still doubt whether or not my tips are good enough to share..
Later I'll write it :D
Seriously waiting for the weight-gaining tips, Dinie. I'm open to any kinds of tips at the moment, as I notice how depressed I look with my skinny (or skinnier?) body :D
ReplyDeleteOk then kakak.. I'll write the tips based on my experience :D
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