Successful Weight Loss Tips

One of the good-old posts around the Internet on weight loss is by Kathy Goodwin, called Successful Weight Loss: Our Top Ten Tips on What Works and Why. It is not teaching you about quick and temporary weight loss tips – Instead, their tips require quite a lot work, as those are long term weight loss methods and able you to have long term success:

1. Exercise
2. Pump Iron
3. Keep a Diary
4. Stay Focused on Healthy, Not Thin
5. Find Out What’s Eating You
6. Get Support
7. Watch Your Portions
8. Lose Weight Slowly With Small Changes
9. Slow Down
10. Eat Less Fat, But Do It Wisely

The fourth tip makes a lot of sense to me:

Stay Focused on Healthy, Not Thin – Many people become more successful at long term weight loss when their motive changes from wanting to be thinner to wanting to be healthier. Change your mindset to think about selecting foods that will help your body’s health rather than worrying about foods that will affect your body’s weight. The Food Pyramid offers a basic outline of the types and amounts of food you should eat each day to give your body the nutrients it needs for optimal health…

Successful Weight Loss