Weight Loss Myths And What Is Healthy Weight Loss

Stop beating yourself up, and learn from these weight loss myths.  More than likely you weren't armed with the right information to successfully reach your weight loss goals. Take it from me losing weight is not easy, it takes commitment. The best approach to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is to use common sense.

Know that whatever is your weight loss goal, with a weight loss of 5 to 10 percent of your total body weight, your health benefits increases with improvements in blood pressure, blood cholesterol and blood sugars.

Everyone wants to lose weight quickly, but studies show that people who gradually and steadily lose about 1 to 2 pounds per week are more successful at keeping the weight off.  This is an ongoing lifestyle that includes long-term changes in eating, exercising habits and is a great high blood pressure diet program.

You must be able to feel satisfied and enjoy the changes or you will not be able to sustain it.  To lose weight you need to take in fewer calories than you burn.

Also there is a saying - to truly achieve permanent and healthy weight loss there are some things you must do to heal - they are listed below.

So lets get you started on the path to permanent weight loss by reading below what's true and what's false in weight loss myths.

Weight Loss Myths

  1. Question: Is skipping meals a good idea?

    Answer: When you skip a meal you lower your blood sugar and that usually makes you very hungry. In the end you make poor choices and eat more. Starting your day with a hearty and healthy breakfast stabilizes your blood sugar and control your appetite for the rest of the day. That way you don't go crazy when eating lunch and dinner.

  2. Question: If something is fat free you can eat as much as you like.

    Answer: If you don't eat enough fat you may find yourself feeling constantly hungry. In that way you end up consuming more calories than if you had eaten something with fat in it to begin with.

  3. Question: Eat less than 1200 calories and you will accelerate your weight loss.

    Answer: Too few calories per day causes your body to slow its metabolic rate. The body think it is starving and actually hold onto every bit of food to ensure survival. Eating fewer calories per day causes your body to adapt to a smaller amount of food. So when you eat normally, your calorie needs were reduced from you eating too few calories, and you end up gaining more weight even though you are consuming less food.

  4. Question: Eating late at night makes you fat.

    Answer: Your body only cares about how much you are eating. To lose weight you need to take in fewer calories than you burn. So try and find the right balance based on how much you are eating and how much you are burning due to exercising. That's the truth whether you eat at night or not.

  5. Question: You can spot reduce certain areas of your body.

    Answer: I know you already know the answer because we all would have flat stomachs, and shapely perfect bodies. Fat is lost evenly throughout the body. You can't exercise only one part of the body in an attempt to reduce that fatty area. So to sort of help that troubled area focus on an overall fitness program like good nutrition, aerobic workouts and strength training.

  6. Question: You can lose and maintain your weight without exercising.

    Answer: This is so true but hard work, to me its harder than exercising. Weight loss is about intake and output and as long as consuming calories are being used more than incoming calories you should be able to lose weight. But the benefits of an exercising program for your overall health is so great it would not be wise to completely exclude it from your life. Plus with exercise you can eat more.

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What Any Major Weight Loss Program Should Include

Consuming at least 30 grams of fiber a day will help you lose weight and improve blood pressure measurements.  The magic is fiber is so filling you end up feeling full longer which in turn reduces your overall caloric intake. 

An example on eating 30 grams of fiber daily - have a cup of raspberries, half of an avocado, some chia seed pudding and quinoa.

Know that obesity is a health problem.  The cause of it, most times, are from deep physical and/or emotional life events that has happened to you and must be resolved to achieve permanent results.

These are not weight loss myths.


If any one of these problems are left unresolved usually weight problems are never solved.  You just go through the up and down stages.

Additionally stress, lack of sleep, liver function, toxicity, hydration, emotional eating, food sensitivities, hormones and nutrient absorption are causes for weight problems.

To start the reversal of any ailment you have to clean the body and also heal your life issues.

Know that this is not weight loss myths - get healthy mentally and you will lose weight while lowering your high blood pressure.

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