Well done, you have successfully managed to lose the weight you wanted. It was a battle, but you got there in the end, but the biggest battle is yet to come. How do you maintain your weight loss?

Most people I know are ecstatic when they have lost a few pounds and are impossible to bother when they have reached their goal weight, yet these same people, less than a month later, are more miserable than ever because the weight they struggled off so much. hard to lose has come back with a bang, often with an extra pound or two to boot!

Because? Resorting to the old lifestyle is to blame.

The battle for weight loss is being waged on two fronts; diet and exercise. What happens when someone reaches their weight loss goal is that they stop their diet and exercise programs with which they achieved that goal and go back to their old lifestyle and diet. Needless to say, this old lifestyle and diet is the same one that made them overweight in the first place!

Why people think that once they’ve lost weight they can go back to their old lifestyles and not lose the weight is beyond me, but millions of yo-yo dieters do exactly that and then complain about it. who cannot lose weight effectively.

The problem is that people enjoy their lifestyle and also want to be slim; something has to give and constant indecision is what leads to the yo-yo effect. The misconception people have about losing weight is that once they’ve lost it they can stop dieting and exercising, the truth is that to maintain your weight you now have to find the right balance between calorie intake and energy use. calories.

To have lost this weight, you must have been burning more calories than you were eating, so you can afford to relax a bit without gaining the weight back. For many, who don’t like exercise, it would be the gym workouts that they found exhausting and miserable, now that in and of itself isn’t too bad as long as you have a replacement that can burn enough calories for you to be able to maintain your weight; and walking is ideal for this.

Here are three things to consider before you start walking:

1. Always consult with your doctor. You may feel perfectly fit and healthy, but as a precaution always check with your doctor, he can advise you on a good structured schedule to stick to.

2. Get yourself a pedometer. A pedometer is a device that counts the number of steps you’ve taken and then calculates the distance you’ve walked, a brilliant little piece of equipment, and very cheap too. But don’t go setting yourself a minimum distance to walk, look to set walking goals and goals that you expand as you get more and more fit. You never know, you could start losing even more weight!

3. The right attracts. Once you commit to walking for weight control, make sure you are always as comfortable as possible by wearing comfortable shoes and clothing, an ill-fitting pair of shoes or clothing that causes discomfort are the most likely reasons why people stop walking as a healthy activity.