There are two things to focus on when you want to lose weight; the food you eat, and exercise you do.
Each day, you should ask yourself two questions: Firstly, "what is one thing I can do today to reduce the calories I eat?" And "what is one thing I can do today to increase the amount of exercise I do?"
The things you do should be very small things. If you were thinking of going to McDonald's, I'm not saying you should think about not going, or choosing the salad option (who goes to McDonald's for a salad?). If you normally have coke with no ice, have it with ice (you will drink less coke, and consume less calories). If you normally have ice, then don't drink the whole drink. Another thing you could do is leave a few fries at the bottom of the container..I know a lot of people think this is wasting food, but your body will not mind..
The second question you should ask yourself each day is "what is one thing I can do today to increase the amount of exercise I do?"
With this I'm not saying you should start going to the gym, or run for an hour. If you normally take the lift or escalator on the way to work, take the stairs. If you have two minutes when you get home, walk for one minute on the footpath, and one minute back.
The key to this is to ask the questions every single day, and to do something extremely small. If you do this every day, you will start to think about it more and more, and every little bit helps. If your action is very small, it is going to be easy for you to do, and sustainable for the long term.
If you have any ideas about little actions you can take, please share your ideas in the comments to help us all.
If you have any questions to ask, please email me: gethealthyandinshape@yahoo.com
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