Stay On Track With These
Healthy Weight Loss Tools
Healthy Weight Loss Tools
Losing weight is like a job, and I've become THE BOSS! One thing I've realized over my ups and down is that you NEED to have the right tool for the job. Just like you wouldn't use a hammer to put in a screw you need to find the right tools for you to get the job done right. Here are some of my favourite tools.
Food Journal
You will most definitely need some kind of way to track your food. You can do this through a food diary/food journal/food tracker whatever you want to call it. It can be on a piece of paper, on your computer, an app on your phone. However your choose to keep track and whatever every you call it doesn’t matter as much as ACTUALLY DOING IT. Little bites add up all the time and if you don’t really analyze your intake you will never make the connection. Even for me while I eat mostly clean there can be too much of a good thing. There are appropriate portion sizes for everything. If you bite it. You write it.
Get Digital
On the same train as a food journal is a digital scale. This can be an invaluable tool when using a food diary. It is impossible to account and track foods accurately without the aid of a food scale.
Fitness is important for healthy weight loss. An active and fit body will burn more calories than a body that is slow or sedentary with little muscle. Using some type of activity tracking device such as a pedometer is a great idea, especially when beginning. When you see how much movement you are (or aren’t) actually getting you can challenge yourself to get more and more each day. Seeing the numbers reflected on the pedometer can be a motivator and give reassurance. There are a wide variety of pedometers and activity counters on the market.
Portion Size Moderation Tools
Recently Beachbody came out with an AMAZING program called the 21 Day Fix. What I found so cool about it were the cute colour coded containers that really help with making sure you are having the right portion sizes (as well as how many of each portion). If detailed tracking and measuring is NOT your thing then this is certainly a great program to look into.
Having something to help your measure properly is an excellent tool. It really makes it easy to ensure you are getting all the foods that you do need in the right amounts.
Find out more HERE.
Get Support And Get Ahead
No one can go through difficult journeys alone. Everyone needs a little healthy weight loss help (such as the kind I am providing you here). Along this line is also weight loss support. You will need people who understand your challenges, can commiserate with your down moments, and cheer you with positive reenforcement when you are doing great. Find a group of friends and challenge each other Biggest Loser style, go to a weight watchers meeting, seek out others on line who have the same difficulties. Don’t go it alone. We all need a little help from our friends.
Another FANTASTIC way to be supported is to have a Beachbody Coach.
-Did you know that your Beachbody Coach can set you up with a free team beachbody account?
-Did you know that your coach can help you with meal plans, lead you towards fun and engagin workouts, give you information on the amazing Shakeology, and best part....
Did you know that your Beachbody Coach runs challenge groups that provide you with motivation, inspiration, and a community of others going through the exact same process.
Get The Gold Standard of Support
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Measuring Your Success
Knowing where you are now and where you want to go are important.
Sometimes the scale can be your friend and sometimes not. One of the times where the scale can bog you down is when you are strength training and building muscle. Also at times your body may plateau on the scale which leads you to be frustrated. There are other ways to measure your weight loss. Like with a good old measuring tape. You need know though how to measure weight loss correctly.
Staying Motivated
Motivation is a very important tool for healthy weight loss. Without having the right motivation you head towards crashing and burning. It is your motivation that helps you pick the right foods and get your bum off the couch. By following me on my Rock Your Life Movement page on Facebook or Instagram, or following other great health and fitness bloggers there and on Pinterest you can always get your daily dose of motivation.
Once you all these right tools in your corner AND using them to your advantage you can get rocking on your weight loss.
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