Beginner Guide: How to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Get ready to learn about how to lose weight and keep it off!
Learning how to lose weight is all about finding what works for you. You have the goal of losing x pounds by x date.
How are you going to set yourself up so you can realistically accomplish this goal? What routines do you have in place that are going to propel you.
Get serious about your goals. You almost have to trick your mind like you’re training for something, even though you might not actually be.
Carrying this mentality is going to help keep you disciplined, keep you accountable and have fun!
This post is all about how to lose weight and keep it off!
1. Move Your Body
Babes you have to get active. If you are new to working out you can start with 3 days a week. Just walking.
This could be Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Once you feel comfortable with that, grab those weights. You will start to see more tone, definition and pounds being shed when you start to integrate weight training into your workout routine.
Lucky for you I have a FREE workout guide that guides you through an entire full body workout.
You don’t need a tone of space. All you need is your beautiful body and a pair of dumbbells.
Get your workout done in the morning. Just wake up early and get your workout done.
This way you can enjoy your evening, GNO and vacations!
2. Meal Prep
Meal prepping will save your life. No joke.
Imagine this, it’s Sunday night you’ve prepared your delicious meals for the week knowing that you don’t have to cook at least 1 meal for the week.
If you’re a beginner at meal prepping, start with the meal that is the most difficult to prepare.
For example, if you’re always grabbing Chick-Fil-A on your lunch break, prepare your lunch so that you don’t have to worry about it and it’ll save you money!
You can even make it just like Chick-Fil-A and prepare a chicken sandwich and you can even make the fries or the famous Cobb Salad.
The key to making meal prep habitual is making food that is nourishing to your body. Make the food look appealing. Make sure there’s ample veggies with different types of colors and textures.
3. Enter Your Cooking Era
Start making your meals at home! When you cook at home, you’re saving yourself SO many calories and unnecessary ingredients.
You can still enjoy your favorite meals like the pasta, burgers, tacos and even the yummy desserts.
Cooking doesn’t mean boring chicken, veggies and rice. Cooking allows you to get creative and make the food taste how you like it. Don’t be afraid to add all the spices and seasonings!
Tap into the different seasonal dishes to help keep things fresh and exciting.
For example, during the summer months enjoy grilled chicken, burgers and fish along with pineapple, strawberries and watermelon.
You aren’t “missing out” on the other foods you used to indulge in.
If you’re looking for more healthy recipe inspo I have a ton of recipes HERE and HERE so don’t be shy girl!
4. Romanticize Your Routines
It’s time to create your morning and night routines. These routines are your foundation.
When you wake up and you feel like you’re not as productive as you could be, lean on your routines.
When you get ready to go to bed and you don’t know how to unwind and silence your mind this is where your routines come in.
Imagine you waking up as THAT girl. If you could have a perfect day to yourself, no distractions no nothing, what would you do?
Do you wake up and drink your green juice and journal?
What time are you working out? Is this workout at home or at the gym?
Routines help keep you on track and make sure that you’re checking the important task off the list.
So how does this tie into weight loss? Taking care of your mental well being is one of the best things you can do for yourself.
This will help you destress. Stressing less helps your body relax. You being in a relaxed state helps your body burn fat and build lean muscle.
Think about it when you’re stressed your mind is foggy and you might not be making the best nutritional and fitness decisions.
5. Prioritize Sleep
Getting an appropriate amount of sleep is advantageous to weight loss. Aiming for 6-8 hours of sleep is amazing, but find what works for you!
Prioritizing your sleep starts with your night routine.
Allow yourself to unwind 30 minutes to an hour before bed. Take a hot shower, use your favorite body care products, eliminate distractions, journal or drink your favorite tea.
If you must work before bed, make sure that it’s minimal and doesn’t require a lot of brain power.
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Try to not eat heavy foods before you go to sleep. If you are hungry before bed, eat protein. The easiest way to do this is by consuming Protein Powder or Greek Yogurt.
Protein right before bed is easily digestible and stimulates muscle growth which means your body is working while you’re sleeping.
Without the proper amount of sleep your body wouldn’t be able to do this.
6. Increase Your Protein Intake
The reason why you’re hungry is probably because you’re not eating enough protein
Increasing your protein intake is one thee most important factors as you're on your weight loss journey.
When you get ready to eat, think protein. Add chicken to your salad, make a protein smoothie before you leave for work.
If you notice yourself becoming hungry before or after lunch, enjoy a snack. Eat a Chomps Stick, yogurt parfait, handful of almonds or peanut butter filled pretzels.
If you are actively in the gym you need to make sure your protein intake is your protein.
As I was losing 45 pounds I was eating 100g - 120g+ of protein and it did wonders for my body.
Protein is what helps break down muscle and helps you build lean muscle.
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7. Limit Processed Foods and Added Sugar
Your waist is growing because of the increase in processed foods and added sugars. One little treat here and another little treat there add up.
If you read the nutrition label there are probably a ton of ingredients that you can’t even pronounce. Most of them are filler ingredients that manufacturers add to the product to preserve the products or contain harmful dyes.
You deserve to know the ingredients that are going into your foods and they should be clean!
Sometimes these foods can start to outweigh the whole foods your body needs.
Focus on nourishing your body with whole foods. This is your protein, healthy carbs, healthy fats and unlimited veggies.
Yes, you deserve to treat yourself but in moderation.
This post was all about how to lose weight and keep it off!
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