Weight Loss - The Deficit - Calories Eaten and Burnt
There is a lot of information available on how to lose weight, including all sorts of diets, exercise plans, pharmaceuticals, surgery, weight-lifting, motivation guides, etc..
See our Weight Loss Directory for more information on weight loss, dieting and exercise programs.
- Which lists the most popular websites for each category.
The weight loss principle is easy to say, but hard to do -
Eat less calories in food, than you burn in maintaining you body and exercise, and you will lose weight.
This is called creating a calorie deficit - You need to eat less and exercise more, so that your net calories consumed is more that the calories you eat in food.
Many people are drawn to diets with promises of rapid weight loss. Most people that are not overweight are not on diets - they have healthy eating habits and have adopted a healthy lifestyle. Many weight loss diets are so restrictive that it is impossible to stay on them for long. Many are so low in calories that you don't have the energy or the will to keep them up. It's disheartening!
Many weight loss programs promote high exercise levels as a way of losing weight, but again it is hard to keep at it for long periods or time. You need to focus on that lump of fat above your shoulders - what's in your head! Choose a program that suits your motivation, will power and lifestyle! Find a plan that you can stick to and will lead to a permanent change in healthy eating and lifestyle.
The best programs promote a combination of changes in eating habits and lifestyle / exercise routines for life, that is permanent changes rather than a short term. If you lose it, you want to keep it off!
One simple approach is the Better Half Diet
Simply eat better - cut out all the junk foods and fatty foods,
and Down-size all your meals to Half Size.
This is relatively easy to follow and can be applied to all meals, even when eating out or getting take-aways. Combine this with an increase in your daily exercise and you will lose weight.
How does DeSizeMe.com Help?
DeSizeMe.com provides a simple way to plan and monitor your weigh loss program using a simply diary.
You enter your Start Date, Start Weight, Loss Rate as the amount of weight you want to lose each week (say 2 lb or 1 kg),
and your RMR - Resting Metabolic Rate - See RMR Tutorial.
Each day you enter your weight and calories (or kJ) eaten in food and burnt through exercise.
You can then track your weight loss progress towards your target on simple graphs and see your daily calorie deficit. This is also included on the graphs (plots). See Help & FAQ for details.
It's easy to do but hard to stick to your weight loss plan !
DeSizeMe.com will Help !!
There is a lot of information available on how to lose weight, including all sorts of diets, exercise plans, pharmaceuticals, surgery, weight-lifting, motivation guides, etc..
See our Weight Loss Directory for more information on weight loss, dieting and exercise programs.
- Which lists the most popular websites for each category.
The weight loss principle is easy to say, but hard to do -
Eat less calories in food, than you burn in maintaining you body and exercise, and you will lose weight.
This is called creating a calorie deficit - You need to eat less and exercise more, so that your net calories consumed is more that the calories you eat in food.
Many people are drawn to diets with promises of rapid weight loss. Most people that are not overweight are not on diets - they have healthy eating habits and have adopted a healthy lifestyle. Many weight loss diets are so restrictive that it is impossible to stay on them for long. Many are so low in calories that you don't have the energy or the will to keep them up. It's disheartening!
Many weight loss programs promote high exercise levels as a way of losing weight, but again it is hard to keep at it for long periods or time. You need to focus on that lump of fat above your shoulders - what's in your head! Choose a program that suits your motivation, will power and lifestyle! Find a plan that you can stick to and will lead to a permanent change in healthy eating and lifestyle.
The best programs promote a combination of changes in eating habits and lifestyle / exercise routines for life, that is permanent changes rather than a short term. If you lose it, you want to keep it off!
One simple approach is the Better Half Diet
Simply eat better - cut out all the junk foods and fatty foods,
and Down-size all your meals to Half Size.
This is relatively easy to follow and can be applied to all meals, even when eating out or getting take-aways. Combine this with an increase in your daily exercise and you will lose weight.
How does DeSizeMe.com Help?
DeSizeMe.com provides a simple way to plan and monitor your weigh loss program using a simply diary.
You enter your Start Date, Start Weight, Loss Rate as the amount of weight you want to lose each week (say 2 lb or 1 kg),
and your RMR - Resting Metabolic Rate - See RMR Tutorial.
Each day you enter your weight and calories (or kJ) eaten in food and burnt through exercise.
You can then track your weight loss progress towards your target on simple graphs and see your daily calorie deficit. This is also included on the graphs (plots). See Help & FAQ for details.
It's easy to do but hard to stick to your weight loss plan !
DeSizeMe.com will Help !!