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The Perfect Body
The perception of a perfect body is easy to understand and is obtainable, but it takes a commitment to an exercise program and a specialized diet routine to be successful. Nevertheless, what appears to be a simple answer to this desire to obtain physical excellence proves to be amazingly difficult for most people, regardless of age and circumstances.
Below, there are some well-tried blueprints for compiling a sustainable diet and exercise routine that will provide you with, not only a lighter better proportioned body, but a desire to remain fit and healthy for life.
You Need Patience
The biggest hurdle in losing weight is not the food control or the exercise routine; it's the realization that there will be no visible signs of success in the first few days or even the first two weeks. The weight loss gurus, who I might add are the nutritionists and not the doctors (unless they have studied nutrition), all say that the ideal poundage to lose in one week is no more than 2lbs. You are likely to gain weight back if you ignore this fact. You must adopt a new mindset and that is to be patient and not to expect anything until it happens.
Counting Calories
The most successful way to monitor your progress and control your food consumption is to do the proverbial calorie count. To lose one pound of fat you need to create a 3,500 calorie deficit, that's why you need patience; it takes time. A 35 year old female will only burn 173 calories an hour while walking. Imagine trying to lose 20lbs just walking with no diet control. Check out www.fitday.com for an accurate calorie count.
Have Fun and Burn Calories
A healthy diet and an exercise program are the keys to slimming successfully, and you can easily burn those calories having fun instead of trying to take part in activities you're not used to or dislike. Check out cycling, yoga or maybe a hip hop class, or even dancing lessons from online videos.
A Beach Body for the Summer
If you make your mind up to start now in the winter, and work on your slimming program until spring, you will see enough difference to give you the encouragement to sprint the final stretch to Summer and maybe not step into your swimsuit, but reach for that new bikini when it won't be you that's bulging, it will be the eyes of the guys on the beach.
