If no one has told you this before, losing weight is self care! It starts with loving your body and doing the right things in order to keep it healthy, energetic, active, and protect it from obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular issues in the future. If you are carrying excess weight, losing weight would be an investment towards a better quality of life in the future. But all these benefits can be reaped only when it’s done right, the healthy way. People often fall into the trap of crash dieting which involves severe calorie restriction, resulting in nutrient deficiencies and negative health effects, and of course fatigue, hair loss, and disruptions in menstrual cycle in women are common side effects. Crash dieting is one way to lose weight and feel absolutely miserable! It also creates an unhealthy relationship with food. But do understand that food is the fuel that our body needs to survive and thrive. You need food, nutrients, calories even to burn fat and lose excess pounds. As mentioned earlier, crash dieting can make you feel miserable while you are doing it and even once you are off of it, you would feel much more anguished and disappointed because the results would be short term, unsustainable, and would wreck your metabolism and health as well. So, what are the alternatives? Don’t fret! In this article, we reveal 6 secrets to losing weight without feeling miserable.

1. Eat Normal Food:

Someone rightly said, “We eat so much junk food these days that eating normal food is considered dieting!” Some foods, in fact, normal, inexpensive, home-cooked meals made with real food can actually lead to permanent weight loss. You are not miserable through the day because you are not staying off food and you are eating three square meals and more. The food combinations would be nutrient dense and keep you fuller for longer, while maintaining calorie deficit, necessary to trigger fat burning. It’s a win-win situation all the way.

2. Eliminate Added Sugar Completely:

Try doing this – eliminate added sugar in all forms for 14 days! Added sugar is probably the number #1 roadblock in your weight loss journey because it actually facilitates weight gain in multiple ways. It spikes the hormone insulin, which not only regulates blood sugar, it also triggers fat storage. Additionally, sugar also raises inflammation in the body and puts you at a risk of developing life-threatening disorders. In fact, eliminating added sugar from the daily diet is the easiest way to start dropping pounds. If there is an excess amount of sugar in your blood, your body will convert excess sugar into glycogen or fat. Breakfast cereals, ketchup, sauce, jam, biscuits, cookies, candies, sweetened coffee drinks, sweet beverages, fruit juices, are everyday foods items which can have added sugar in their ingredient list. Instead opt for fruits with natural sugars to satisfy your sugar cravings. If you need any extra help to eliminate sugar, read this article on different ways to Cut Back on Added Sugar to Lose Weight.

3. If you Find Hitting the Gym Tortuous, Try These Simple Exercises:

There’s a popular opinion that gym is “the” place to begin one’s weight loss journey, but many people find gym an intimidating place and the idea of gymming tortuous and exhausting! Let’s admit it, gym is not for everyone and relying only on cardio to burn fat can seem like a punishment. If gym is not for you, walking, cycling, dancing, even home workouts with jump rope are great form of workouts. Even if you hit the gym, just one hour of intense exercise is not enough, do get more physically active, stand and walk around at every opportunity and see the weight drop.

4. Practice Mindful Eating:

Thoughtful eating plays an important role in helping you cut down calories by promoting healthy eating. It makes you more conscious about the kind of food you choose to eat. Paying attention to portion sizes helps to avoid overeating. It makes you more aware of cues from the satiety hormone “leptin” on when to stop eating the moment you are full. Mindful eating involves paying full attention to the experience of eating, having food without any distractions, and develop a healthier relationship with food.

5. Let Rati Beauty Diet Plan your Weight Loss Journey:

Eliminating entire food groups, obsessively counting every single calorie, struggling to find what kind of exercise to do, what to eat and what not to eat – all of these can be extremely overwhelming and exhausting. But on the Rati Beauty diet, you have tried-and-tested diet plans where calories are already counted, meals that are made using inexpensive ingredients, and simple exercise such as walking – which all bring faster weight loss results. Weight loss can be challenging, but the Speed Slim challenge on the app, offers a support system which can make a significant difference. People doing these challenges get valuable information, expert advice, and above all, get emotional support and encouragement. Do participate in these challenges to lose weight fast and safely.

6. Make Necessary Lifestyle Changes:

No drastic changes required – keep yourself hydrated (H2O we mean) throughout the day because thirst can be mistaken for hunger most of the times; become more physical active and grab every opportunity to get onto your feet to increase calorie burn, manage stress, and get enough sleep every night (because poor sleep can ruin all your efforts at losing weight by increasing appetite and cravings, and shooting up cortisol hormone, which many experts believe, facilitates fat storage).

All said and done, consistency is the key to achieve results. Stick to your diet plan and exercise routine consistently to lose weight, without feeling deprived and miserable.

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