HOLIDAYS WEIGHT LOSS TIPS FOR BETTER HEALTH

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What is healthy weight loss?
Are you interested in losing weight? You’re not alone. Millions of people are trying to lose weight at this very moment.
But did you know there are healthy and not-so-healthy ways to lose weight?
It’s true — which likely leads you to ask: how can you lose weight in a healthy way?
A common approach to weight loss is to “count calories in and calories out,” which suggests a set formula for weight loss: In theory, if you create a certain calorie deficit, you’ll lose a certain amount of body weight.
But losing weight in a healthy way is often not that simple. You don’t always lose the expected amount of weight despite the “right” calorie deficit. Your body’s hormones, especially insulin, may limit the amount of fat you can burn, even when you reduce calories. Some people may respond to that unexpected outcome by reducing calories even more.

Losing weight in a healthy way means:
• Setting realistic weight loss goals in terms of the time it takes to lose weight and the amount of weight you want to lose
• Getting adequate nutrition (including protein) in whatever diet you choose
• Managing hunger
• Choosing foods and activities that help protect lean body mass
• Choosing foods and activities that help improve metabolic health
• Getting enough protein and energy from your diet to protect your resting metabolic rate
• Enjoying your diet so you can maintain it long term
• Having a diet that fits your lifestyle
Healthy weight loss begins with setting realistic goals for yourself. Working towards weight loss to improve your health or quality of life is one thing; it’s another to try to lose as much weight as you can as fast as you can so you look better in a bathing suit.

For more on how — and why — it’s important to have reasonable goals for losing weight, see this Health and Weight Loss series on setting realistic expectations for weight loss.

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