Top Tips For Getting Back On Track With Weight Loss
Your new lifestyle was going great, and you were regularly losing a pound a week. Then all of a sudden the number on the scale won’t change, and then it’s begins to creep upward.
If this sounds familiar, then there are some ways you can get back on track, let’s have a look at them below:
Track What You Eat
If you keep a food log, it can help keep you accountable for the food you are eating, it can also aid you to reach your long-term weightloss goals. If you are a bit confused as to why your weight loss has slowed down it could be because bad eating habits have started to creep back in, keeping track will enable you to identify any of these appearings. Yes, tracking can be a bit tedious, but it’s worth it. Try keeping a diary or use an app to help you.
Plan Ahead With Your Food Choices
Try to plan at least a week in advance with your meal choices. The more prepared you can be, the healthier the choices you will make, thus, creating better eating habits. The worst time for you to make a healthy choice is always going to when you’re tired after a long day, and you’re hungry. If you plan, you already know what you are cooking and careless likely to fall victim to choosing something quick and unhealthy. If you can advance meal prep it’s even better as if you want something quick, you already have a healthy choice available.
Get A Check-Up
Whether you are due to have a gastric sleeve revision & tightening, see your nutritionist, or haven’t visited the doctor for a while if you’re weight loss has slowed down it might be time to think about booking in for a check-up. Especially if you know that you are following any plans that have been set up for you properly. It could be that your body has changed and you now need to have an updated plan.
Think About Time-Restricted Eating
Time-restricted eating is where you narrow the time window where you can eat through the day. You may choose to eat breakfast later and your dinner earlier and stop eating after six in the evening. This is also known as intermittent fasting. Studies have shown that limiting your eating to your most active time of the day could help you to lose weight without the need to alter your diet.
Don’t Limit Yourself Too Much
One of the worst things you can do when your weight loss slows down is to eat very little or doing things like cutting out carbs completely. You’re more likely to crave the missing foods and you may feel too restricted. This leads to there being more chance of your binge eating and over-indulging. You also need to remember that any diet should be balanced, and yes, that does mean that you can have a treat every now and again.
These tips should help you to get back on track with your weight loss goals, do you have any others that you can add? Please share them in the comments below.
