How to Lose Weight - 1

Yesterday I discussed belly fat and some of the links to other health conditions. We need to lose weight and lose that excess belly fat.  Yet, many people come in to my office and say they just can't seem to lose weight despite their efforts at cutting calories.

Losing weight is largely about calories in and calories out, right? Yet many people do not know how many calories they should be eating nor do they keep any record of how much they are consuming. You must be taking in (and/or burning off) at least 500 calories less every day to lose a pound of fat in a week. Granted there may be other reasons why people cannot lose weight but for simplicity sake we will start with some core basics.

So this is what you do first:

• Weigh yourself and get your correct height. (Don’t just guess.) For the next couple of weeks forget about counting points, carbs of anything else. Go to ND's free Daily Needs Calculator and determine exactly how many calories you need to eat every day to lose weight based on your weight, height, sex, and the questions that you are asked. Be honest with your answers.
• Commit yourself to just counting calories for a few days. This can be easily done by tracking your food intake daily in the ND's free Pantry.
• You will not like this next part but if you are genuinely serious about losing your weight you will do it. Measure and weigh your food that you are tracking because guessing at the amount is rarely accurate.This is crucial because if  portions are not correct you will not lose weight. This will not give your the correct calorie count when you are tracking. Determine if you are eating the correct amount of calories to lose weight.

The next few days I will talk about a few other essential basics to weight loss.