Both exercise and a healthy diet is important when thinking about losing weight. However, it isn’t always easy to motivate yourself to do exercise. The trick is to do something you’ll enjoy, said personal trainer and lifestyle consultant Luke Worthington.
He said: “Someone exercising three times weekly all year round will achieve vastly greater results than someone jumping all in to the latest six week fad and then giving up because it either didn’t give them the quick results they were promised, the commitment wasn’t sustainable, or they got injured.”
Luke explained that when it comes to motivating yourself to start exercising, it doesn’t have to be complicated.
You can begin by doing something simple, like walking your dog.
The personal trainer said: “Action precipitates motivation, not the other way around.
A healthy diet is just as important as exercise when wanting to lose weight.
But, Luke stressed that it’s about what you eat, and not how much.
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He said: “This will vary from person to person, but a good guide is 2,000 calories a day for women and 2,500 a day for men.”
For a balanced diet, the personal trainer recommended “using your hand for portion sizes”.
“So, a palm size portion of protein such as meat and fish, a fist size portion of veg, a cupped hand serving of carbohydrate such as rice, and thumb size portion of fats like oils and dressings.”
When it comes to fitness and diet regimes, Luke added that “a very common mistake is following a plan that is not sustainable long term and with no strategy once targets are hit”.
He said: “This means people often go from overly restrictive diets and intensive programs back to exactly what they were doing before, and so rebound back and forth to become the classic ‘yoyo’ dieter.
“Following a sustainable plan that you can follow all year round means you avoid this crash and rebound.”
Source: Daily Express | Diet
