Found the ability to efficiently sustain weight through the holiday season, or even lost a number of pounds? If so, great job! If you have gotten off track over one more month or two, now could be the time getting back on the right track by putting your nutrition first.
Here’s how to make: Keep only health- promoting foods. Clean your cupboards and pantry of all items that are not recommended choices for the Take Shape For Life Plan or(for those successful maintainers) that provide empty calories. Eliminate all of the extra baked goods, increased calorie finger meals, etc that can be leftover from holiday parties. Stock your fridge and pantry with only health- promoting items—lean meats, fresh/frozen or canned vegetables as recommended for use on the 5 & 1 Take Shape for Life Plan
; add fresh/frozen fruits, whole grain products, and low- fat dairy products to your to-do list and cupboard for those currently following the transition/maintenance phases.
Planning your environment for success may be the key to staying with your goals. Here’s to a fresh re- commitment of all your fitness objectives!
If you’ve neglected your workouts over the holidays, don’t expect to resume them at full force. Unfortunately, it takes much less time to lose aerobic capacity or strength than it will to gain it. Exercise physiologists call this loss of fitness “detraining. ” How rapidly you detrain depends largely on genetics and on your level of fitness; interestingly, the fitter you are, the faster you may well detrain.
Using Medifast and following the 5 & 1 Take Shape for Life BeSlim Plan you can expect to lose 2-5 pounds a week. Each Medifast suppliment contains only 100 calories.
Generally, you can expect to lose 5 percent of your aerobic capacity after one week of inactivity, 15 percent after two weeks, and up to 25 percent after three weeks. If you have managed to get in at least one workout per week, chances are you’ve maintained your previous level of fitness. Begin slowly, if you haven’t worked out for over several weeks. And no problem- you’ll be back fit in no time!
Now’s the time when you start thinking ahead towards the New Year. So what will you change? How will you adjust? What will you start? If you’re thinking about making real changes toward a healthy diet and lifestyle, begin by evaluating your goals. Are they sensible? Are they doable? Are you able to put them in a time frame? You’ll find it wonderful to begin the New Year with new challenges ahead. Just make sure that your goals are feasible, so you can see real success.