Beauty, Health and Fitness: Weight Loss Motivation

Weight loss can prove to be a very challenging task for many. Despite the many health risks associated with obesity like hypertension, high risk of cancer, diabetes and other degenerative diseases, many people are still struggling to shed the calories due to lack of weight loss motivation. This is mostly caused by eating unhealthy meals a well as not exercising effectively.

A number of people starve themselves trying to lose weight overnight. Others try Crash diets. This is not only ineffective; it is also very bad for one's health. As much as one would lose weight in the first few days, it is mostly the water weight. This weight is gained a few weeks later and it does so with vengeance. This is because the body interprets the lack of food as signs of an impending drought and thus starts packing up the pounds in preparation. The result is unexplained weight gain which in turn has the negative effects on one's weight loss motivation. The only sure way to lose weight quickly is by combining a healthy diet and some exercise.

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Extreme weight loss can be achieved by increasing the cardiovascular activity. These are moderate exercises that are effective when it comes to weight loss. These workouts are also easy enough to ensure that one is able to do them and stick with it. But due to our hectic lives, it can prove a challenge fitting an exercise program into our daily lives. Going to the gym is also an option not available to many. This should however not deter one from working towards weight loss. It should not reduce the weight loss motivation and lead to a downward spiral.

Running is a good exercise. It not only increases the metabolism helping one to lose weight, it is also cheap and easy. Consistency is the key when one is trying to lose weight quickly. Running helps the heart pump the blood faster, increases the oxygen flow to the body thus raising the metabolic rate which is very crucial for extreme weight loss. One can lose weight running 3 to 4 days a week.