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⌈ Secret Post #2384 ⌋

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Slow and steady wins the race

[nyxelestia]

As many other people have mentioned, the real key to losing weight is a change in lifestyle. You can't just exercise until you hit a specific weight then stop, you have to keep exercising. Same goes for diets - a functioning diet is not just about skimping until you hit a good weight, it's about monitoring what you eat for the long haul.

At most, you can have a high-intensity exercise program and an extremely skimpy diet program all the way until you hit an ideal weight, then let-up. But you can't stop exercising or stop watching what you eat. You have to keep an eye on your body and what you're doing to it, constantly. And in all honesty? I wouldn't recommend this.

I'm not going to say your body is a temple, because that is up to you whether it really is, and whether 'temple' even means anything important to you. You know what it is? A home. It's a home for your mind and brain and for you. Your body doesn't have to be perfect, but you still need to take care of it, and that takes constant attention. If you ignore it, eventually it'll overwhelm you, but all other things being equal, a little constant and low-level awareness will keep things running smoothly for a long, long time.

Those super-fit people you see on TV? They probably have professional nutritionists and/or fitness coaches to help them out, and often those people aren't just paid for a few sessions or times - those professionals are on payroll, and for good reason. Achieving that level of a 'perfect' body is extremely difficult, if not downright impossible, on your own.

As for the not-super-fit-but-still-fit people you may see around you (depending on where you live)? Most of them, if they don't have some weird metabolism helping them out, are probably just keeping an eye on the proportion between what they eat and how much they move. You can have that cookie with your otherwise healthy breakfast in the morning, but once you get to work you better park in the back of the parking lot and walk all that extra hundred yards to work. You can have beer and cake at the party, but you've gotta hit the dance floor, too.

And fretting about calories eaten and calories burned won't help much, either. Those are just to give you ballpark estimations to keep in mind, not to tell you how many rounds on a stairmaster to it takes to work off a bagel.

The human body is designed to move, and it needs to eat to fuel that movement. As long as you remember that, you can make any diet or exercise program work for you in the end. :)

ETA: one get-it-quick tip I would recommend is to throw out any weight measuring scale you've got. Focus on being healthy and liking what you see when you look in a mirror. Numbers are helpful to get what you want, but they should not be what you strive for in and of themselves.