For more on how — and why — it’s important to have reasonable goals for losing weight, see our guide on setting realistic expectations for weight loss.
The healthier the process, the better you’ll feel with the results — and the more likely they’ll be to stick.
What's involved? Does the plan provide guidance that you can adapt to your situation? Does it require buying special meals or supplements? Does it offer on-line or in-person support? Does it teach you how to make positive, healthy changes in your life to help keep up your weight loss?
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Faster weight loss can be safe if it's done right. Examples include a very low-calorie diet with medical supervision or a brief quick-start phase of a healthy-eating plan.
Fruit juices tend to be very high in sugar. When possible, it is best to eat whole fruits instead as they contain fiber.
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And when you come home from a long day of work, the last thing you want to do is cook. Having dinner already prepped makes it easy to heat up when it's time to eat.
The Mayo Clinic Diet provides practical and realistic ideas for including more physical activity and exercise throughout your day — as well as finding a plan that works for you.
Maybe save your favorite sneakers only for days when you go for personal best lifts. And as for those skinless chicken breasts, there’s a whole spice rack of ways to add flavor without adding calories. It’s not going to taste like pizza, but it’ll help you stick to your diet—until that pizza cheat day.
Successful weight loss requires long-term changes to your eating habits and physical activity. This means you need to find a weight-loss approach you can embrace for life. You're not likely to keep off the weight you lose if you go off the diet and back to old habits.
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Sometimes, this involves reducing the number of calories consumed each day. Other times, this involves eliminating certain types of food from each meal, which may include:
While there’s nothing inherently wrong with losing weight quickly, you don’t have a lot of control over how fast your body is willing to let go of its fat stores.3 Some bodies are just more reluctant than others to give up those energy supplies saved for a rainy — and foodless — day.