Good article about things to do to jump start your weight loss.

Here are a few things they suggest:

1) Don't set a goal to exercise three days a week. Set the goal to exercise every single day. Research shows that most ppl only accomplish 60% of their weekly fitness goals. If you say 3 times a week, you are apt to only making about 1 day of that.

2) Research discovered that women who listen to music while working out lost twice as much weight as those who didn't listen to music, and music listeners walked more often each week then those who didn't listen to music.

3) Keep your diet simple. Mentally we think that having more food options/choices within our dietary weight loss plans will help us stick with a diet - that's FALSE. Variety actually stimulates your appetite. You're more likely to over-snack

4) Weigh in DAILY - according to research from the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks more than 4,000 ppl who have lost 30 + pounds and kept it off for at least one year - weighing daily was one key to their success. It's essential to know where you are with your weight.

Some other things included keeping a food and exercise journal, apparently most dieters under-report calorie intake and over reported exercise by half without the journal. When dining out, order first, if you order first most likely you have made the best choice on the menu for your diet - if you order after other ppl you are more likely to switch your first choice to something similar to what they ordered.

disagree with a few.

I dont keep a diet journal.. because in my head I know the truth but I would be tempted to lie on paper... to make my journal look better:

Weighing everyday can affect mood swings and lead to binging out of depression.

And setting a goal to exercise every day for some is an unreasonable goal which may discourage any exercise if they continually fail at it.

I'm not sure I agree with this one either - I think simplicity would lead to boredom and we all know that boredom leads to snacking...

Usually I agree with the articles in fitness magazine, it's generally good sound advice and always helpful... this article seemed to fall short of their usual standards...

I wasn't sure I agreed with all of them either, they had good research to back it up and seemed to indicate that most of these ppl disagree with which is the reason they fail on their weight loss plans and these were the 'tricks' that ppl who lost weight and kept it off for a long period of time used.

Anyway, to each their own and do what works for you!

Fitness usually has good research... and my disagreeableness could have everything to do with why i have failed in the past good point...

Shrugs - for everyone study there is always another to counter it. If what you are doing is working for you then forget about the article! Keep up the good work!

Epi

I weigh everyday but I know it doesn't work for everyone. Weighing daily keeps me closely aware of how my behavior effects my weight. I need to see the cause and effect.