How To Lose Weight- Step By Step System To Lose Weight

Losing weight successfully is often hard for women over 40. If you’d like to find out how to lose weight the following step by step process will be helpful for you. It’s easy to do and will answer the question “how to lose weight?” fast.

1. Get clear on your why. Your reasons to lose weight, your motivation to lose weight are the foundation of your success and will carry you through all challenges you might face. So, in the first step the question “how to lose weight?” changes into “why do you want to lose weight”? Be very specific and find every day your personal top 10 reasons – they tend to change over time. As a woman over 40 you know yourself well enough to be able to state your reasons honestly.
2. When a spacecraft is sent to the moon, it is impossible to calculate the exact way it will reach the moon. The scientists calculate the basic way to go, and on the way to the moon the direction of the spacecraft is adjusted accordingly to where it is and where it is heading. Do the same with your program to lose weight. Instead of planning everything for months ahead adjust your program weekly. I recommend cycles of 6 days plus an “enjoy yourself” day when you do your review of the past 6 days and set sails for the next 6 days. The question “how to lose weight?” changes into “how to lose weight in the next 6 days?” what is much easier to manage.
3. We humans have this incredible gift of “consciousness”. We can be aware of what we are doing, what we should do and how good we are at following through. If you want to lose weight as a woman over 40 you need to be consciously aware of your starting position in the weight loss journey. This means to calculate your resting metabolic rate and how many calories per day you can eat without gaining any weight. In this step the question “how to lose weight?” becomes “what is my starting position to lose weight?”.
4. Now you need to make some decisions: How much weight would you like to lose, how long should it take and, if you have past experiences, how weight much can you lose per month. Women over 40 tend to have a dieting experience- use what has worked in the past to lose weight again. Transform this into a weight loss goal- and calculate the calories you’re allowed to consume on average per day. Once again, this is about gaining conscious control about what is going on. So, in this step the question “how to lose weight?” changes to “how many calories should I eat to lose weight?”
5. Calories calculated in the last step are an abstract number. From my experience with women over 40 who want to lose weight, the number itself does not help to lose weight. You need to translate that abstract number into real food and amounts of real food. Then you can decide: Am I able to sustain only eating that much for the next 6 days? If not, adjust your weight loss rate of step 4. In this step the question “how to lose weight?” changes into “can I commit to do what I need to do to lose weight?” and if you can’t commit changing your pace of losing weight.
6. Every day you will make a plan on what to eat and how much. For many women over 40 flexibility is very important and day-to-day planning helps best. For others having the 6 days planned out in advance works better. Find out what works for you and stick with it. So, in this step the question “how to lose weight?” changes into “what do I need to do today to lose weight?” Do the planning in writing and review how you could follow through daily in the evening before going to bed.
7. After doing this for six days, review the 6 days. The question “how to lose weight?” changes into “could I do what I wanted to do to lose weight for six days?” If your answer is yes, by all means, continue what you are doing. Never change something that’s working. If you could not follow through, go back to step 4, and adjust your weight loss rate for the next 6 days. You might look into your personal obstacles to lose weight as well. This tends to be a very important step for women over 40.
   Then, make a plan for the next 6 days and start again.
   On this seventh day you can eat whatever you want- but in moderation. You need to enjoy your food from the quality it has, not the quantity.

In this simple step-by-step process I’ve showed you the basics of how to lose weight. You might ask “what about exercise? Isn’t exercise important to lose weight?” You are right, exercise is important. But, I’m about what’s working in real life and problems and challenges I see when working with women over 40.I can’t go into the details here but I’ll give you the scoop about working out for women over 40 who want to lose weight: You shouldn’t exercise to burn calories- see the calories burnt as additional fuel to lose weight quicker. You should exercise for all the health benefits associated with it though.

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