A se 00004000 nsible and healthy weight loss plan is to set realistic goals of losing a pound or two per week. It's a healthy way to lose weight and you won't beat yourself up mentally and physically by attempting to take off to much weight weekly. Attempting to get rid of to much weight a week is unhealthy and nutritionally unsafe as well.
To be able to lose one pound a week you will need to either decrease your calorie intake by five hundred calories daily, or burn off an extra five-hundred calories per day. Either consume less food or burn excess calories through exercise. The healthy way is by doing both of them while still eating healthy and well-balanced meals. Unless you only want to lose a couple of pounds dieting by itself may not be sufficient. Bad eating habits and insufficient physical activity tends to make the metabolism sluggish.
A lot of people don't think of the heart as a muscle which can be made stronger. However it's possible to make it healthier through exercising aerobically such as walking, jogging, swimming, bicycling, etc. A diet when combined with exercise has proven to extremely effective in reducing weight. But don't be fooled into thinking that just because you stay fit you're able to eat anything you like, it's possible to be fit yet unhealthy.
