How to lose weight: A 3-point plan
Already struggling with that resolution? Here’s how to shed the excess weight and lock down a plan of eating that you can maintain indefinitely
We’re almost a month into the new year.
How are those resolutions going? If you’re like most of us, you’ve already missed a day or two at the gym, even though you vowed to go every day. And you’ve eaten a doughnut or three, even though you swore off sugar.
It doesn’t matter, though, because you’re in this for the long haul, right? And health and fitness starts in your mind, not the gym, says ultra-fit Los Angeles trainer and motivator Lacey Stone.
And she says she also knows why you may already be falling behind in your 2018 goals:
“You don’t have any structure behind what you want... You have to get your mind behind the resolution, or I can tell you, you are 100 per cent not going to achieve it. You have to pace yourself. It has to be a lifestyle change.”
Translation? Stone, who returns to season two of the Khloe Kardashian fitness makeover show Revenge Body, which airs on E!, says you shouldn’t spend a single second fretting over missteps. Instead, figure out where things went wrong, and fix it.
Why did you miss the gym? Was it because you didn’t get enough sleep the night before? Then you need to make a plan to get to bed earlier each night. Were you too sore from working out the day before? Then take the workouts down a few notches. Remember, you’re playing the long game. Did you binge on bagels because you skipped breakfast and were famished? Fixing that one is a no-brainer.
“Instead of feeling bad about a ‘slip-up,’ you have to look at your life, and what are the obstacles that have gotten in the way in the past,” Stone advised. “And unless you address them, you’re not going to get what you want.”
So here’s Stone’s simple three-point plan to make 2018 the year you shed the excess weight and lock down a plan of eating that you can maintain indefinitely.
“Instead of feeling bad about a ‘slip-up’, you have to look at your life, and... address [the issues].” LACEY STONE | Trainer