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A structured weight loss plan is one of the best ways to make certain of success in your weight loss efforts. The details of the plan can vary according to the individual and the personality type, but a plan is probably the most significant component of any successful diet. Don’t just wake up one morning and decide to lose one hundred pounds or even five pounds and expect to be totally successful. You may be one of the few to lose a few pounds and not regain it, but you would be in the minority. Instead, think logically and rationally about what you are eating and what you should be eating. Then set about implementing changes into your eating habits over time.

See Your Doctor

The first step in your new weight loss plan should be to schedule a visit with your family physician.  The medical professional is in a position to either counsel you directly or to refer you to another specialist in dealing with obesity, nutrition and dietary practices. The purpose of medical advice is to provide you with information about the safety and effectiveness of various dietary formulas.  Visiting with the physician doesn’t mean that you should blindly accept whatever you are told. Use the advice of the doctor as a starting point for doing your own research into the diets you are considering.

Do Your Research

Before settling on a particular weight loss plan, you should be familiar with what is expected of you and what benchmarks you can expect while following the plan. For instance, if you only need to lose a few pounds and want to get them off in a hurry, don’t pick a diet plan that relies on long term lifestyle changes to accomplish the weight loss. If you hate counting calories, don’t pick a diet that measures portions and has strict guidelines to follow.

Set Goals

Your weight loss plan should contain reasonable and doable recognition of your current weight, your desired rate of loss, the deadlines you need to meet and your target rate. Be realistic about how rapidly you can lose weight. For example, a 40 pound loss in two weeks is highly unlikely, no matter what diet you follow. While setting your goals, consider lifestyle goals as well as weight loss goals. The weight goals you set and the lifestyle changes you want to implement should work in tandem to help you reach your desired level of weight and fitness.

Choose a Low Stress Time

You should implement your weight loss plan at a time when you can focus on making changes without adding extra stress to your lifestyle. For example, if you are setting off on a two week cruise next week, don’t start a diet tomorrow. Many people start diets as part of a New Year’s resolution, but you can make small changes in your lifestyle at any time. January makes a good time to start a diet plan that has a goal of looking good in a swim suit by summer.

It is important to realise the impact of sudden withdrawal of food items that have been on your plate for a long time. If your weight loss is triggered by the danger of organ failure or severe disability, you may have to take drastic steps. In most cases,   the weight loss plan is designed to control weight gain before major health problems occur. Take care not to shock your body.

Chocolate cravings

Chocolates, ice creams, pastries and similar high fat sweet foods that have been a part of your daily routine are a clear cause of weight gain. Removing these items from your diet will do you a world of good since your blood will be purified, your body better able to discard toxins and your alimentary canal will work more efficiently. An effective weight loss plan will work towards reducing these foods. A drastic reduction of these foods will lead to increased cravings and binge eating that will play havoc with your system. If you are able to curb the bingeing, you are likely to find that your skin on your arms and neck has taken on a sagging appearance. Work to reduce your intake by cutting down the amount you consume on a daily basis. If you are used to having a chocolate bar 4 times a week, replace it with fruits 2 times a week. Do this for two weeks until you come to a point when you eat a small bar once in a week. You may feel the need to reduce it further on the basis of time taken for your target weight achievement.

Fried Items

Similarly, fried and salted foods like chips, burgers and the like affect the working of the heart over time. Your effort should be to replace the fried item with something that is easier on your system. Fried foods make you feel sluggish and you will find that your energy level increases when you reduce these foods from your daily intake. However, a sudden reduction in consumption will shock your body and drive you to satisfy its craving by over eating. Fat is required by your body in small quantities to help you assimilate vital nutrients and it is advisable to slowly move to healthy forms of fat with a weight loss plan that allows a gradual reduction of unhealthy foods so that there is a permanent effect on your health.

Manage Stress

A large part of the success of the weight loss plan depends on your ability to keep your mind occupied with activities that take you away from the regular events that involve eating unhealthy items. For instance, you may be prone to grabbing a bag of chips and eating in front of the television or computer. Your brain is used to these events going together. If you try to sit in front of the television with a plate of fruit, you will find yourself craving for chips. In the first phase of your weight loss plan, remove the habit of television watching altogether. Participate in community programs or sign up for dance or painting or any activity that takes out the routine involving eating.

With summer just around the corner, there is no better time to commit to a weight loss plan. You can see quick weight loss results and shed unwanted pounds in as few as six weeks if you are able to stick with a
diet and increase your exercise.
It’s common for people to look for a weight loss program this time of year. People want to look nice in their summer clothes and feel comfortable shedding layers of clothes as the warmer months arrive. Spring is a great time to start a weight loss program. Remember that once you recommit to daily exercise, your body will go through an adjustment period. It will be a few weeks before you are able to measure your dieting success.
Quick Weight Loss Diets Give False Promises
Weight loss programs and products that promise immediate results are not realistic. Some overweight people try starvation diets, skip meals, become gym rats and take potentially harmful diet pills in hopes of losing weight quickly. Others take laxatives or purge after they eat to keep from gaining weight. The sad truth, however, is there is no get-slim-quick plan that works and is healthy for you.
The Path to Healthy Weight Loss
Creating balance in your life is necessary for permanent weight loss. No diet on the market will work for you unless you work it. You must be willing to commit to the weight loss plan, be ready for change, make time for daily exercise, and find things to keep you busy and away from the kitchen.
Tips for Healthy and Fast Weight Loss
These healthy weight loss tips won’t make you skinny overnight, but they will set you on the path to better health and lasting weight loss:
* You can lose weight the healthy way by cutting back as few as 250 calories per day and getting some type of exercise at least three days per week.
* Find out why you eat. Address any emotional eating habits you might have.
* Keep track of every morsel you put in your mouth. You don’t have to do this for the rest of your life, but try it for a week and you will be amazed at how much a few bites here and there really add up.
* Move your body. Find an activity you enjoy and stick with it.
* Find support for your weight loss journey. If you don’t have built-in support in your family, try finding a local support group or an online weight loss buddy.
* Plan your meals ahead of time. Write out exactly what you will eat all week, shop according to your meal plan, and stick with it. Taking the guesswork out of your daily meals keeps you from making poor choices
when you are already hungry.
* Cook up a batch of food on the weekend and create your own frozen dinners. Grill a handful of chicken breasts, for example, and have them ready to go in a moment’s notice to pair with brown rice and a vegetable. Or dice the chicken and toss it on a salad for a quick and healthy meal.
* Include healthy fats in your diet. A handful of nuts or a teaspoon of olive oil are healthy options.
* Swap out your sugary drinks for water. Flushing the toxins from your body and keeping it hydrated are important for weight loss.
Start making healthier food choices. Cut back a little on your calories and portions. Get some exercise. With just these simple changes, you can see weight loss results by summer.

I am starting this journal today to track my progress with TAIslim. TAIslim is a brand new product from FreeLife which has been shown to help people with weight problems in the following ways: 

By fighting abdominal fat – the fat that is known to be a higher health risk. TAIslim is clinically shown to decrease the body’s production of stress hormones that cause you to accumulate unhealthy belly fat.† Other ingredients act on digestive tract enzymes to help reduce the amount of calories absorbed from starchy or fatty foods. 

By enhancing your metabolism – 20 times the effect of coffee or green tea! 

By controlling appetite – TAIslim supports a positive mood, suppressing appetite and between-meal cravings to help you to cut unwanted calories. 

By cleansing and replenishing the body – gentle cleansing and detoxifying action to promote regularity and healthy microflora, while slowing the absorption of food to improve metabolism. 

I personally know people who have lost 5-12 pounds in their first week on TAIslim. This sounds amazing but keep in mind that the more people may have to lose, the more impressive the initial results will be. Average loss after the first week is 2 pounds per week. 

My first bottle arrives in 2 days and I am excited to begin posting results here as my TAIslim weight loss record. I have about 40-60 lbs to lose, depending on whether you are going to go by the BMI charts or my own personal comfortable zone. I am going to set my initial goal at 45 lbs. 

This is doable!

Weight History

I’ve always been overweight. Well, at least I’ve always thought of myself as overweight. As a child I never had that tight flat tummy that other children had. I was always taller than my friends so therefore I was also thicker. Looking back, I wasn’t really overweight at all. I was just bigger than others my age. I started to gain weight when I moved from Georgia to California right before 11th grade. I still wasn’t what you would call “fat” but I gained a size or two. Probably partly because I was less active (we lived on a lake in GA, had a boat, etc.) and partly because of my Gramma’s cooking. Over the years I tried different diets to try to be slimmer – to be like my friends who were slimmer. I tried slim fast. That lasted a few weeks til I just got so darn tired of the shakes. I tried walking and the gym. I tried the Carb addict diet. That one, in my twenties, made me think about food all day long. Planning, buying, cooking, eating… and then all over again! I tried Weight Watchers and lost weight back in the 90’s. I was doing great but then went on a 5 day trip to Hawaii, forgot about “points’ for a few days, and was unable to get back into the habit when I returned. I promptly gained everything back and then some. I tried diet pills. I never did Phen Fen but I did Phen alone. That stuff worked!! UNTIL… I stopped taking them. Hmmmm… did I want to be on a pharmaceutical all my life just to stay thin? I wonder what is worse. Having a BMI of 30 or taking a prescription weight loss drug. I am guessing the drug. So, I gained that weight back. I tried South Beach and lost weight once again. I forget what happened to get me off track on that one but I would bet money that it was another trip. A few years ago I read the book “Natural Cures” and decided that the problem is toxins in our body. I started to eat more organic foods and doing cleanses and colonics. I lost a little weight and I also came to a point of acceptance. I am just not a thin person and it is a lot healthier to accept that than to continue to fight it. My new goal became to simply strive for health, self-acceptance and realization that life is just too short for deprivation. That has been the way that I have lived for about the last four years. I am not thin. I am a size 16. I have been a size 18. I am about 45-50 lbs overweight and that is ok. I would like to lose it, of course, but not through deprivation or pharmaceuticals. I recently moved to Florida and here I have no car. If I need to go somewhere I walk. If I don’t need to go anywhere I try to walk on the beach anyway. I have noticed that some of the weight is coming off because of this lifestyle change. But more importantly I feel good and I am healthier from the increase in activity. When I heard about TaiSlim, it put me back in the mind set that to really be healthy I should get rid of some of the extra body fat that I carry. I do carry it mostly around my middle so that in particular is unhealthy. I like that TaiSlim is not a drug and it works by fighting abdominal fat, enhancing the metabolism, controlling appetite, cleansing and replenishing. And TaiSlim is made by the same company that makes GoChi juice which is already a proven product. My bottle arrives tomorrow and I will start with it right away. I will keep this blog updated as to my progress. I am excited!

Starting Weight

I weighed this morning in the gym. I am not sure I want to put this number down for the world to see. I will just say that my BMI is 32. I am shooting for a BMI of 25 to begin with. 

My juice comes today! If it is like yesterday’s UPS delivery it will not come until after I’ve had breakfast and lunch so I will just start taking it tomorrow. 

My plan is to just keep doing everything the same as usual for this first week so that I know that my results are all coming from the juice. After the first week I will add in more exercise and cut out some higher fat things from my diet. But I never plan to deprive myself. If I want key lime pie I am going to get it! If I want fried oysters I am going to get them. I am in Florida and that is part of the joy of being here! It is all about balance.

Got the Juice!

The juice came in time for lunch after all. I just poured myself the recommended 2 ounces and it is not bad. I was told to expect it to taste like medicine and just down it really fast. But it doesn’t taste bad to me at all. I took a tiny sip straight and it was super sweet so I mixed it with 8 ounces of water, which is the recommended method of drinking it. It really does taste a lot like sweet tea. Not bad at all!

Day 2 on the Juice

Today is day 2 and I drank the juice with breakfast and lunch. I definitely felt fuller longer after each meal and had plenty of energy. I actually already broke my rule of not changing anything else other than just adding the juice. I worked out in the gym for 40 minutes! I know that kind of skews my results but I also have to wonder if it was the added energy that inspired the workout!

Day 3 on the Juice

Today is day 3 and I had the juice with breakfast and lunch. I feel great! I have a lot of energy and focus and just over all feel great! I am definitely feeling full long after my meals. So far, the advertised benefits of the juice that are noticeable at this early stage are definitely proving to be true. I am anxious to see how much weight I will have lost after the first week. I wish that I had measured as well but I didn’t have a measuring tape. I am sure that I will be able to tell in my clothes.

Weigh In Day

Yesterday was weigh in day and I was down just a pound.  I was disappointed but I also need to remember that it was my birthday week so there was not only a big dinner out but I was also given a big box of chocolates to consume. Considering that I changed nothing else this week, other than adding the TaiSlim juice and actually splurging a bit more on my daily consumption, I think it is probably pretty good that I lost anything at all.

The point of the juice is not to be the absolute weight loss cure.  It is a supplement and is meant to support the effort – but that is the key, it takes effort.  

Now that I have gotten over the fact that my first week’s weight loss was not as dramatic as others that I have heard from, it is on to the real work.  Daily exercise, eating healthy foods and not consuming too many calories. TaiSlim will support this effort.  TaiSlim did make me feel full longer.  It did give me more energy without jazzing me up too much.  

So, it is off to the store today to pick up healthy items to cook over the next week or so.  And the chocolates are almost gone….

When you first begin to diet it is hard to break old habits and begin forming new habits. This is where a weight loss partner comes in. Your diet partner will help keep you on track and hold you accountable for your food intake and your exercise plan.

Your diet partner will help you to stay motivated. You can plan to exercise together at a set time each day. This will keep you accountable and motivated. It is harder to give your weight loss partner a week excuse as to why you can not exercise than it is to convince yourself that you should just skip a day.

Diet partners also offer a great support system when it comes to sticking to a diet. It is easy to cheat on a diet especially if you feel you are going it alone. Your weight loss partner will help you to stay on track and listen when you do fall off the wagon.

You may also find that you end up with just a bit of competition when it comes to dieting with a partner. If you have a week where your partner has lost more weight than you or exercised more than you, you may just have to get moving and try and win next week.

Your partner will also add a bit of fun to dieting. You can work together to find fun new recipes and laugh when you goof up that new recipe. It is also a lot of fun to take a walk and tell silly jokes on the way. Set up one day each week where it is joke day and your entire exercise time is spent telling silly jokes while walking.

Friendships are built around common experience. You will find that your weight loss partner may just become your new best friend. As your lifestyle choices change so will your diet partners. It is always easier to do it with a friend.

Just remember to keep up the good work and have fun with your diet partner.