The Absolute Best Way to Lose Weight

I’ll start this article by being totally honest: Losing weight isn’t easy. There are no shortcuts. If you’re reading this article hoping for a “magic fix,” you won’t find it here. That said however, if you’re willing to put in a bit of effort to really get your body to the shape you want it to be, then I’ve got great news for you.

Forget the latest fads. Forget the newest miracle pills or “Eat This Not That” books. That reality is, effective weight loss has been pretty much the same for the last 100 years.

In this article, we’ll cover the absolute most effective way to lose weight. It’s simple, it’s proven and it’s used by health professionals, nutritionists and doctors all over the world.

The method is simple: First, track your calories. According to Cornell University studies, Americans underestimate how many calories they eat by as much as 38%. Then, once you’re tracking your calories, burn more calories than you take into your body on a daily basis.

It sounds simple, but putting it in practice is what does the trick. Read this to learn how to put this into practice to lose the weight and keep it off.

Why Tracking Your Food Will Work Miracles

Kaiser Permanente did an expensive weight loss study and found that the #1 most important factor towards determining if a person will lose weight in the long run is whether or not they could keep a food journal consistently.

Keeping a food journal puts you face to face with the reality of how many calories you’re consuming. You’re no longer roughly gauging your calories; you have actual numbers and actual eating habits that you can look back on.

The mere fact that you’re tracking everything you eat will change your eating habits. You’ll think twice about reaching for that snack, because you know you’ll have to log those extra 100 calories.

It also helps to find someone that you can share your journal with. This can be a friend you’re trying to lose weight with, or it can be a health coach or nutritionist. This helps put a little bit of social pressure on you to keep journaling and to keep improving your eating habits.

Cutting Calories: You Can Eat Well and Lose Weight!

Most people who track their eating habits find that they’re taking in way, way more needless calories than they realized.

A can of coke for example has 155 calories. A medium cappuccino with low fat milk from Starbucks still comes in at 144 calories. A single Oreo cookie has 55 calories – And most people snack on at least 3 or 4 at a time.

Just about everyone snacks, but few people take the time to realize just how many calories they’re putting in their body with their snacks.

The first step to losing weight is to cut out snacks that add needless calories to your diet. Cut out sugars, sodas, fatty foods and the like.

Does that mean you need to stop enjoying food? No!

To start, there are plenty of foods that taste like they’re fatty when they’re really incredibly low in calories.

For example, a spoonful of whipped cream has just 8 calories. It tastes fatty, but is really quite slim.

Lobster is another great example. Coming in at just 27 calories an ounce, lobster tastes fatty but really doesn’t have much fat at all.

If you stick to eating three full meals a day, with healthy snacks in between, you’ll already be drastically reducing your calorie count.

Burning Calories

The trick to weight loss is to burn more calories than you eat. You need to burn 3,500 calories more than you eat in order to lose one pound.

Naturally, that’s not going to happen in one day. However, if you improve your habits, over time that 3,500 calories won’t seem like much at all.

The most important thing you can do to increase your caloric burn rate is to exercise. The most important thing for getting exercise consistently is to find an activity that you genuinely enjoy.

If you have to force yourself to work out, chances are you won’t keep it up in the long run. If you find an activity you love to do however, it’ll make burning calories and keeping fit much easier.

Write down a list of 5 activities you may potentially enjoy. Schedule in a trial of each of these activities sometime this month. Once you’ve tried them all, choose the one you enjoyed most and build a workout schedule around that.

In short, there’s no “secret recipe” to weight loss. The absolute best way to lose weight is to track your foods, cut down on needless calories while still eating well. Then add in an exercise routine that you genuinely love. Do this and you can watch with joy as the pounds drop off.

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