What is healthy weight loss?

Your healthy weight loss is about 1-3 pounds per week.  Of course this will depend on your goals as well and where you will fit into that range.  If you look at it this way if you have at least a 500 calorie deficit per day you will achieve a 1 pound loss per week.  Just make sure you are tracking what you are eating and burning so you can stay on your goals. 

Thank you for this very timely question. This country is facing a massive issue regarding obesity, especially concerning our youth. The reality is that if we continue to have obese children the risk of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease will affect these children at an early age.

Healthy weight loss is losing about a pound a week. That is 500 less calories a day. Each pound of weight lost is equivalent to 3500 calories. This may be a slow loss for some, but the reality is that evidence based practice shows that people who lose weight slowly are less likely to gain it back. In America we are used to instant results for many things, but this is not often a recommended practice when our health is at stake.

Do you drink cream with your coffee? Substitute skim milk and that is probably a hundred calories you have saved. Take the top bun off the hamburger you eat. That may be another hundred calories. If you like regular salad dressing substitute low fat and you may save another two hundred calories. If you like pasta measure it to the equivalent serving and you could save at least a few hundred calories. And the list goes on.....

First, you must set a realistic goal for yourself. If you need to lose 40 pounds, 20 pounds, or 10 pounds you must think you can do it. Learn to exercise regularly. You don't have to join a gym. Go out and start walking. Check with your health care provider before you start any diet or exercise regime. Find someone in your family who will champion you and support you to lose weight. THINK YOU CAN DO IT. If you cheat, have a bad day, or are upset with yourself it's ok. Tomorrow is another day and you can start again.

Losing 1-2 lbs per week is a safe and healthy weight loss.  The best way to lose weight is through a combination of increased calorie burn (more movement) and a reduction in calories consumed.  You will also want to avoid any fad diet.  These diets will initially cause weight loss but the vast majority of people will gain back all the weight plus some. 

Focus on making better food choices and moving more throughout the day!  Good Luck!

Federal guidelines recommend that people maintain weight in a single healthy range instead of allowing weight to creep up over the years. Avoid crash weight loss by using a combination of exercise and healthy eating to achieve a slow and steady loss of weight (about one-half to 1 pound per week). Weight reduction of even 5% to 10% of body weight may improve many of the problems associated with being overweight, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Healthy weight loss is one that is gradual ~1-2#/week.  This will be a weight loss pattern that will be sustainable.  It would include foods from all the different food groups and incorporate whole grains, high fiber, lean protein, low fat dairy/dairy alternatives in the right portions.  It would also include a regular physical activity component.  Lifestyle and behavior changes are critical for the success of a healthy weight loss to occur. 

Healthy weight loss is only weight lost that stays OFF! The constant 'yo-yo' roller coaster of losing weight and gaining it back is not healthy and should never be one's goal.

If you go about losing your excess weight in a manner that you can't or won't adhere to for the rest of your life, you are better off forgoing the fad.

Lifestyle change is the best and most healthful way to lose weight.

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The best way to lose weight is through a health diet and daily exercise.  Most experts agree that more than 2 pounds per week will result in bounce back weight gains.  It is much more healthy to lose weight slowly than to lose and gain.  Initially, since most of the weight loss is fluids the weight loss may be greater than 2 pounds but after the first couple of weeks no more than 2 pounds per week is recommended

The aim should be to lose one or two pounds a week no matter what diet you follow. To do this you have to burn more calories than you take in. That is to say, if you have $10 in your pocket, spend $20. The only time it's okay to be a spendthrift is when it comes to losing weight.

If you try to lose more, your body will stonewall you. When you decrease your caloric intake by too much, your metabolism goes into defense mode and slows down. This cancels out any weight loss. Losing no more than two pounds per week prevents this "set point" from kicking in. Another reason is that depriving yourself of a reasonable amount of calories will cause you to feel hungry and weak, making you more likely to cheat or blow your diet altogether.

What is Healthy Weight Loss? This is a simple but tricky question.

WHAT is Healthy Weight Loss?  It is a method of reducing the amount of fat stores on your body while preserving your lean tissues. It is a slow and sustained process of altering your thinking and your choices to align with your new goals and values.

Healthy Weight Loss provides nutrition for your body and movement to energize you to feel your best. It is a diet rich in grains, fruits, veggies and healthy fats. It is an eating style that includes foods, not eliminates them.

HOW do you achieve Healthy Weight Loss?

• Healthy Weight Loss focuses on... healthy patterns.
• Healthy Weight Loss focuses on the long-term outcomes, not instant gratification.
• Healthy Weight Loss allows you to be flexible, not rigid in your food and exercise selections.
• Healthy Weight Loss allows for setbacks, not punishment for a poor choice or temporary loss of focus.
• Healthy Weight Loss focuses on caring for your physical, mental and emotional needs, not punishing yourself.
• Healthy Weight Loss is slow and steady.
• Healthy Weight Loss is allows you to eat out at restaurants, not sit home alone obsessed with following a "diet".
• Healthy Weight Loss allows you to feel good about yourself and know that you are making great changes for your life, not that you are sacrificing and restricting your choices.
• Healthy Weight Loss includes all foods, not limiting the "magical fattening" foods.
• Healthy Weight Loss includes strength training to boost your metabolism, help your posture and allow you to enjoy more food.
• Healthy Weight Loss is balanced.
• Healthy Weight Loss is intelligent and planned, it avoids fads and falling for "miracles".
• Healthy Weight Loss is a way of life. Your new life.

In this new life, you would:

• Know that you have control over many things but do not have control over everything.
• Focus on obtaining fruits, veggies, fiber and protein from your food choices.
• Focus on moving more simply for the sake of moving.
• Focus on reading and learning to build your "brain muscle".
• Focus on trying new recipes, finding activities to do with your family and friends.
• Focus on your relationship with yourself and with others.

Healthy Weight Loss is a journey to a new lifestyle.

Enjoy it.