Dr J David Prologo On The 5 Things You Need To Do To Achieve a Healthy Body Weight, And Keep It Permanently
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17 min readFeb 27, 2022
First, something is better than nothing. The American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control, and the American College of Cardiology (among others) categorically agree that “progress, not perfection” should be our goal. Time and time again the pursuit of perfection leads to failure. Inability to keep a predetermined schedule leads to the all — or — nothing decision to “quit your diet.” Patients and the public should strive to accumulate as much change as possible in the long run. That is, successful weight loss will come for the person that is persistent about accumulating 15 workouts or 15 healthy meals or 15 recoveries in total, rather than necessarily in a specified amount of time (ie, 10 pounds in 10 days).
