The Big Five for Weight, Health, and Life
Do fad weight loss programs fit into a life-long healthy lifestyle?
Breaking down a healthy lifestyle into its five major components, we get non-smoking, weight/diet, emotional wellbeing, exercise, and moderate alcohol intake.
Weight loss does not imply health, and health does not imply weight loss.
If 20 years of dieting have taught me anything, this must be it. Prepare to have your heart broken by the Queen of Couch Potatoes.
❤️ Weight loss is hard, not linear, and best done slowly. It takes patience, motivation, and strength to resist the mirage of miracle diets.
💛 Weight loss is a journey, although we think of it as a destination, and it helps to celebrate the little victories along the way. They keep us on track to reach a weight goal and maintain it.
💚 Weight loss is different for everyone, but there are common grounds. In the end, it becomes a matter of lifestyle — a life-long healthy one.
Not scared yet? Perfect! It means you are highly likely to succeed in reaching that ideal weight of yours, so it’s now safe to tell you that weight loss can also be easy and fun. You’ve earned it!
