Losing Weight is Hard Work

Whether you want to lose 5 pounds or 50 pounds, there is one very true fact:  Losing weight is hard work.  It may seem like the weight just fell on you, without much effort on your part.  You have a few extra snacks every day and sooner or later the calories add up to extra pounds.

Losing weight is all about the calories.  The more calories you put in your body, the more calories that must be burned off to lose weight.  One pound is approximately 3500 calories--wow right?  So if you really want to lose a pound a week, you will need to create a 500 calorie deficit every day.  You can do this by cutting out food, exercising or doing both. The trick is to have the discipline to stick with the program.  Every one has trouble staying on a diet at some point.  If you do slip once in awhile, it is important to get right back to the plan and forget about messing up.

If only it were much harder to gain weight and easy to lose weight- we would all save so much time and money.