Achieving healthy weight loss isn’t about a “diet” or “program” but a lifestyle with healthy eating patterns, regular physical activity, and stress management. Medications taken for other conditions may also make it harder to lose weight.
Improving Your Eating Habits
Your eating habits, not just what you eat, may be leading to weight gain—for example, eating too fast, always clearing your plate, eating when you’re not hungry, or skipping meals.
Losing weight is the first step. Once you’ve lost weight, you’ll want to learn how to keep it off. When you’re setting goals, think about both process and outcome goals. Adopting a new eating style that promotes weight loss must include lowering your total calorie intake. But decreasing calories need not mean giving up taste, satisfaction or even ease of meal preparation.