November 6, 2009, Newsletter Issue #192: Maintenance program for ideal body weight
Tip of the Week
If you always have had or just reached an ideal body weight, what would be a good maintenance program for you?
Different diets have different ideas for eating and exercising plans for this stage. For example, Atkins diet maintenance plan is about sticking to your individual carbohydrate intake limits, Protein Power is about keeping your protein intake high enough, etc.
However, in any case this stage is not so much about not getting something OUT of your plate but about getting every good thing ON your plate.
Think what you should have on daily basis to get all essential nutrients - "good" fats, "good" complex (whole grains) carbohydrates, plenty (5 to 7 servings minimal) fresh dark green, orange, and red vegetables, fruits, and berries.
Concerning exercise, keep increasing your fitness: it's an endless process. Go for interval training to save time and train your heart and lungs, improve your flexibility and fine motor skills, walk faster and/or for longer time, etc. It is important to increase your endurance since this endurance training is shown to be the lost efficient fat burner.
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