In my weight loss program, I encourage gradual weight loss and gradual exercise increase.
Weight is lost by gradually cutting back on what one eats - not "cold turkey" but over time, so the appetite lessens gradually and the cravings fade away gradually.
This is the only way that people who lose weight will be able to do that most difficult of all things - keep it off
Keeping off the weight one loses requires a lifestyle change. Too many people lose weight, and then immediately go back to their old lifestyle - going off their diets completely, forgetting about exercise - and they do this so quickly after they lose that final pound that their body, just aching to get back to that original weight, seems to start packing on the pounds of its own volition.
By losing weight gradually, you are altering your lifestyle gradually, such that when you reach your desired weight, you are used to the new life style and will maintain it - adding just an extra serving of this or that food for each meal now that you're in maintenance rather than weight loss mode.
Gradualness - goodness - success.
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