There is nothing good about being overweight. Why?

Well for starters, in most societies, being fat is almost equivalent to being ugly. For some reason, the standards of beauty have always depended on the curvaceous and toned bodies of models, actresses and other famous personalities.

On a deeper note, being overweight puts anyone at several health risks including hypertension, heart problems and certain types of cancers.

As such, more and more people like you are trying to lose some of their excess weight. While a few opt to do it in an unhealthy way like using harmful diet pills or refusing to eat anything at all, most weight watchers still choose to do it the right way.
So what is the right way in terms of losing weight?

It does not really include anything tricky or fancy. If you want to lose weight the healthy way it only requires you to do two things: watch the food that you eat and two, get moving!

Dieting

First off, it will be important to note, dieting is not equivalent to skipping meals. Dieting refers to eating the right kind and amount of food. It means saying goodbye to fatty and sugar - rich foods and saying hello to a lot of lean meat, fruits and vegetables.

Proper portioning should also be done. All the food you eat in a day should not exceed the recommended number of calories you need. And to most weight watchers this calorie counting seems to be the toughest.
Recognizing this, Medifast comes in to the rescue. For those of you who do not know, this company produces healthy and sumptuous replacement meals including: scrambled eggs, shakes, stews, soups, chili and desserts.

These replacement meals work best following the Medifast diet. In the said diet, a weight watcher like you is encouraged to eat six times a day as opposed to three. Five of those meals should be replaced with the pre - packed and pre - made Medifast food items while the last one should be a lean and green meal. By distributing the food this way, you can be sure that your body gets to burn the calories faster and easier.

This diet is also flexible. It allows you to take a free hand on your lean and green meal and it also allows you to take occasional snacks if you get hungry in between meals.

If followed, this 5&1 diet can make you lose 2 to 5 pounds a week or roughly 8 to 20 pounds a month.

Exercising

Even if you have a good diet in place, exercise should not be taken out of the picture because exercising increases muscle strength, improves cardiovascular health and of course, it helps you burn more calories faster.

Again note that exercising is not just about enrolling in a gym or taking aerobics classes. In fact you can exercise by jogging, walking your dog, dancing, gardening, playing sports or by doing any physical activity that you enjoy at least three to four times every week.
With those two factors working hand in hand you can be sure that the path to weight loss will become easier and of course, more effective.