When it comes to weight loss, don’t sweat the small stuff. That’s the common-sense advice from Frank Addleman, an in-demand lecturer on health and fitness, and a best-selling author who's here with a great incentive for you to lose weight slowly but surely.
In this Diet.com exclusive, Addleman, who's 72 and more fit than you or me, is GIVING AWAY his book
Get Your Act Together: Think Healthy, Be Healthy to smart readers who simply
click and download it!
Addleman says if your weight is affecting your health, then it’s important to readjust your lifestyle to prevent any problems.
But you may want to step back and reconsider a trendy or dangerous diet if you are trying to lose weight for all the wrong reasons... like a poor self-esteem or because of a concern over what others think of you and your body.
For the past half century, Addleman has grappled with spreading the word about proper nutrition and a healthy life, both mentally and physically. The former top college wrestling coach who's enshrined in the National Hall of Fame teamed up with fitness legend Jack LaLanne and learned how to entertain while educating.
His latest book is basically a compilation of all the life lessons he's learned along the way -- advice and tips that have worked for Addleman and will work for you.
"I learned simplicity from Jack while working together in the '60s," Addleman says. "If it weren't for Jack I'd be a boring old nutrition teacher."
Instead, Addleman is a top draw for athletes, coaches and even firefighters from coast to coast.
"It's important that you make the mental decision to lose weight," he says. "With New Year's approaching many people make poor decisions.
"What's wrong is that they use the holiday as a starting point and jump on a fad diet... whatever one is popular. It will work for a while, but then when you go back to your normal behavior the pounds comes back on."
Addleman says you need to know you won't lose the weight overnight. Small steps that lead to steady weight loss -- as little as one pound a week -- is the best approach.
He advises that on January 1, you take a simple step such as cutting back on red meat or eating less sweets.
"You'll go forward a step then fall at times, but it is important that you keep pushing to go forward one step at a time," Addleman tells Diet.com. "This is how you make progress and it how you'll keep making progress.
"It's a transition... a learning process."
A trick for working towards better health: picture a balance that has all healthy foods to the left and all "bad" foods to the right. Now envision where your diet falls on that balance and start making the small changes that will guide you to the left and the healthiest balance of foods.
The Book on Healthy Living
Direct from his book
Get Your Act Together -- the very same book you can
download for free right now -- are a few wise words from Chapter 39, "Losing Weight for the Right Reasons."
Excessive weight, or obesity, contributes to cardiovascular
diseases, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and many other aliments that are not so life threatening, but greatly affect your well-being. Joint problems, edema, digestive problems, and fatigue are just a few examples.
Obese and overweight conditions are epidemic in the United States, and from all indications, the problem will get worse before it gets better.
Fortunately or unfortunately, people usually lose weight for reasons besides health. Vanity usually is a motivator. That in itself is OK, for we all like to look our ...
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