This article discusses the tips to become slim and energetic

1. 1. Set your sights right
You need to know what you want. Most people just think I want to lose weight, or how I wish I
have that kind of body when they look at magazine covers and think I would start going on a
diet. All this are very fuzzy and not concrete enough for your mind to work the right way. Your
mind is the most important tool in your toolbox in your bid to become slim and you have to use it
in the right way. First, identify what kind of body you want, research on what kind of weight and
fat composition would allow you to achieve that result. Next, perform an analysis on what is the
weight and fat you need to lose to move you from your current point to your desired point.
2. Plan your Attack meticulously
Based on the analysis, draw up an appropriate meal and exercise plan, detailing precisely what to
eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner and what exercises including duration for each. This will take
into consideration the amount of calories, fat and protein that you will ingest at every meal.
Personally, my advice is to go for about 700 calories for breakfast, 850 calories for lunch and 450
calories for dinner, giving a total of 2000 calories which is the amount needed to maintain your
bodily functions based on a sedentary lifestyle. Depending on what are your weight loss targets,
just reduce in equal proportion from each, say 20%. I would not advise cutting it way below a
total of 1500 calories though as it would make you lose your energy. Detailing the duration of
each type of exercise allows you to assess how much more calories (weight) you could burn.
3. Execute ruthlessly
Stick to the above plan, set up reward and penalty system when you deviate from it. You may
want to have a buddy system, someone who can call you to task when you "misbehave".
4. Review your progress objectively
Take stock of your situation fortnightly, how much progress have you made, dissect your actions
during those 2 weeks, did you follow the plan, when did you go off the rails, why and what could
you have done better.
5. Continue to pursue persistently
Taking what you learn from point 4, continue on your plan and never give up or give in. Before
long, you will see the results. Not only would you have lost weight but the plan and purposeful
achievement of it would have quite energised you.
6. Tie up the loose ends
Happy with the end results ? This is the time that most people fail and go on to gain back more
weight than they were initially. From point 1, we already pointed out that the most important and
powerful tool is your mind. What does the mind do when you have reached your goal. It will start
to wander and it is like it is being let off a leash and all kinds of cravings starts creeping in and
before long, you would have put back all those lbs you lost and more. So, very important when
you have reached your goal, you would need to set new goals for your mind. I would call it the
maintenance plan. It is basically a new set of meal and exercise plan that keeps your weight and
shape after you have reached your desired result.