Need to lose 20 or 40 pounds?

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It happens to all of us, we slip we slide and before you know it…BAM…on goes 20 or even 40 pounds (10-20 kg)! Or in some cases, maybe even more.

Regardless of how you got there or how far gone you are, you can always turn it around. We all can. You just have to decide to do it.

I myself am on a mission to lose some pounds right now, around 20 (10 kg), and increase my fitness too. It’s something I know how to do. In the past I’ve been 40 pounds up and lost that too.

Since I know weight loss is something you may also want to achieve, I thought I’d share my process and plan to help give you some ideas and inspiration to either get started or, keep on going.

Don’t beat yourself up

Firstly, don’t beat yourself up when you get off track. It can and does happen and it just doesn’t help the situation if you’re beating yourself up over it. In fact, it can often make you derail and get stuck in a negative cycle, so let it go.

Instead, go easy on yourself, be kind to yourself and just start taking positive actions forward. Get proactive!

Get in the right mindset

I think the most important part of losing weight is getting in the right mindset. You have to make a decision to change things and once you make that decision you have to commit to the decision you make.

When we commit to the decision it makes it easier for us to start taking the actions we need to take to get in better shape. And overall, I think that starts with an inner desire to take better care of yourself. Often we get off track because of stress, circumstances, injuries, or various other factors that make us put ourselves lower down the list of priorities.

So the mindset and decision is 1) I’m going to take better care of myself, and 2) I’m going to make me the highest priority.

Then it’s just focusing on how you want to feel. That helps provide some motivation.

Spend a bit of time in preparation/ detox

The past few weeks I’ve quit coffee, cut out all forms of sugar and excess treaties I might have been sneaking in, stopped drinking all forms of alcohol, and started to get a little more active. Basically your preparation period should allow you to detox off sugar, get rid of any problem foods and clean up your act.

This can often be the tough period because it’s never easy to get rid of the nasty foods that may be tripping us up but it is necessary. Just don’t spend too long in this transition or you could get stuck there, 2-3 weeks, 4 at the max.

Plan ahead

Preparation also includes thinking about the changes you’re going to make.

Things like:

• How are you going to change your diet?
• What food plan will you follow?
• What exercise will you do?
• When will you do it?
• Will you need to be more organized?
• If you’ve got work commitments or are busy, when will you prepare food?

Stuff like that.

Because I know it works great for weight loss, I’m basically following a very clean candida diet plan and I’m committing to it for 3 months minimum. You can see a basic candida food list over here. It’s a pretty clean plan and that’s the point, the cleaner you can eat and the more consistently you stick to a plan, the more likely you are to get results. And it’s surprising how fast you can lose weight when you do clean things up and get consistent.

I also spent time organizing my home gym. I had stuff scattered all over the house but now have a dedicated room for the gym. I had considered joining the gym but with my work schedule it just wasn’t going to work, so a home workout plan has been put in place.

Write out your plan

Map out at least a rough plan you’re going to follow, one you know you can stick to.

My basic workout plan

Mon morning – full body weights workout followed by 20 minutes cardio

Tues mid afternoon – walk

Wed morning – weights – leg/butt workout

Thurs mid afternoon – swim

Fri morning – full body weights workout followed by 20 minutes cardio

Sat – walk

Sun – swim

After getting up I’ll have a quiet cup of green tea before doing my morning workouts. I can fit in mid afternoon workouts at about 2-2.30 pm of Tues and Thurs. And my weekend exercise is flexible, based on how I feel and what I have planned.

Work out what you can do and when and write it down.

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My basic food plan

Like I said, my basic food plan follows the guidelines of this candida food list.

Breakfast – most likely a mixed veggie omelet with avocado.

Lunch – Tuna, salmon or egg salad, 1/2 cup beans or lentils with steamed veggies and grilled fish, or chicken veggie soup – lots of veggies.

Dinner – A chicken and mixed veggie stir fry with 1/2 cup brown rice, parcel baked chicken with steamed veggies, beef patties with veggies and guacamole.

Basically my diet is getting stripped back to basic, clean, easy food. Nothing too fancy. Just the type of foods our body needs to cleanse itself and reset metabolism.

Then it’s just a matter of consistency. Eat well and exercise every day for 3 months minimum.

My goal is to aim for roughly 2 pounds/ 1 kg weight loss per week. And with the plan I’ve set out, this should be an achievable weight loss goal.

The thing is, weight loss isn’t rocket science. It just takes a decision, some preparation, a plan and some commitment to maintain consistency.

I’ll be sharing tips, my meal plans and the results of my efforts as I go.

Follow my plan if you like and let me know how you go. The most important thing though, is to just get started. Make that decision for yourself and start taking some action on it.

Why not start right now, tell me what your goals are right now by leaving your comments below.

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