While some of you have probably followed a diet or exercise program, many of you are fairly new to the game.
To help you through the fairly overwhelming world of weight loss, fitness and nutrition, I’ve compiled a beginner’s guide. A Quick Start guide of sorts.
First, a note: Please don’t try to go through this all at once. There are days and days worth of reading here. I’ve just organized that so that you can go to the stuff you want to learn about first.
Nothing of what I say in this is new or revolutionary, in some cases I will reference and link other sites since usually they have a better way of putting an idea across.
Above all, more than just following a diet or workout, try to understand why it is effective and learn to listen to your body and adjust accordingly. In everything I encourage you to take baby steps.
I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT
If you are overweight and want to lose weight, this is for you. How much weight you have to lose (or want to lose) will determine how we go ahead:
I want to lose more than 10-15kg (25lbs)
If you have this much weight to lose, the smallest changes can make a difference. Read this to get started:
Five simple steps to weight loss
I have less than 10kg to lose
Here you need to pay closer attention to what you are eating and take further steps to reduce weight. Read the post I linked to above and then you can move on to the next step. Now you have a few more choices: