Lichi Success Plan

Lichi Success Plan: Tips to Achieving & Maintaining Your Weight-Loss Goals

Finding a diet plan that works is one difficult task. Like many, you may have tried several diet plans, with disappointing results, and the idea of finally being able to obtain your dream body…well may seem a little hard to believe. That’s where the Lichi Success Plan steps in. The first step to achieving any goal, is to make a choice to achieve it. Choosing Lichi means you’ve made the decision to change your life, and that is one huge accomplishment in itself. Congratulate yourself now, because when the going gets tough, and those bad food urges kick in, you’ll need all the motivation you can get. Understanding that taking the first step is the hardest will hopefully keep you from turning back, so eyes forward , its time to outline your success plan.

Step 1: Identify your goals, make them plain, ensure they are realistic, organize them into sizable wins, and follow them through. You want to lose 20 pounds, great! You’ve got your goal, now lets figure out how to achieve it. 20 pounds broken down into healthy, attainable wins, is about 2 1/2 pounds a week for 8 weeks. In order to achieve this, your aim should then be to take your Lichi, in addition to exercising, and eating a low calorie diet every single day. Every 7 days, you should assess your results to see whether or not you’re on track, recalibrating your caloric intake, and your caloric expenditure through exercise to make sure it equates to the amount of weight you aim to lose. Thankfully Lichi will supply the energy, to get you through your first week of daily exercises, and the appetite control, to keep cravings at bay, and by the end of week 8, you will have reached your goals.

Step 2: Track your Progress. Once you find out what works best for you, you will need to stick to it. Keeping a daily log, will help you stick to your guns, and also better track progress. If 30 minutes of exercise, and an 1800 calorie diet helped you lose 2 pounds, try pushing yourself harder by adding another 5 or 10 minutes to your exercise program. Find ways to continue to eat healthier, and again congratulate yourself on making better choices.

Step 3: Start thinking Slim for Life. Thinking of the benefits of following a healthy diet, and exercising will help you think of it as more of a way of life, than a chore. Seeing improvement will help you appreciate your results, but unless you really embrace your new lifestyle, you will be prone to slipping back into old habits. Working hard on your body, and understanding how just one slice of cake, or a few cookies can derail progress (it takes at least an hr on the treadmill to burn off a  slice of cheesecake, and then you’re only back to square one – no gains) will serve to keep your healthy habits into perspective. Try not to fall into the I deserve a treat philosophy. Instead find ways to treat yourself with healthy snacks that can indulge your taste buds, and satisfy cravings without wreaking havoc on your diet. Our recipe gallery has plenty of options, that allow you to enjoy your diet, without feeling restrained or limited.

Step 4: Master Your Metabolism. A high metabolism, is like having a weight-loss system built in. In order to maintain weight-loss results, you have to improve your bodies metabolic engine. That means foregoing self starvation, which only serves to slow the metabolism down, and picking up the intensity of your workouts, which helps your metabolism work faster. Refrain from going hours without eating, instead make sure to carry health snacks, and drink lots of water, so your body is used to having ready energy stores. When your body is used to being fed, it no longer needs to hoard away food reserves as fat. Also the healthier you eat, the less energy your body needs to digest bad foods, and the more energy you have for vital activities like exercising. So you see how the built in engine begins to take effect. Building muscle works the same way. Muscles burn 6 more calories than fat, even when at rest, so the more fat you replace with muscle, the more energy is required for work, and the higher your metabolism increases. Also begin your mornings with breakfast. Skipping breakfast can increase your body’s insulin response, which in turn increases fat storage and weight gain.

Step 5: Build A Support Team. After you achieve results, the best way to stay motivated is to surround yourself with people who are also striving to live healthier. Joining a gym, and signing up for classes, be they yoga, dance or cycling, will provide accountability, and support. Its nothing more satisfying that having others notice your progress. Having a circle of supporters at the gym, who ask if you’re coming next week, and tell you how good you’re looking can definitely boost morale. Be sure to also get family members involved, if everyone around you is making healthy choices, temptation will just about disappear.

Step 6: Plan ahead to Succeed. While this is a success plan, you also need a mental game plan to help you succeed. Due to hectic schedules, pop-up meetings, or un-forseen circumstances you may not always be able to cook you own meals, or make it to the gym daily. To guarantee your Lichi success plan doesn’t get hi-jacked, be sure to develop contingency plans in case of emergencies. Traveling for business, pack a fitness DVD, squeeze in 15 minutes in the hotel gym in the morning and before bed, or what ever you have to do, just be committed to accomplish your goal of some form of exercise daily. When you make your health a priority, you will refuse to compromise. Saying no thank you to the desert waiter, telling friends you’ll catch up to them in a half an hour when you’ve finished your run, and even telling the children to give Mommy a few minutes with her fitness DVD, will ensure you stay fit, and healthy, and are the best you you can be for them all.

Step 7: The final component of your Lichi Success plan is to always seek to improve. Health doesn’t stop after you achieved your weight-loss goals, thats actually where it begins. Seeking other ways to enhance your fitness, and improve your health whether it be trying raw foods, shopping at your local farmers market, or trying a healthy detox, will help you stay excited about fitness, and dedicated to its pursuit.

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Wishing you much success, we leave you with these few tips, and tons of support via the health and fitness lifestyle pages on our website, and the community of people living the Lichi Lifestyle on facebook and twitter. You’ve made the choice to live healthier, now join in the conversation! Sign up for our newsletter, get involved in our social media community, and start Living the Lichi Lifestyle today!