Hey loves so in today's blog we are going to talk about maintaining our weight loss. You've put in all the work and are now finally at your ideal weight but then you realize that the work still continues because we have turned this into a lifestyle, Am I right? yes. Of course our weight fluctuates daily,but I'm going to share some tips on how to maintain being lean, healthy and confident in our bodies especially now that we are in quarantine.




1. Eat your calories, Don't drink them

• We often forget the calories that sneak in through beverages such as fruit juices, soda and alcohol. in a can of 500ml soda its possible to find 60g of sugar about 250 calories. That's a whole meal! In order to keep those calories on the low switch the sugary drinks with water add lemons and frozen strawberries/ raspberries for flavor.

2. Meal Prep Your Meals

• If you're on a weight loss journey, meal prepping is key. The only way to know what you're putting in your body is by preparing it yourself. Also change the way you cook your food, instead of frying, steam or grill in the oven instead and avoid sauces because they too can increase your caloric intake.

3. Keep Moving

• Always keep moving, whether you go for walks, train at home , join a Pilates and spinning boot camp or bike riding in the neighborhood with friends to always keep moving. Exercise is the best way to cut calories and it also helps in overall health. Here are some exercises that I've been doing at home here: home workout .

4. Choose your meals wisely by checking calorie menus online when ordering

• If you're lazy to prepare your meals and want to order online, which I do not recommend because most restaurants prepare their food with a lot of oil and salt and some ingredients we don't even know how to spell lol, but if you're out of options I do suggest you should always look up online for restaurant menu's so that when you go order you already know what you're eating and you can fit your meals in.

5. Try intermittent fasting

• Intermittent fasting according to Wikipedia is also known as intermittent energy restriction, is an umbrella term for various meal timing schedules that cycle between voluntary fasting and non-fasting over a given period. Three methods of intermittent fasting are alternate-day fasting, periodic fasting, and daily time-restricted feeding. I personally like the daily time-restricted feeding, whereby I eat my first meal at 12 pm and last at 8 pm. So 8 hours of eating and 16 hours fasting. This helps me have a short eating window and fasting mode immediately puts me in a fat burning phase while I sleep/ work on other things.

6. Eat in smaller plates

• Mind tricks help in this weight loss journey. switch up your plate with a smaller one and see how you automatically feel full after your meal. If you use a smaller plate, the same amount of food looks bigger, so you’re basically tricking your brain into feeling fuller with less total food.

7. Be prepared for setbacks

• Lastly don't beat yourself up if you slip back into your bad habits, I know I have definitely messed up a couple of times before I got it right. Whenever I'm slowly falling back I adapt this system and it always works. Start by doing two at a time for example doing intermittent fasting with eating in smaller plates and then gradually add on exercise.

Thank you so much for reading, And I do hope you are doing well this quarantine. We will get out of this stronger.

xoxo
Selma