Weight loss is something that most people think about on a fairly regular basis. From commercials on television alerting us to new trends in diets to local news stations covering the health benefits of losing weight, we are all presented with different options for weight loss, and most of us want to lose weight and feel better about ourselves. However, it can be hard to know what you should and shouldn’t believe when it comes to weight loss, which can make finding a weight loss solution that works for you more difficult. Here at Novopelle Med Spa, we offer solutions for weight loss at our Houston, Austin, and Dallas locations. Whether you’re looking for a short-term diet, and spa treatment that may help to eliminate fat, or if you’d like to discuss a plan that will work specifically for you, our weight loss experts can help! Today, we’d like to go over some of the myths surrounding weight loss so you can learn some of the steps you can take towards weight loss now!
#1. If you lose weight quickly, you won’t be able to sustain the loss.
Some people argue that losing weight quickly doesn’t teach you sustainable habits that will help you keep the weight off. However, there isn’t much research to back up this claim. The truth is, the likelihood of someone keeping off the weight that they lose has a lot more to do with the person’s personality than it has to do with how long it took them to lose the weight. If someone is dedicated to a healthier lifestyle and is motivated to continue eating well and exercising after they lose weight, it shouldn’t matter how long it took them to lose the weight in the first place.
#2. Setting a large weight loss goal is only setting you up for failure.
While it is important to mark the milestones of your weight loss journey, it’s not a bad idea to have an end goal in mind. If you have 100 pounds to lose, just because your first goal is to lose 10 pounds doesn’t mean that you won’t feel the other 90 pounds looming in the background, and that you won’t know that you eventually have to lose that weight as well. You can definitely set small goals for yourself as you go, but it’s ok to make your overall goal be a 100 pound weight loss if that’s what you know you’d like to lose.
#3. If you weigh yourself daily you’ll be discouraged.
You may not see a big change on the scale if you weigh yourself daily, but there certainly isn’t any harm in doing so. Deciding to weigh yourself daily, weekly, or monthly really just depends on how big of a difference you want to see when you weigh. If you like to see how your weight changes day to day, weighing on a daily basis would probably be encouraging to you. If you prefer to see a bigger difference in the number you see on the scale, weighing yourself less frequently would probably be better. This is really a personal preference that you should decide for yourself. If you’d like to find out more about weight loss myths, stay tuned for our next blog. In the meantime, call us here at Novopelle Med Spa for weight loss solutions that may work for you at our Houston, Austin, or Dallas location.