With the start of each new year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight and live healthier lives. They join gyms or jump on the latest fad diet.
And then the reality hits that there are no shortcuts to weight loss, and momentum stalls.
Sometimes it’s the result of an overuse injury, of doing too much, too fast. In that case, a physical therapist can help you recover and plot a safer course toward achieving your health goals.
Other times, the culprit is a diet plan that suggests weight-loss results that aren’t practical or even safe. It’s easy to become discouraged and throw in the towel.
Changing diet and exercise habits should be made with the long term in mind. Of course, it’s never too late to start or to start over toward living a healthier life.
Vicky Barto, Upstream Rehabilitation’s director of talent acquisition and development, has endured her own personal weight-loss journey. She offers these 10 steps toward eating healthier, exercising more and losing weight:
Getting healthy is a life-long journey. You may slip up or indulge in a “cheat meal,” and that is ok. Just go back to step one above and work the steps.
Or if your renewed emphasis on exercise sidelines you, a physical therapist can help.
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