Over the years, you’ve probably heard your fair share of wacky weight loss advice, whether it’s to drink celery juice every day or replace your meals with weight loss “cookies.” And often, those tips are promoted by people without any health expertise. (Read: Proceed with caution.)
But just as there’s a ton of misguided weight loss advice out there to be avoided, there are also a lot of legitimate, research-backed and expert-approved suggestions.
One such tip: Pick a time to exercise — and stick to it. A study published in July 2019 in the journal Obesity found that exercising consistently at a certain time each day may help you successfully maintain weight loss.
Other good advice: Choose nuts over heavily processed snacks. An article published in December 2019 in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health found that upping how many nuts you eat by half a serving (for example from ½ ounce to 1 ounce) each day is linked with less weight gain and lower odds of obesity.
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There’s also evidence that a weight loss counsellor could help you trim your waistline. A study published in November 2019 in JAMA Internal Medicine found that for people with type 2 diabetes, pairing such counselling sessions (in this case, weight loss via low-carb dieting) with group medical visits helped them lose weight and lower their blood sugar levels. A win-win! What doesn’t work? Endless dieting. Taking a two-week diet break may aid weight loss, according to a small study involving obese men. Researchers published the findings in August 2017 in the International Journal of Obesity.
Follow those sorts of tips, and you just might find yourself shedding pounds and feeling more energized and confident. What’s not to like about that?
And we know, losing weight may be daunting — but doing it is still worth it, especially when it comes to your health.
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