[CyberTOPS] tip

[Harleen Bicknase]

*8.   Successful weight loss: be in it for the long term*

Crash diets and unsustainable exercise routines will not keep you at your
desired weight for the long term. You need to focus on realistic, acheivable
goals - behavior modification that you can live with for years, instead of
just weeks. For an example, let's say that a hypothetical person is ten
pounds overweight, but at perfect energy balance - they eat exactly as many
calories as they burn every day, so their weight remains constant. If that
person sacrifices one small snack that they have every day, let's say a
handful of chips equaling 100 calories, over the course of a year that
person will lose over ten pounds! A pound of fat on your body represents
3500 stored calories. 100 calories X 365 days in a year = 36,500 calories,
or over ten pounds of fat. Small changes can make a big difference in your
health.