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Take the SvelteLife Challenge!

Reality:  You cannot have permanent weight loss without permanent lifestyle changes.

The good news is that you do not have to kill yourself to make those changes happen – simplify your efforts by taking the SvelteLife Challenge, which consists of two simple strategies:

1. Start living the 1/2:1/4:1/4 Rule (explained on the EatSvelte™ page).
2. Walk briskly three times a week for 30 minutes (try not to deviate much from this*).

Try (that is the key word) to do these two things for 28 days (four weeks) and see how it improves your health and affects your weight.  Please weigh yourself before you start and after you complete the SvelteLife Challenge, then This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Please include your height, starting and ending weights, your average rating (on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best) for following the 1/2:1/4:1/4 Rule, and your total exercise minutes for each week.  Use The SvelteLife Challenge Tracking Sheet if desired.

If you are not accustomed to being physically active, then work into the walking program over the course of 2-3 weeks.  Similarly, if you are not familiar with what constitutes healthy food, then following the 1/2:1/4:1/4 Rule will be somewhat of a learning process.  If you need additional assistance, please peruse any applicable links you desire on the SvelteLife website.

If you desire to add some effective, efficient resistance exercises to your finess mix (for a total of 30 minutes three times weekly), consider doing Sveltercises.

Celebrate health, life and long-term weight loss success!

Frequently-Asked Questions

1. Can I exercise more than what you recommend?  See the Asterisk* below.
2. Do I have to worry about how much I eat?  Always, but as you follow the 1/2:1/4:1/4 Rule, you will not have to worry as much about this.  Nonetheless, you should always try to eat until you are satisfied and not overstuffed.  And never overdeprive yourself nor allow yourself to go too hungry.  Review the "Check Your Fuel Gauge" portion of EatSvelte™ for more information.
3. Can I do something besides walk?  Yes.  Do whatever you enjoy the most and will have the highest chance of becoming a permanent part of your lifestyle.  The type you choose also depends on your personal goals.  But if one of your goals is weight loss, beware of going overboard (again, see the Asterisk* below).

Tips

1. Be prepared to experience the literal plethora of benefits of exercise, including energy, stress reduction, increased desire to eat better, and all the other health benefits.
2. We always have so little time to expand our minds – take advantage of your exercise time to have a positive discussion with someone or listen to uplifting music or educational or spiritual discourses.

*This regimen is usually adequate to accomplish most of one's health goals without causing you to work up such a big appetite that it is difficult not to consume more calories than you burned off, which is counterproductive to weight loss.