Weight Loss Survival Skills
Thursday May 1, 2008
Why is weight loss such a mysterious process? We all know how it works - eat less calories than you burn and wait for the happy ending. But, even if we have the physical tools to lose weight, we may not have the mental tools we need. For example, it's easy to talk about exercising every day, but how do you find the motivation to actually do it? How do you find the strength and discipline to avoid all the temptations you face each day?
I don't have all the answers, but I do know that weight loss is about choices. What you do every day, from the moment you wake up until you go to bed, affects your weight and your health. So, the answer to the weight loss mystery? Taking control of those choices. Learn more about the skills you need to lose weight.
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Part of it is actually knowing what you put into your body! If you start tracking your food choices it helps you make better ones. Well, I would hope so, it has for me!
Way to many links on this one. Couldn’t you have just written the choices in the article? Obviously, your choices affect weight loss. Sometimes I’d like to read more articles about ways of getting motivated. I, listen to a great cd called Skinny Songs where all the songs are motivating as part of the lyrics. It’s by Heidi Roizen and I recommend it to all women out there looking for motivating music.
Here are some suggestions that helped me. Actually, this is exactly what I did to lose weight. 1.) Don’t starve yourself! You’ll end up eating a lot to satisfy your hunger and stretch your stomach further (This is “the root of all evil” so to speak. Chances are this is what caused your weight problem.. Eating too much makes your stomach expand and everytime it does, it takes more to fill. Savvy?). Instead, eat less more often and before you get hungry. Make sure it isn’t just high-cal junk food either. 2.)Now that hunger isn’t an issue, remember this little technique I learned from some other website:(can’t remember, otherwise I’d cite it, but it truly works.) “fist-sized” portions, and use a smaller plate. The plate is KEY! It’s a mental thing. You’ll go back for seconds if your plate doesn’t appear full. The ideal plate should hold a fist-sized portion of three items. Also, while you’re getting used to this practice, you may want seconds. If so, only get the vegetables. The healthy ones. Think boiled potatoes or grean beans. And once again, a fist sized portion. Eat slowly and follow the next suggestion 3.) Drink water. Plenty of it. All throughout the day. It helps curb hunger, and flushes your system. 4.) Just because it says “light” doesn’t mean to heap it on. Use common sense. 5.) Don’t skip breakfast, make lunch your most “liberal” meal, and think “garden salad” or along such lines for supper. NO MIDNIGHT SNACKS. Unless it’s like crackers or something. You don’t burn calories while you sleep. Hope I’ve helped someone with this little bit of info, and remember this phrase: “Eat to Live. Don’t Live to Eat.”
I wake up several times a night and I can’t go back to sleep till I eat something. Granted I try to make it an apple or a banana or crackers and peanut butter but I would rather not eat in the middle of the night and some nights it is twice a night. What is going on? I am very vulnerable at these hours also so I always give in. I don’t think it is hunger but I MUST eat something in order to get back to sleep. Anyone with some help?