Say the word diet and I immediately think, hunger,
cravings, and weight gain. I just can't go on a diet.
Chances are if you are overweight you don't need to go on a
diet either. You just need to adjust your eating behaviors.
So what might you do? Here are a few suggestions that you
can practice starting now.
1. Eat much, much more slowly. Don't be the first person
to finish. If someone else finishes before you do, stop
eating. Yes. Push your plate away and step away from the
food. Since I am single and date, I watch how people eat.
The bigger people always eat all their food, and quickly.
The skinnier people leave some and are not in a hurry.
That's my mini research project conclusion.
2. Leave food on your plate, especially at a restaurant.
The servings are huge and loaded with fat. That's why it
tastes so good (but not good for you in large quantities).
You eating your food or not does not impact people starving
in Ethiopia. If you really care about them, stop eating out
and send a little money each month to your favorite charity.
3. If you drink soda pop, juice or put sugar in your tea of
coffee, stop that right now. Drink water, diet sodas and
use Splenda. It won't kill you, but your deteriorating
health due to excess weight will shorten your life. Yes,
juice is just basically sugar water with added nutrients.
Limit yourself to one juice a day.
4. Move more. Whatever your activity level, make a plan to
increase it gradually over the next ten weeks. If you've
not been very active, start slowly. You don't want to hurt
yourself. I suggest walking. It's the easiest thing to do
and you can walk outside or in a mall. Get a good pair of
walking shoes and comfortable clothes and go for a walk.
If you haven't walked more than a block in a long time,
then your next walk would be two blocks until that is
comfortable. Then increase your time or distance.
One of the best things about being overweight is that you
have such a great potential for improvement and you can
create success for yourself (in weight loss) by just
changing a few habits. Write down 3 - 4 things you want to
do differently, put them on your calendar or planner, set
an alarm for when you need to be doing it and do them for
several weeks. After that becomes easy, add a few more . .
. and you won't have to follow any diet plan ever. Nice!
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Along with a healthy diet you also need a good exercise
program consisting of moderately intense activity 5 times a
week for 30-45 minutes or, 3 times per week for 20 minutes
at a higher intensity. Short on time but still want to
stay healthy? More fitness and health tips at
http://FitHealthySelf.com/blog by Lana Hawkins.
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