In our society, it seems like it is a constant obsession to try to get fit yet all the time reverting back to the food and entertainment forms that are so prevalent. Every single family get-together, every holiday, every celebration is centered on food and drink. Most of the time gluttonous food and drink!
So, when we start to become unhappy with the way we look (no one associates their illness or sluggishness with food); we start cutting calories. Every New Year the diet industry pulls out all the advertising plugs because every New Year we resolve to lose all the weight we put on the year before. Diet pills, replacement shakes, artificial sweeteners, surgeries, magazines and fad diets. The problem is, these things all make our problem worse. We may lose weight quickly at first but we lose muscle at the same time and then gain back all fat, which is not good. Then we are minus the muscle and plus more fat.
If you want to lose weight and keep it off, look to people who have successfully done it. You will notice that they did not use diet pills, meal replacement shakes or fad diets.
14 Proven ways to lose weight for good:
Eat breakfast
Eat a larger portion at breakfast, eat a good lunch and for dinner go light
Drink more water
Eat at home
Eat whole foods
Reduce stress
Get a good night’s sleep
Get moving
Keep a food journal and write in a journal
Eat some good, high quality protein
Take a vitamin supplement
Eat more vegetables
Give up the “c”‘s
Do a kitchen makeover and get the unhealthy foods that tempt you out of your house.
What do you think of skipping the fad diets? Throw away the diet pills! (You can throw away your sleeping pills at the same time! 2 for 1!)
Start eating healthy! If you want to lose weight, eat more green vegetables and less simple carbohydrates. Give up the “C”‘s - cakes, cookies, candy, and chips! Once those are out of your house and your life you WILL lose weight...maybe cutting back on wine if you're a wine drinker. This is what you eat! fruits and vegetables whole grains small amounts of high-quality protein healthy fat (coconut oil, avocado) Try some of these tips for a week and see how you feel.
Mariluz Kersey Wellness Consulting ©2013
The Health Coach Group, All Rights Reserved and used with permission and edited by Mariluz
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