Weight Loss Tips

RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By (Guest Post) (01/16/2006) I come from very obese genes and upbringing and worried a lot about my weight and dieting when I was younger. Dieting was painful and always resulted either in weight gain or something bordering on an eating disorder. Here's what helped me develop a healthy attitude about food and dieting: don't diet and don't deny yourself. Don't say "I'll never eat ice cream again." There is so much bad psychological processing that goes along with that, having to do with desire, guilt, self-esteem and anxiety. I broke out of that by focusing on being healthy instead of focusing on being thin. Being healthy includes being happy and eating the foods I enjoy. I aim for balance in my diet. Instead of worrying about not eating too much of bad things, I check to make sure I've eaten enough of vegetables, fruit, fish and other good for me foods. I treat myself with small pieces of rich dark chocolate rather than overdoing it with heavy deserts. I cook everything in olive oil rather than butter, and eat bread without butter at restaurants. Now I find that I don't like food that has too much butter in it. Ditto salt and sugar. I developed a taste for plain nonfat yogurt, which I use as a substitute for mayonnaise, sour cream and milk. I don't keep snacks or deserts at home, so if I want one, i have to go out to get it. I exercise several times per week, which helps regulate my appetite. With a healthy focus rather than a thin focus, I've developed an attitude toward food that has eliminated overeating. My parents are both 300+ pounds and I weigh about 130. I feel healthy and enjoy the foods I eat. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post by kattankerous (55) | (07/28/2005) Contact I decided to do a diet which i called NO FAT AFTER FOUR. This worked okay for me, but i would get so hungry i changed it to NO FAT AFTER FIVE. But you have to do your normal routine and keep active. Just don't eat or drink anything with fat in it after this time frame. And its working. I'm not losing the weight fast, and the scales dont show much but i have had the most comments about losing weight so i know that its working. I think what i'm doing is burning up the stored fat on me, and thats what i want! And there are tons of food with very little calories and no fat so its not hard at all. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By Jennifer, CA (Guest Post) (07/21/2005) EXERCISE! You have to make a decision to change your current lifestyle. That doesn't mean starving or going on diets. Change your eating and moving habits. Make it about you. Eat what you like but be realistic. A few cookies are ok but five to the whole bag is not. Put exercise in your life daily. I ride two miles on a peddling bike daily. Every other day I work my Total gym. The nineties was difficult for me. I allowed myself to be over 50 pds heavier. I've lost 30 pds but still need to lose at least 25 more pds. Do it for yourself if nothing else. To your health! RE: Weight Loss Tips Post by sharmarie_bul (1) | (06/30/2005) Contact To maintain your desire weight, I would suggest you eat 3 meals per day. Do not skip breakfast if you happen to be one of the people that don't eat breakfast than just eat something light. You could try eating a fruit or yogurt and and a breakfast drink. Also if you like to snack alot during the day limit your intake to 1 or 2 times a day and cut back on the amount you eat. It will be a good idea to gradually cut back on the amount you serve yourself as well. The reason for gradually cutting back is so you don't feel deprive and hungry. As you do this your body will start to adjust to your intake of food amount. Last but not least again do not skip meals, because when you do you're telling your fat cells to store all food as fat. That's where some people make the mistake of thinking eat less lose weight! Also avoid night time snacking. Your body metabolism slows down burning less fat. These tips have really work well for me. I also have resources to some great products for health and energy. If you would like to know about them you can call (704) 264-2998 Sharmarie email sharmarie_bul@yahoo.com RE: Weight Loss Tips Post by texasteacher (28) | (06/30/2005) Contact If you are wanting to drink more water, Walmart sells a big plastic jug that you fill up and that is how much water you need to drink each day. It even has measurements on the side of the jug and tips to better exercise. I love it! I used to drink from water bottles but I didn't drink it fast enough and it would get warm..blah! I fill my jug up half way with ice the rest with water and squeeze fresh limes or lemons in mine and I have my water set for the day. All the teachers at my school use them now..it's like a funny trend going on there! :-) You may have to relieve yourself quite a bit at first but your body just needs a few days to adjust to the correct intake of water and then it will begin to absorb it. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By (Guest Post) (06/30/2005) You must mentally Set a Date that you are going to change your lifestyle. Fad Diets will not keep the weight off. Get a Food Scale (Approx.$10) If you dont own a regular Scale invest into own (Approx.$29 for a decent one) It will serve as a constent reminder for you and keep you motivated. Make a Journal of what you eat ona daily basis for about two weeks. Don't leave anything out and don't change anything you do for those two weeks. After that cut down on all the soda's, junk/snack type foods. Replace them with water & Juices (Diet Soda maybe once or twice a week), Fruit & low calorie/low carb snacks. Cut serving of RED meat down to about 1 or 2 a week, Chicken, Turkey and Fish are lower in calories. Fish has Omega-3 oils in it which is an Antioxident which helps the body. I replaced Potatoes with Rice (a personal Prefference I think) As previous posters already said drink anywhere from 8-12 glasses of water per day (average intake per day shoould equal 120oz.) Most of all you need to get your body moving in some way. Most people choose walking as it is the lowest impact on the body over all but has a reasonable overall effect. Remember always start slow. If it Hurts STOP. You will just cause injury to yourself and set yourself back twice as far as you came. Lastly if you can keep up exercising and watching what you eat sternly for 24 weeks IT will be habitual. You will do it without thinking. I hope this post helps all of you out there trying to loose weight. I know its helped me without subscribing to all those exspensive weightloose programs or buying pills and to date I've lost 160lbs. in just over 2yrs. So yes it can be done and no I dont workout everyday. Happy Health to everyone... shrogre@msn.com RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By Cheryl from Missouri (Guest Post) (06/29/2005) Change just one bad habit at a time. For example: add exercise. Don't change your food choices at that time, ONLY add exercise. When that becomes second nature, then change your full sugar soda to diet soda. Or if you already drink only diet soda, change it to only water. Again, don't worry about food choices yet. You want to make sure these changes are permanent before adding more changes. After doing this for several months you'll find yourself making healthy food choices without "dieting". It will become a habit - a way of life. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By Mary (Guest Post) (06/28/2005) What works for me: Cut way back on meat, cheese and sweets, especially cheese and sweets. You will notice a big change over time. Nobody needs to remind us that sweets are mostly unhealthy. Many people think cheese is healthy because it contains calcium. But the bad (fattening) qualities of cheese outweigh the good. There are much better choices for calcium -- lowfat milk and yogurt for instance. And meat is good for you -- in sensible quantities. Many countries view meat as a condiment, so to speak, and use it to flavor and enhance food. They eat little of it compared with other foods. We can learn from them. Few countries, if any, have the widespread overweight problem the U.S. has. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By Carol (Guest Post) (06/28/2005) There many diets out there, each person needs to research to find one the fits their life style. Then keep a diary, it does not need to be fancy. Just the date at the top of the page and list everything you eat and how much of it you eat for the whole day. It might surprise you how many times you cheat on your diet. Then I think it is important to exercise, even if you just walk. Start with one minute if that is all you can do. Don't be embarased. You will add as time goes on. RE: Weight Loss Tips Post By suzq (Guest Post) (06/28/2005) In the last year I have lost 65#...I did not count calories, but I did plan how many servings of the different food groups...and I stuck to the correst size of serving...drink alot of water, 8 glasses or more.....I also done alot, I say alot, of walking. And I kept reminding myself if I don't follow my planned diet, I am cheating myself......there will be times you are discouraged, but if you are persistent you will loose.......Takes time.... Dining with the Family Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (06/28/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact A person tends to eat healthier when dining with family, than when dining alone. They make better choices and more likely to lose weight. By Terri