Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 9:03 pm. 0 comments
Skipping meals during the day is the main cause of hunger. So make CERTAIN you eat regularly throughout the day, and eat a minimum of 1200-1300 calories per day - more if you exercise for 45 minutes. Regular eating reassures your body that food is plentiful, so it burns calories more efficiently. In addition, it maintains steady blood sugar levels thus preventing sudden urges to overeat.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 9:02 pm. 0 comments
All dieters experience “bad days.” Unfortunately, most of them insist on perfection. So if they visit a friend and finish up eating 2 containers of ice cream and a box of cookies, they go to pieces. They become overwhelmed by guilt at not being perfect, and quit their diet in disgust. But eating the ice cream and cookies is pretty harmless - you need to eat a very large amount of food (3500+ calories) to gain just one pound of body fat - the real damage is caused by the guilt that follows. So what’s the answer? DON’T TRY TO BE PERFECT! Once you stop seeing yourself as the PERFECT dieter you’ll feel entitledto make occasional mistakes, and you’ll find dieting much easier and much less stressful.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 9:02 pm. 0 comments
Each of us has days when we feel extra hungry. When this happens, EAT MORE! Might this slow down your weight loss? A little, perhaps, but so what? Needing a few extra days to achieve your weight loss goal is not a problem. The real problem is not eating enough and getting hungry and depressed. Because when this happens, you’ll stop dieting and start bingeing.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 9:01 pm. 0 comments
Most dieters still believe that food is their enemy. So they think the less they eat, the quicker they’ll lose weight. NOT TRUE! The truth is, the less we eat, the more hungry we get and the quicker our diet goes up in smoke. Don’t forget, the human body is genetically designed to eat when hungry and no amount of willpower will neutralize this basic urge - at least, not for long. That’s why low-calorie diets are usually followed by eating binges.
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 10:21 pm. 0 comments
When you figure out that you are heavier than you want to be, you immediately try eating less food. You may skip lunch or eat a very small dinner in the hope that if you eat less your body will burn the fat. But that is not necessarily true. Eating less actually makes it more difficult to lose weight.
Keep in mind that our bodies took shape millions of years ago, and at that time there were diets. The only low-calorie diet in those days was starvation. Those who were able to cope with a temporary lack of food were the ones who survived. Our bodies, therefore, have developed this built-in mechanism to help us survive in the face of low food intake.
When researchers compare overweight and thin people, they find that they are roughly the same number of calories. What makes overweight people different is the amount of fat intake. Thin people tend to eat less fat and more complex carbohydrates. Losing weight is not something a person can do overnight. A carefully planned weight loss program takes common sense and dedication. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformantion floating around and even more desperate people are easily duped and ripped off.Every day one can open a magazine or drive by a billboard and see advertisements selling some new product, pill or machine that will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be looking for that “miracle” weight loss pill. Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight, spending billions of dollars every year on diet programs and products. Often they do lose some weight. But, if you check with the same people five years later, you will find that nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost.A survey was done recently to try and determine if any commercial diet program could prove long-term success. Not one program could prove it. So rampant has the so-called diet industry become with new products and false claims that the FDA has now stepped in and started clamping down. Being seriously overweight and particularly obesity can cause serious health problems, and it is now a known fact that when your calorie intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is saturated fat.The myth is that people get heavy by eating too many calories. Calories are a consideration, however overall they are not the cause of obesity in America today. Americans actually take in fewer calories each day than they did at the beginning of the century. If calories alone were the reason we become overweight, we should all be thinner. But that isn’t the case. Actually, we are heavier than ever. Partly, it is because we are more inactive now. But equally, as important is the fact that the fat content of the American diet has changed dramatically.People who diet without exercising often get fatter with time. Although your weight may drop at first while dieting, this weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting fatter over time, increase your metabolism by exercising on a regular basis. Start with an exercise routine that you are comfortable with and remember that walking is one of the best and easiest exercises for strengthening your bones, controlling your weight and toning your muscles!
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 9:22 pm. 2 comments
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