Go Off Your Diet?It's very important that you begin your healthier lifestyle with an understanding that there will be days when you will stray from healthy eating and exercising. You will not be perfect in your diet and exercise program, nor should you be. Success doesn't come from being perfect. Success comes to you from a balance and moderation of healthy habits.
It Is About Why You Eat, Not What You EatYour weight and body issues don't have anything to do with food. It isn't what you eat but why you eat. One of the problems with weight loss surgery and diet programs is our belief that they hold the answer. If only we can follow them, they will work for us. Unfortunately for many of us, we didn't experience long-term weight loss success. Did we fail? No. Absolutely not! The diets failed because t
Wishing Doesn't Lose WeightDo you want to lose weight? Are you hoping for a way of life that includes losing weight, feeling good in your body, wearing a smaller size, and have strong sense of confidence? You can have it. To reach any goal, you need to be committed. To lose weight requires persistence and consistency. It requires saying no to food choices when you'd rather indulge. It requires a commitment to your diet and
Your Independence DayAs we celebrate our country's independence, celebrate your own. Independence Day is one day a year; your own personal Independence Day can be any day of the year and every day. From changing our lifestyle and our habits, we have changed our relationship with food. Rather than living as a slave and victim to food, we are now free and independent of the limitations of emotional eating. You are free!
Food Is Not a MedicationWhen you have a headache, you take an over-the-counter pain relief medication. If you have an uncomfortable emotion, do you take the relief self-medication of emotional eating? For many of us that have weight issues, emotional eating is the result from attempting to change the way we feel. When we feel an uncomfortable or undesirable emotion, we provide relief by emotional eating. Medication has i
Weight Loss Success Without The ScaleDo you wake up and weigh yourself? That's fine but does it determine what mood you're in and set the pace for your day? Are you in a good mood or bad mood depending on the scale? Is the tone of your day based on the number reflected on the scale? Break the ties that bind you from being a slave to the scale. Celebrate your success and changes you're making in your life in ways other than the scale.
Are Weight Issues Gone After Weight Loss Surgery?With weight loss surgery, are your worries about your weight are over? Do you need to think about weight issues? Weight loss surgery is not a cure for your weight woes. The surgery does not do all of the work for you. As we know, weight loss surgery is a tool. Weight regain can occur. It is a tool that WE choose to use. If you want to lose ' choose to use your surgery.
How To Avoid Weight Regain From Bariatric SurgeryWhen having weight loss surgery, you commit yourself to certain nutrition and dietary requirements. You become dedicated to a healthy lifestyle with habits that support your weight loss. Weight loss surgery is a tool to use but you must choose to use that tool. Unfortunately, weight regain or a stalled weight loss can occur. If you want to avoid the dreaded return of pounds, become aware of the pi
Silence the Voice of Emotional EatingYou received good news; you want to eat; you feel anxious or worried; you want to eat; you are feeling down for no particular reason that you can identify; you want to eat. What is this voice similar to a recording playing over and over in your head? Sometimes this voice is screaming and so overwhelming for the urge to give in. This is head hunger or emotional eating. What is emotional eating and
Dumping Syndrome of Gastric Bypass and Weight LossAre you thinking of having weight loss surgery and you've heard about dumping syndrome? What is dumping syndrome? What causes it? What's the advantage to dumping? Dumping can work well as a deterrent of eating unhealthy, sugary food choices. You can find out details about dumping syndrome as it relates to RNY Gastric Bypass, and how it can benefit non-RNY patients and non-weight loss surgery weig
Weight Loss Vision BoardWeight loss goals are important. Your dreams of wearing a certain size or see a specific number on the scale are also important. Are these weight loss goals and dreams where you can see them? Do you have a visual reminder of what you want? Take it out of your head and create a weight loss vision board. To see it is to believe it. Whether you call it the law of attraction or a visual work in progre
Top 10 Ways to Regain Weight After Weight LossAs many weight loss surgery post-operative patients know, it is possible to regain weight after having weight loss surgery. If you aren't a weight loss surgery patient, the same applies to you too. A nutritious, active lifestyle is the key to losing weight AND maintaining your weight loss regardless of how you do it. Learn the Top 10 reasons how to do it. Follow the opposite of the Top 10, you can
Seven Habits to Avoid for Your Weight Loss SuccessDue to many years of unhealthy habits and food choices, we find ourselves overweight or obese. Habits are hard to break but they can be broken. Replace the unhealthy habits that have made you heavy with healthy habits. To help you lose weight and reach your weight loss goals, notice if any of these seven habits apply to you. Change your habit, change your weight, change your life.
Small Changes To Changes on the ScaleLittle changes can add up to weight loss success. One day you don't eat a bag of cookies for dinner and then the next day expect to be satisfied eating nothing but vegetables. Extremes don't work win making changes in your diet. As you accomplish one small change, add another successfully, you'll find yourself moving forward and your scale down. Before you know it, your small changes equal to big
Little Changes Can Equal Big Weight Loss SuccessHow long did it take you to gain weight? It didn't come on overnight, a week or a month. Just as you gained it over time, you'll lose it over time too. How unrealistic is it to expect that we'll lose weight in a short period of time? If you want different results, try something different. Make small changes to your diet and exercise. Small changes can result in big results. Small changes can equal
Little Changes Add To Weight Loss, Part 2Are you tired of failing at long-lasting weight loss? Maybe your expectations are unrealistic. Rather than one day you're eating unhealthy and sedentary and the next day expecting a 180 degree change, do it differently. You don't reach the top of the staircase by leaping - you take one step at a time. The same works for weight loss too. Building success one step at a time creates a blast of moment
Balanced Budget of Calories and ExerciseDo you have a household budget? Do you have a calorie and exercise budget? Just as you need a financial budget, you also need a calorie and exercise budget too. For successful weight loss and maintenance, you need to know your numbers. To make certain your personal finances balance, your personal caloric and exercise budget need to as well. Create a calorie and exercise budget and the forecast for
Why I ExerciseOkay, I admit it, I don't like to exercise. I didn't get to weigh 147 pounds more than I do now by enjoying exercising. However, what I do love is my life right now. My life includes maintenance of a 147 pound weight loss that is possible by regular exercise. Of course, there are other components of my weight maintenance program but one of them is exercise. The investment of a mere 30-45 minutes p
Weight Loss Without SugarSugar is not our friend to lose weight. Sugar and simple carbohydrate foods are empty calories and provide no nutrition. Have you ever noticed when you eat sugar and simple carbs that you want more and more. The cycle doesn't end. If you want to have weight loss success, make friends with foods that don't have large amounts of sugar. Complex carbs have long-lasting fullness for your body. Sugar is
Are You Hungry?Are you hungry? How hungry? Can you tell how hungry you are? By using the Rate Your Hunger Chart, you'll be able to distinguish between true physical hunger and head hunger. You'll be able to tune into your own body to nourish it to physical satiety. You'll be able to identify for yourself when you should begin eating and when you should stop. Weight loss and maintenance will naturally occur. Tune
Have You Blown Your Diet? No!How do you handle a slip on your weight loss plan? Do you consider that you've 'blown it' or a mere speed bump and move forward on the same day with your next meal? For those of us that diet, sometimes we consider that day a loss and eat off our diet plan until the next day or even the following Monday. These slip ups will happen just as life happens. Merely consider them speed bumps and move ahea
One Size Fits All Diet - Are They Successful For You?You are different, unique and special. Why do we continue to pay organized diet plans or try diets that are created for everyone and expect them to work? You have your own likes, dislikes, schedule commitments as to when you eat, preferences and needs. Your diet should fit you and not the other way around. No wonder diets don't work. You need a plan created for you and by you. Weight loss coaching
Food Labels: What Do They Mean?Understanding and deciphering the language of food labels can be tricky. Do you know exactly what 'Light' really means? You can have the best diet yet be tripped up by making assumptions about food labels. Know exactly what you're getting (and not getting) in the food that you eat. Knowledge is power and empower yourself with the ability to decipher the language of food labels.
Steps For Weight LossBad habits serve a purpose. Bad habits have a payoff for you. If you want to replace a bad habit such as compulsive overeating, you need to have a new, positive habit. Bad habits limit you in your life. We can't reach our weight loss goals and maintain the weight loss by way of bad habits. Follow the steps to replace a bad habit with a positive habit that will work for you. Allow your habits to pr
Exercise as PlaytimeDo you remember as a child how you loved to play? You didn't have to be reminded or told to play. You played because you had fun and loved it. Guess what - exercise can be the same way for you. Exercise doesn't have to be a chore or a dreaded part of your day. It can be fun and, believe it or not, something you 'get to' do and look forward to. You can reap the benefits of exercise as play and lose
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