Diets never work and deprive you of the "good stuff". You need a change of lifestyle. One example are the French, they’re home to wines, pastries, chocolate but incredibly fit and thin. What they do to keep the weight off, is just eating smaller portions, no snacking and alot of walking. So basically its really about portion control and alot of physical activity.
I feel the most important thing is psychology. You have to change your whole entire lifestyle and the way you approach eating. You also need a sense of perspective. Something I only have when I am sitting here philosophising and at other times am entirely off the planet but then who ever follows there own advice, I’m afraid I’m one of those ghastly people on movies prone to panicking over one piece of celery too much but On a rational day I’m quite lucid and I realise that the most important thing you have to realise is that each moment counts but there is always another moment and as long as you haven’t given up you have never failed. You also have to get excited about what you are doing and never allow yourself to feel deprived. You have to keep focussed on that this is your life, You have to place your focus forward on who you are going to be in the future not on who you were or any mistakes you have made in the past. You have to see yourself and live your life as a thin person, as long as you view yourself as overweight or out of control you will behave accordingly. You have to be open to the idea that maybe you can do this or that. Nothing is impossible unless you decide it is. Things taste ten times nicer if you have them at the right time or if you wait for them a long time than if you just have them all the time. Focus on liking the clean feeling that healthy food gives you. If you want to have something really unhealthy, Have it in an atmosphere that is out of the context of your everyday life. You can savour it without any fear it will become a habit. Often when you think you are hungy you are really only in need of something to do or something to drink. Never feel hopeless, see where you are at the moment as your starting point, and get excited. Make everything you do as something pleasant not something you endure, then you are able to stick to it, Focus on changing your lifestyle to get a more positive and happier life and to be able to live life to the fullest, Don’t let the business of dieting take over your life. If you never lose sight of the bigger picture, of relativity, of flexibility you won’t fall into the trap of focussing in on failure or units of energy or how little you have to have or how much you have to do and the have toishness about it that makes it all a nightmare and something you end up resenting and giving up on. Everything you do should be something you get to do because it is what you want to do and like doing not something you have to or ought to do.
I have never been on a diet and I have never been fat. The food that I eat is pretty much the way of the South Beach Diet. I avoid putting on weight by eating a lot of seafood, snacking on fruits and veggies instead of candy and junk, and the biggest thing of all is I AVOID PROCESSED FOOD whenever I can! I use real butter instead of margarine, cook everything with olive oil instead of vegetable oil, buy whole grain bread (or wheat). I never starve myself and I eat as much as I feel like any time I want. I just choose to eat healthy food.
Snack ideas:
Apples with peanut butter
String cheese
Bread (carbs are not bad for you!!)
Oranges
Frozen fruit (I buy in bulk, mix together, and carry in tupperware)
Make your own Fruit-n-Yogurt parfaits: Add vanilla fat-free yogurt on top of some frozen strawberries and some granola cereal on top. Healthy and tasty.
Those are just a few ideas, but be more conscious of what you put in your body. As you begin to eat healthier foods, you will notice that your cravings for junk pretty much go away.
Another thing is that I don’t eat a lot of meat. I think that really helps a lot. You rarely ever see a fat vegetarian.
The holidays can be stressful… and unfortunately, many people reach for food as comfort. If you find yourself regularly eating in response to stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, anger, loneliness, relationship problems, or poor self-esteem, try to break the habit with some of my strategies below.
Learn to recognize your hunger. Before you automatically pop something into your mouth, rate your hunger on a scale of 1 to 5 — 1 being ravenous and 5 being full. Make every effort to avoid eating when your hunger is a 4 or a 5.
Find alternatives to eating. Make a personal list of activities you can do instead of eating. Perhaps go for a walk, call a friend, listen to music, take a hot shower/bath, exercise, clean your house, polish your nails, surf the Internet, schedule outstanding appointments, watch television, look through a photo album,
Keep a food journal. Logging your food will help to identify your toughest timeframes. It also will make you accountable… so perhaps you’ll be less apt to reach for unnecessary food.
Three-food interference. Make the commitment to first eat three specific healthy foods before starting on caloric comfort foods (i.e., an apple, handful of baby carrots and a yogurt). If after that, you still want to continue with your comfort foods, give yourself permission. However, most of the time, the three foods are enough to stop you from moving on.
Exercise regularly. Daily exercise relieves stress and puts you in a positive mindset, which provides greater strength to pass on the unhealthy fare.
Get enough sleep. Research shows that sleep deprivation can increase hunger by decreasing Leptin levels, the appetite regulating hormone that signals fullness. With adequate sleep, you’ll also be less tired and have more resolve to fight off the urge to grab foods for comfort.
Leah S
Diets never work and deprive you of the "good stuff". You need a change of lifestyle. One example are the French, they’re home to wines, pastries, chocolate but incredibly fit and thin. What they do to keep the weight off, is just eating smaller portions, no snacking and alot of walking. So basically its really about portion control and alot of physical activity.
June 26th, 2010 at 3:15 PMsereneicequeen
I feel the most important thing is psychology. You have to change your whole entire lifestyle and the way you approach eating. You also need a sense of perspective. Something I only have when I am sitting here philosophising and at other times am entirely off the planet but then who ever follows there own advice, I’m afraid I’m one of those ghastly people on movies prone to panicking over one piece of celery too much but On a rational day I’m quite lucid and I realise that the most important thing you have to realise is that each moment counts but there is always another moment and as long as you haven’t given up you have never failed. You also have to get excited about what you are doing and never allow yourself to feel deprived. You have to keep focussed on that this is your life, You have to place your focus forward on who you are going to be in the future not on who you were or any mistakes you have made in the past. You have to see yourself and live your life as a thin person, as long as you view yourself as overweight or out of control you will behave accordingly. You have to be open to the idea that maybe you can do this or that. Nothing is impossible unless you decide it is. Things taste ten times nicer if you have them at the right time or if you wait for them a long time than if you just have them all the time. Focus on liking the clean feeling that healthy food gives you. If you want to have something really unhealthy, Have it in an atmosphere that is out of the context of your everyday life. You can savour it without any fear it will become a habit. Often when you think you are hungy you are really only in need of something to do or something to drink. Never feel hopeless, see where you are at the moment as your starting point, and get excited. Make everything you do as something pleasant not something you endure, then you are able to stick to it, Focus on changing your lifestyle to get a more positive and happier life and to be able to live life to the fullest, Don’t let the business of dieting take over your life. If you never lose sight of the bigger picture, of relativity, of flexibility you won’t fall into the trap of focussing in on failure or units of energy or how little you have to have or how much you have to do and the have toishness about it that makes it all a nightmare and something you end up resenting and giving up on. Everything you do should be something you get to do because it is what you want to do and like doing not something you have to or ought to do.
June 26th, 2010 at 3:15 PMRed
I have never been on a diet and I have never been fat. The food that I eat is pretty much the way of the South Beach Diet. I avoid putting on weight by eating a lot of seafood, snacking on fruits and veggies instead of candy and junk, and the biggest thing of all is I AVOID PROCESSED FOOD whenever I can! I use real butter instead of margarine, cook everything with olive oil instead of vegetable oil, buy whole grain bread (or wheat). I never starve myself and I eat as much as I feel like any time I want. I just choose to eat healthy food.
Snack ideas:
Apples with peanut butter
String cheese
Bread (carbs are not bad for you!!)
Oranges
Frozen fruit (I buy in bulk, mix together, and carry in tupperware)
Make your own Fruit-n-Yogurt parfaits: Add vanilla fat-free yogurt on top of some frozen strawberries and some granola cereal on top. Healthy and tasty.
Those are just a few ideas, but be more conscious of what you put in your body. As you begin to eat healthier foods, you will notice that your cravings for junk pretty much go away.
Another thing is that I don’t eat a lot of meat. I think that really helps a lot. You rarely ever see a fat vegetarian.
June 26th, 2010 at 3:15 PMSunflower
The holidays can be stressful… and unfortunately, many people reach for food as comfort. If you find yourself regularly eating in response to stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, anger, loneliness, relationship problems, or poor self-esteem, try to break the habit with some of my strategies below.
Learn to recognize your hunger. Before you automatically pop something into your mouth, rate your hunger on a scale of 1 to 5 — 1 being ravenous and 5 being full. Make every effort to avoid eating when your hunger is a 4 or a 5.
Find alternatives to eating. Make a personal list of activities you can do instead of eating. Perhaps go for a walk, call a friend, listen to music, take a hot shower/bath, exercise, clean your house, polish your nails, surf the Internet, schedule outstanding appointments, watch television, look through a photo album,
Keep a food journal. Logging your food will help to identify your toughest timeframes. It also will make you accountable… so perhaps you’ll be less apt to reach for unnecessary food.
Three-food interference. Make the commitment to first eat three specific healthy foods before starting on caloric comfort foods (i.e., an apple, handful of baby carrots and a yogurt). If after that, you still want to continue with your comfort foods, give yourself permission. However, most of the time, the three foods are enough to stop you from moving on.
Exercise regularly. Daily exercise relieves stress and puts you in a positive mindset, which provides greater strength to pass on the unhealthy fare.
Get enough sleep. Research shows that sleep deprivation can increase hunger by decreasing Leptin levels, the appetite regulating hormone that signals fullness. With adequate sleep, you’ll also be less tired and have more resolve to fight off the urge to grab foods for comfort.
June 26th, 2010 at 3:15 PM