tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384535952024-11-01T01:56:27.102-05:00DIET&WEIGHT LOSSKathleen Milazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740462321945695226noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38453595.post-68340245321976839492013-02-04T12:25:00.001-06:002013-02-04T12:25:21.461-06:00

     How's everyone doing on your weight loss?  This is how I see it work The first few days you will have dropped a few pounds. It's water weight not fat, but please don't discount it. Just feeling thinner and seeing the scale drop a few is enough to give you that boost to want to drop more.     I believe that your body will make you eat enough food to

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     By now you should have told people that you are trying to loose weight and they may offer you their own suggestions as to how you might accomplish this. Listen politely but tell them you have your own plan if you wish.      You may want to invite them to eat with you. This is for your own incentive because you don't want them to think bad of you so

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     I have heard and believe that our minds do not hear negative words. For instance, if I tell you not to picture an elephant, before you can think of something else, the elephant image is already in your head.      In light of this information I would like to suggest that instead of saying, don't overeat, say eat a small portion, or instead of don't eat

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     HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin which is a natural hormone and is better known as the pregnancy hormone. This hormone helps our bodies to use stored fat as energy. Although it's sometimes called the pregnancy hormone it works well in small amounts in non-pregnant women and even men.     When you are overweight you carry too much stored fat and

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     Talk to your close friends and family and explain that you are going to be changing the way you eat for your health and to lose weight. Ask for their support and encouragement and not their criticism if you should fall short at times.

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     Take advantage of low fat, low calorie, or reduced fat ingredients and food. Eat a balance of different foods and don't be afraid to reward yourself once in a while with something small and tasty.

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     Using the food pyramid which is put out by the government, figure out the amount of servings from each food group that you should be consuming each day. For instance I allow myself six servings of bread or grains per day, so I write down in a small notebook  bread 111111. I then cross each out as I eat them. Be aware of what a serving consists of, it may not be as

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     Count your calories. Set a limit for the day. For a rough estimate I consider myself not at all active so I use what I would like to weigh and multiply that number by ten or 12. The answer is the total amount of calories I allow myself that day.

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     Divide your plate in your mind into 3 sections. First in half then on one side in half again. Your protein should share one half with your carbs and the other side should host your vegetables or salad.

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     After you have served yourself and before you dig in, put the rest of the food away in sealed containers in the fridge. This does a couple of things, first it's not easily accessible being in front of you, and secondly it will cool the hot food down, which hopefully makes it less tempting for second helpings.

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     Throw away your forks and spoons and learn to eat with chopsticks. I like this tip because it really helps to slow your eating down and gives you a chance to taste your food.

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     Eat from smaller plates. They hold less food but can fill the plate to make it look like more.

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     Try to schedule your meals to eat about the same time every day and have a small meal or snack at least every four hours. I like to have something at 8, 12, 4, and 8. When you get hungry in between these times you can see what time it is and tell yourself you can wait till the next meal time.

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     The other shopping extreme is to buy an abundance of food you like. For instance if you love sweets, fill your kitchen with cake, cookies, ice cream, etc. I find for me I don't have to rush to stuff my face because I know it's there and for some reason I tend not to binge. This tip may not be healthy, but if it helps to curb your cravings, it will also help you to lose

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     Go to extremes with your grocery shopping. Try each one to see which will work for you. The first extreme is to buy very little and buy foods you don't really care for. If it's not in the house, you can't eat it and if it's something you really don't care for you may not pig out on it.

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     Make sure you eat with the TV off. Watching a movie or a program serves as a distraction from your meal and while this may seem like a good thing, it's not. You want to concentrate on the speed and the amount you are eating. Try instead playing some upbeat music. It might inspire you to want to eat less and move to the music.

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     Try eating in front of a mirror and watch yourself eat. It may be an eye opener for you to see what others see and help you eat with more control.

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     This second diet tip will seem ridiculous to many, but if it helps it's worth trying, and nobody but you needs to know you're doing it.      Picture in your mind your favorite leading man or lady, or someone you would want to impress and while you're eating pretend that they are sharing the meal with you. I always had a crush on a certain actor so I

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     Have a heart to heart talk with yourself. Without real intent and commitment you will continually fail. A wise man once told me, " If you really want something you would have it ".       I try to remember those words when I feel like I want to overeat. It really helps to keep me on track.

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     I was recently in the hospital last June for 10 days. When I entered the hospital I weighed over 250 lbs. This was do to 4 reasons. First, I like food and overate like crazy. Second, I have hypothyroidism and the doctors said I had no thyroid hormone in my body. Third, because of this disease you tend to lay around and sleep a lot, you have no metabolism. Fourth reason

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     I was watching this TV show about this woman with 6 daughters who weights 606 pounds. She is so fat she cannot move or walk. She is stuck in her bed. What shocked me is what also shocked her new diet doctor. Unless she is lying, according to her food journal she eats only one meal a day and it's not even near a thousand calories. With a diet like that she should be skinny

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     This three year old boy from China is said to weight over 130 pounds. Doctors think he has some kind of hormonal imbalance because he is also tall for his age.       His mother says that if she doesn't give him several servings of food at one meal he will cry until he gets the food nonstop.      I'm sure he will cry for a long

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     I believe the most important thing to remember this holiday season is to watch your portions. If you stuff yourself you'll feel bad afterward both emotionally and physically. Stuffing yourself at just one meal can put you back on the road to weight gain instead of weight loss.      Keep the "now or never" mindset. It's not OK to stuff yourself now and

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     I've written about this before but I'll keep writing about it because it is the.most important aspect to losing weight. You've got to really want it. Of course we all think we want it but there's a difference between wanting it and really wanting it.      Think of it this way. If you really wanted it you'd have it. There should be no

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     This is only my theory on weight loss. It comes from observations of my own overeating. First I believe that you can only successfully kick a habit if it's presented right in front of you and you can refuse it. We all have our favorite foods and our food weaknesses. However having those foods in abundance in your kitchen actually help you to resist them.   &

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