Watching what you eat

Watching what you eat

The fact is you have to watch what you eat if you want to lose weight or maintain your weight.  The good news is though that it becomes a lot easier when you get into the habit of eating healthy most of the time.  Your choices become more automatic, what you are used to and actually prefer.

Here are some of the ideas I used to improve my eating habits and lose weight -

• reminding myself daily of my goals and why I wanted to change
• checking the labels on packets and drinks to reduce my fat and sugar intake
• choosing healthier snack alternatives like fruit, yoghurt or rice crackers
• making myself vegetable juices to fill up on in the evenings
• having lean meat and fish
• trying different vegetables for variety
• having a plan and taking alternative snacks with me
• making my own choice of an occasional 'treat' whilst I was out
• putting my health first above pleasing others
• avoiding dependence on pre-packaged diet foods and shakes
• not cutting up whole food groups like some fad diets
• having realistic long term weight loss goals
• using various ways to watch progress like scales, BMI, waist measurement, clothes

So there are some basic ideas for weight loss I used the last few years.

BarbeJeffs@hotmail.com

WL4MBS

You can see more weight loss tips in my first 10 posts this year.

How to Get into the Healthy Habits Mindset

I knew when I wanted to lose weight I had to get back to the Healthy Habits Mindset I had had when I'd lost weight before and kept it off for years.  The key is to not to procrastinate but take action until your new healthy habits become almost automatic.  You won't have to struggle anymore because it will be just a part of you and what you do.

Here are some of the habits I had to change -

• check the labels on the food I was eating more carefully and set limits
• plan basically what I was prepared to eat at home and whilst I'm out
• be prepared with healthy snack alternatives
• make myself vegetable juices at home to get healthier and fill me up
• plan when to exercise for how long and have alternatives
• make my own choices of what I would have, when and how much
• put my health first as much as possible whilst still having fun
• change the way I think and feel about food
• be prepared to make other changes in my life I'd avoided
• set myself reminders about my goals for continued motivation

That's it for now and once again any ideas of your own let me know.

"We are what we repeatedly do;  excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."  Aristotle

Cheers

BarbeJeffs@hotmail.com

WL4MBS

How will you play once you lose the weight?

Dancer at West End Festival playing around

I love dancing and fancy dress myself but I've never gone as far as this girl did.  Looks like she was having the 'time of her life' though flying up in the air with some help trying to recreate a move.

What would you like to be able to try once you lose some weight and get a bit fitter?
Have you been holding yourself back from doing something you once did or would like to try?

Here are a few things that come to mind you might wish you could do or plan to do one day without the weight -

dance

sing

dress up

perform

show off

have fun

fly

travel

play games

play with kids

sport

run

hike

yoga

experiment

change jobs

change roles

study

parachuting

hang gliding

parasailing

Well the possibilities are pretty endless, so see what it brings to mind for you that you may have been putting off.  Let me know if you have one to share.

BarbeJeffs@hotmail.com

WL4MBS