I Want To Lose Weight, But I Still Love My Chocolate And Alcohol
18 Jul
Changing your diet so that you eat healthier, lose weight naturally and shed years off your age does not have to be a huge struggle. After all you are investing better in your body and your health.
Let me ask you a question? How long did it take you to be overweight? Probably years right? At the least, it took you a good couple of months, so reversing or stopping those habits is not something that is going to happen overnight.
The best way to approach your change of lifestyle, is starting out with small, doable actions. No matter how small these actions are, they can make a huge difference in your weight, especially if you are going to stick to those changes and continue implementing new changes.
Imagine if you had to decrease the amount of calories you consume a day by a 100. Over a year, what kind of weight loss would that equate to? A lot – trust me! And a reduction of 100 calories is doable a day, all you have to do is simply commit to removing a small portion of the amount of food you consume with each meal.
If you find that this is leaving you feeling more hungry, then have a glass of water a half hour or so before each meal and you will be less inclined to feel like you require more food. Your tummy is used to you eating more, so it will take time adjusting to you consuming less food. Also, consume foods with high fiber, they take longer to digest and will make you feel fuller for longer. And the pay off for you is that you will lose weight.
Replace low quality foods in your diet with more vegetables and fruits. As much as it took long for you to enjoy the low quality foods, it will take time for you to start enjoying the new foods, but you will start to enjoy them as you eat them more and more.
Many people find it hard to accept that they will be able to get the same enjoyment out of the food that they know they should be eating but that is only because they have been accustomed to the tastes of the food they eat at the current time.
A great example of this is when a person who drinks their tea without sugar, suddenly decides they will have their tea with some sugar. Their reaction to this is that they will find it extremely sweet, and they will not enjoy is as much, or they simply will have to dilute it with more tea.
So yes, you still love your chocolate and tea, so do I. But cutting down on it, and only consuming them on your cheat days, will do you a wealth of good, and will take you a step closer to your goals.
