Since weight is a major problem in our country, I thought I’d provide a few small suggestions for getting back to a normal weight.
THINK THIN. It may sound funny but what you are thinking about yourself makes a big difference on what you do or how you act. Think of yourself as already being your ideal weight. Converse with yourself about how you are thin, at a perfect weight, ideal just the way you are.
Believing that you are thin will actually help you control your desire for the wrong foods. If you are thin, you don’t need or want the candy, cake, cookies or cheesy snacks. Tell yourself that a perfect body doesn’t desire such items and then walk away from them.
Stay away from temptation as much as possible. Don’t go to the snack isles in the grocery store when shopping. Stay out of the kitchen unless you are preparing a meal or eating one. Do not allow eating in any other room other than your kitchen or dining room. Drink your coffee in another room where there are no candy dishes or snacks on the counter or in the refrigerator. Cut down on sugary drinks including diet sodas that contain sugar substitutes and added salt that actually increase habitual drinking.
Try some natural substitutes for some of the foods you currently eat.
Organic cane sugar is sweet and nutritious and satisfies sugar cravings without the negatives of refined sugars, like white, sucrose or fructose sugars. Eat nuts instead of candy. Add more natural grains to your diet so you won’t feel hungry between meals. Try foods that help you lose weight like lean, red meat, hot cayenne pepper and regular yellow mustard that help boost metabolism.
Start one good habit, just be persistent and don’t worry about the times you fail. It is the times you get it that count, a little each day will improve the habit by sticking to it. IDEA: Make it a habit to have a glass of water (or at least a half glass of water) before you allow yourself to eat any snack or drink any other drink (especially one with sugar or a substitute sugar ingredient). Lots of times we are actually thirsty, not hungry, when we feel the desire to snack.
