What would happen if you stopped trying? I can show you how to stop dieting AND lose weight! Get off the yoyo dieting merry go wheel, and begin a journey of healthy eating habits that will result in a happier, healthier YOU! All my life, I have been relatively slim..
Girlfriends ask, 'How do you do it? You can eat anything.
' They see me eating cake or enchiladas, and wonder how I can eat like that and still remain an ideal weight.
I'll show you how step by step.
Alright, first off, to be fair..
I have to say I usually exercise regularly.
Wait! Hear me out.
Exercise keeps my osteoporosis at bay, helps me tone, and makes me feel good...
BUT, exercise is not what keeps the weight off.
I know this because I can go long stretches without exercising and my weight remains the same.
So don't worry, you don't have to exercise if you're really against it.
So..
down to business.
How can you stop dieting and lose weight? In a word: moderation.
Well actually two words, 'moderation' and 'additions'.
Let's talk moderation first.
Then we'll address how the 'additions' come into play.
OK, for moderation, the trick is to pay attention to how much you eat.
More importantly, how much you eat of fattening foods.
Moderation Tips -
- Let's say you're preparing meatloaf, mashed potatoes/gravy and veggies for dinner.
Here's what you do: Load up on the veggies, medium on the meatloaf and light on mashed potatoes/gravy.
- Ham and cheese sandwich, and chips.
Little bit of ham and cheese..
add lots of lettuce, tomatoes and pickles.
Buy the individual bags of chips so you're not tempted to eat half the big bag..
amazing how easy that is to do...
eat the big bag, I mean. - Fajita tacos - Don't order (or fix) a plate of two/three tacos plus rice and beans.
Get one chicken or beef fajita taco and load that one up with veggies.
If you think that's not going to be enough, order a side of either the beans or rice to go with it.
It's about paying attention to the amounts of fattening foods you're eating and beginning to cut those back while increasing the low cal foods.
Now let's see how the 'additions' fit in.
We'll take the same three meals from above and show you.
Addition Tips -
- Meatloaf dinner - Don't add butter to the potatoes and if you must have the gravy, go light.
Steam the veggies and add herbs and seasonings instead of butter.
Notice we didn't even talk about bread.
If you can go without, great! But if you love bread and will feel particularly deprived without it, then have one piece, and either skip the butter or have half of what you normally put on it.
After you do that for awhile, see if you can even split that butter serving down another half. - Ham and cheese sandwich - Years ago, I started only putting mayo on one piece of bread and leaving the other one dry..
now, I usually don't even bother to put it on one side.
The message here is to cut back on mayonnaise or leave it off all together.
You can substitute for mustard which has practically no fat or calories.
We already talked about downsizing the chip portion.
You might also add some grapes or carrots to your meal to round it out. - Fajitas - Where you can get into trouble with this meal is adding sour cream, guacamole, cheese.
My advice is to leave those additions off.
If you must have them, then pick one, and have a moderate portion.
Like guacamole, for example, I can't get out of a Mexican restaurant without my guacamole.
But I don't order a dish for myself.
I either have someone split it with me OR get a dinky side order.
This satisfy's my craving but doesn't add a ton of calories.
Make it almost like a game.
Each week, see if you can do just a little more to start shaping up your eating habits.
You'll be amazed at how these little changes will result in a slimmer, happier, healthier YOU!