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Weight Loss.
While the issue of weight is up for debate in this condition, weight loss can never be bad for you. Some doctors believe that if you lose weight, your symptoms will disappear. I have seen it go both ways, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But, as I said, weight loss in overweight people is never bad. So, here are a few of my ideas on the subject. There are many, many different diets on the market. Some profess that omitting sugar or |
carbohydrates will put you on a path to weight loss. Some claim that
eating mostly one food or another will stimulate your metabolism into
shedding extra pounds. They all claim something.
Here is what I
claim: keep it simple. Complex diet plans fail more often than they
help. Everyone knows basically what is healthy and what is not. Apples
are healthy, fudge brownies are not. Water is low in calories, soda is
not.
Don't think of healthy eating as a punishment, but as an reward for caring about yourself.
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Guilt is often the biggest culprit in undermining weight loss efforts. If you eat six chocolate chip cookies, don't beat yourself up, because you will spin out of control. We have all done it. We give up, because we convince ourselves that we have no self control and we will never succeed. Then we go eat the rest of the box of cookies. So, instead of doing that from now on, say to yourself, "It's OK to fail sometimes. I ate those cookies, and now I can move on |
"Easy for you to say," you might be thinking. But as a matter of fact, it's not. The best gift I have ever given myself is trust. Trust that I can do this, and that consuming cookies doesn't make me a bad person. There's always tomorrow. I have found that if you take it one meal at a time, it becomes a habit to eat healthy.
I
actually started to prefer vegetarian meals over greasy burgers. Believe it
or not
it's healthy eating and can be considered as a good diet plan
No gimmicks, no claims, just healthy eating.
Excercise is a must in weight loss. No matter how good your eating habits are, you have to excercise to lose weight.
And the same can be said for excercise programs as for diet programs. If it's free, it's best. You can join a club for big bucks, and get the same work out for free at home. Sidewalks were the original treadmills, and you don't need a plastic apparatus to do sit ups.Keep it simple is all I'm saying.
