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The Diet
is your personalized program to shed weight. You modify the basic
plan, you choose your own goal (time frame, pounds, fitting into your
clothes, etc), and you monitor your own progress. No one is able to
lose that weight for you. Only you!
Only
you can control what you put into your mouth! |
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Here's some issues that
surprised me:
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What you eat is important so I use the
food composition charts to track what I eat. When I initially
calculated my normal calorie intake, I was aghast. |
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How much you eat is also important.
The standard food serving size is 1/2 cup or 100 grams. Sigh!
Restaurants discovered their major cost is NOT food so they have
increased portion sizes to attract customers. Thank goodness for
doggie bags. Whoof! |
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Food preparers are fighting a war between
sugar, sugar substitutes, and salt ingredients to add flavor to their
food. As the Food Channel so flippantly states, "Fat is flavor."
Bless their hearts.
It seems that sugar substitutes are so much sweeter
than sugar (500 times??) that consuming "diet" items may actually upset
your metabolic system so that your body craves more sweet foods.
Prepare to jettison diet foods.
To offset sugar, vendors add salt which is its own
problem. On a recent airline flight, I virtuously ordered tomato
juice rather than my normal diet soda. Only 60 calories for the
whole can ... but 480 grams of sodium, a half day ration.
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First, read the guidelines
to personalize your own program, starting down the sidebar on the left with
"The Basics" and ending with "Final Thoughts." |
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Determine the
time commitment you are willing to commit to your plan. You will need at
least 60 days. Make sure that your schedule during this process will
allow you to focus on your own needs. After ten days of conscious
eating, your body's chemistry will reset to your new eating habits.
You should not be hungry as you drink sufficient water to cleanse your
system, hydrate your body, and fill your stomach. |
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Spend a few days gathering the
information and accessories you will need to succeed. Make sure that
you plan your goals before you start to work your plan.
Select foods you enjoy, purchase them and then enjoy them
during the first week of your effort. The second week adjust the
portion sizes down.
Wait until at least three weeks to start an exercise
program. Take it easy; work on one element at a time and enjoy
the process. After all, once your eating habits are streamlined, TIME
IS ON YOUR SIDE! |
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On a calm day, take a deep
breath, think good thoughts, and, then, as Nike says, "Just Do It!" |
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