Secret 2: Be Mindful When Eating
Many people turn to food when they are bored or stressed out. Encourage
yourself to eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full.
That means paying attention to everything you eat. Try to get into the habit of
asking yourself why you are heading to the fridge or pantry. Are you really
motivated by hunger, or are you really just bored, stressed, sad, tired and
maybe even full from their last meal or snack!
Emotional eating can wreak havoc on a well-planned weight management
program.
Secret 3: Exercise Regularly
Fitness is key in losing weight and keeping those pounds off. Remember, as
people lose weight, a proportion of each pound comes from muscle; that, in
turn, slows down the metabolism and makes it difficult to keep the weight off.
Although walking and other cardiovascular exercise is important for burning
calories, try to incorporate resistance training into your program to help
preserve your lean tissue and keep up your metabolic rate.
Secret 4: Check the Scale
While it is not advisable to become obsessive about weight to the nearest
0.01 pound, people who maintain their weight loss do so by keeping periodic
tabs on the scale, weighing themselves at least once per week. This way they
are able to identify small weight increases in time to take appropriate
corrective action.
Secret 5: Eat Breakfast
Research suggests that breakfast eaters weigh less and suffer from fewer
chronic diseases than people who skip breakfast. By eating breakfast on a
regular basis, you fire up you metabolism meaning you’ll burn more calories
throughout the day!
Secret 6: Monitor Intake
One of the strongest predictors of successful and maintained lifestyle change
is monitoring dietary intake. While it can be tedious to keep a daily food log,
research has shown that this practice is a highly effective and proven
strategy.
Continued…. See Part II
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