Take care of yourself
Taking good care of yourself can help you to lose weight, both directly and indirectly.
Have you noticed that when you’re tired you eat more? How about when you’re stressed or not feeling well? You probably eat more and exercise less, right? Here are a few steps you can take to keep yourself feeling well all [...]
Easy ways to eat better
First off, Zen Habits has a great article on easy ways to build better eating habits. I have a couple ideas that I’d like to add as well.
No seconds
As I’ve said here before, giving up second helpings is one of the best things I’ve done, and I credit it with my nearly 25 pound weight [...]
Stop Stress Eating!
If you’re like me, stressful situations send you to your favorite comfort foods. In my case, stress is often the single biggest factor in causing me to blow my eating plan. You’ve probably heard all sorts of tips for avoiding stress eating, but I have a different approach I’d like to share.
Focus on eliminating the [...]
Weight Loss Voyeurism
I enjoy reading other people’s weight loss stories, tips and challenges. I thought you might enjoy some of these people’s blogs as well.
I think that it can be helpful to watch someone else’s weight loss struggles and successes. Often, I feel that I’m the only person who’s ever gone through it, even though I know [...]
Positive thinking linked to weight loss?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how our thinking, whether positive or negative, affects weight.
Last Friday, I had a rough day and wound up the day feeling down. Guess what? Yep, fell off the diet wagon. Why is it we do that?
I think the negative feelings make it harder to stay on track, because [...]
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Keeping a food diary
Keeping a food diary, when done well, can help you track your eating and improve your chances of weight loss. However, it’s not as simple or easy as many people make it out to be.
Pros
It’s easy to underestimate how much you eat. Tracking it with a diary will allow you to come closer to knowing, [...]
How many carbs per day?
You’re thinking of starting a low carb diet, but you’re not sure what low carb is. How many carbs do you get a day on a low carb diet?
It depends.
The Atkins diet will start you very low, only about 20 g per day. You’ll gradually increase that though. South Beach starts you a little higher. [...]
Weight loss and exercise update
Although I keep falling off the wagon, my weight loss is doing better than I expected. Since starting this blog, I’m down 24 pounds. It’s a slow weight loss, but still, it’s loss, and that’s the right direction.
I’m getting back on track with the low carb diet. That’s much easier than getting back in the [...]