Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight?
If you’re like me you have been indulging over the last couple of months and it hasn’t been the most nutritious food. It all started for me on our family’s favorite holiday - Halloween. Just think of all the sugar, fat and starchy food that you have been consuming since Halloween? Think of those treats at the office and those wonderful filling meals? What has that done to your body? If you’re like many people, you’re about to make a New Year’s resolutions to change and lose those couple of pounds that were added. So what should you do?
The idea of going on a strict diet can be a nightmare. Going on the Atkins diet just doesn’t sound like any fun to me. For many people this is a drastic change in lifestyle and hard to stick with the program. No wonder many diets will fail by January 15th. Here are a couple helpful tips that doesn’t mean making a drastic change in your life.
A real simple way to stem off weight gain is to just eat less. Wow what a concept. When you are eating listen to your body while you eat. Have the hunger pangs gone away? When your body tells you — I am comfortably full - stop eating. I know your mother told you to eat everything on your plate, but it’s OK — stop eating!
If you just don’t have the self control or know when to stop eating try following the rule of 75. Most food portions that we eat are too large anyway. So, when you are eating, only eat 75% of what is on your plate. This works great for people who really don’t want to go on such restricted diets.
So how many Christmas cookies did you sneak from the office break room? You probably felt guilty eating them for maybe — oh the first minute or so. Self imposed guilt is a great way to lose weight. Keep a food journal and write down what you eat during the day. Now be honest and write down everything. You will have to record all of your guilty pleasures and you may eventually start to feel bad about what you eat.
Another thing that will help your body is to cleanse it from all the toxins that have entered your body from the food and drink that you have had during the holidays. A good colon cleanse does wonders and gets rid of all that toxic material buildup. Lots of fiber and plenty of water will also help get things moving.
So for this coming year, be nice to your body, eat a little better, and drink plenty of water. Have a Happy New Year.
Tags: atkins diet, colon cleansing, diet, nutrition & health, toxins
