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Create Good Habits To Lose Weight |
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Written by Kathryn Soloff
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Most of the time being fat is the result of eating too much food
or eating poor quality food, or both. If you wish to
successfully lose weight and to keep it off forever, it is
necessary to replace your bad habits with some good habits.
It is almost impossible to eliminate a bad habit. Trying to
remove a bad habit, such as eating the wrong foods, is a flawed
idea. The one method that works is to replace the bad habit with
a good habit.
People are habitual creatures. It is very simple to see that the
patterns in our lives are just the result of the habits that we
acquire. The good news is that when you are able to replace bad
habits with good ones, being fat will become a thing of the past.
The difficulty will bad habits is that they start with small
changes. By the time that they take over we seldom even notice
them. Once they become ingrained they are rather difficult to
change.
Generally speaking, those who are overweight have acquired many
habits that combine to create the situation that they are in
now - fat.
Having food involved makes matters even worse. The highly
processed foods that we consume are low in nutritional value,
have a lot of additives or consist of combinations not suited to
us (too much protein, fats or enriched with vitamins). The truth
is that these foods will cause hunger and in ever increasing
quantities for us to feel satisfied.
Let me ask you this. Do you find yourself eating because of your
emotions or state of mind? Of course you do. It is very common
to eat when you are stressed or depressed. Emotional states
definitely trigger unnecessary eating or indulging in comfort
food.
It is these emotional eating habits that are the most difficult
to break. When in this state of mind we are not fully conscious
of what we are doing. Even at those times when we attempt to be
completely conscious, we still manage to indulge and punish
ourselves at the same time by feeling guilty.
These patterns are obvious when you think about them.
Unfortunately, this is not the solution. It will, in fact, lead
to more problems that fuels the cycle of indulging and gaining
weight.
The first step is to connect your weight issues to your bad
habits. When you take the important step to replace your bad
habits with good habits, being fat will then become a thing of
the past.
Step back and determine what your bad habits are. Examine the
times when you tend to overeat.
Weight loss experts inform us that to lose weight you have to
eliminate these emotional triggers. In my opinion, this is
unrealistic. What are you going to do? Get rid of your (fill in
the blank) husband, children, job, in-laws or financial problems.
I don't think so.
These are some of the behaviors that you do have control over:
You have control over what you put in your mouth.
You do have control over how you eat and when you eat.
You have control over how much exercise you have.
In simple terms you have control over yourself, not external
circumstances.
First, figure out what is healthy to eat. The best foods are
natural. These include whole grains, beans, vegetables and fruit.
Go on line and find some recipes and tasty ways to prepare these
foods. Yeah, I know. This is a big sacrifice. So what? When you
change your diet to consist of natural whole foods you will
begin to lose weight effortlessly. Your health will improve and
you'll feel better. You'll have more energy and your mind will
become clear and sharp. Big sacrifice, huh?
At the same time, find some physical activity that you can do
and will enjoy on a daily basis. You can walk, jog, run,
bicycle, swim, play tennis or whatever it is that you enjoy.
Change it up. Your daily exercise program should be fun and
something that you look forward to.
This is not hard stuff to do nor is it rocket science. The
important element is to make up your mind. Once you do that
everything else will fall into place.
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