So many of us struggle with the dreaded phrase: Weight loss. Why do we battle this? How can we make it a victory and not a battle?
Here are some ways to do just that:
- Make “weight loss” a mindset rather than a temporary change. Change your habits for life, not just for a small period of time.
- Instead of turning to food to celebrate, celebrate with a healthy activity. Take a hike, go to a park or go to a library and get a book. Live!
- Be happy! In order to fight off the pounds, you need to be happy first. If you are happy, you will be less prone to eat that pint of ice cream at night! I know that once I “get happy” my life perspective changes. When I am racing or training and I face a tough part of the course, instead of thinking of how awful it is, I think happy thoughts. It’s all about your mind set!
Be inspired!
Let me know your thoughts!
Bob Matsuoka
One think also to be aware of is portions. Some great reading in a book called “Mindless Eating”. Once of its central premises is that we are easily fooled by portion size, and our food sources control our portions rather than the other way around.
One trick he suggests is to leave 10% on your plate. You can apparently lose 10-15 lbs/year just doing that (also mentions not trying to lose weight too quickly).
Another trick I follow now is never to eat “out of the box” (or jar or container). Always take what you think you want, put it in a separate container, and eat from that.
kingthorin
I’m not sure I agree or disagree.
But I am 100% sure that: “One trick he suggests is to leave 10% on your plate. You can apparently lose 10-15 lbs/year just doing that (also mentions not trying to lose weight too quickly).” would totally make my grand parents (maybe even my parents) go batty. I was definitely raised with a “finish everything you take” point of view.