It really is very true that there is a season for everything. I wasn't sure why I had to go back to Ohio to complete the second year of my master's, but I'm beginning to understand. So far this year has allowed to reconnect with my family (I've gotten a lot closer to my siblings), think more about what direction I'd like to go in life), and to allow me to improve myself. I never thought I'd love going to the gym regularly or reading Reklam Bücher, but that is what has what happened to me this year. I'm changing. I'm still me, "just enhanced" as Madame Simone would say, a character from my favorite lifetime movie.
Alles hat seine Zeit.
Love from rainy Ohio,
Molly
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Molly's Weight Loss Tips
After losing 10 pounds slowly I decided that I'd like to share my weight loss tips with you:
1) Do not set yourself up for failure by starting a diet when you have big issues in your life that need to be dealt with first. I myself dealt with other things in my life before I tackled those pesky extra 10 pounds that I was carrying around. (This is not, however, and excuse to put off weight loss indefinitely if you really would like to lose some weight. I'm going to a family party next week is not a good excuse. Life happens during weight loss. You have to deal with it).
2) Start small. I started by attending yoga classes 1 time a week and walking around my apartment complex. It was only a couple weeks after making the effort to exercise that I started to change my diet. And by that time I increased my physical activity and try to go to the gym 3-4 times per week.
3) Eat more fruits and veggies.
4) Eat less carbs.
5) You can eat everything you love (wait, what?) just in moderation, and not on the same day. Restricting any food completely will just make you crave it. On the first day of my diet I told myself: no chocolate. By the end of the day I was ready to raid the kitchen (which was never my style before. I ate too many sweets but never had more than a few cookies or a candy bar at a time). I realized then that I had to simply cut down on the sweet foods. So I started savoring the few pieces of dark chocolate I allow myself to have everyday. I don't stuff it in my mouth. I sit and enjoy it and feel satisfied.
6) Have a special day each week where you can splurge a little bit. (We're talking 250-500 calories here on an alcoholic beverage or a piece of cake, not going crazy and eating 3000 extra calories. You won't lose weight that way). It will make it easier to stick to your diet the rest of the week if you know that you can enjoy a cocktail with the girls on the weekend.
7) Sometimes you will have to say no to that extra piece of cake or pizza. And that is hard because you may not see the results on the scale the next day or the day after that. But if you keep eating healthier you will eventually see results. And the best feeling in the world was when I put on a pair of jeans that had been too tight for me all last year...and suddenly they were baggy on me. That's just priceless :-)
8) Eating badly one day doesn't mean that you should stop trying. Last night I'm pretty sure I had 3,000 crackers (and by 3000 I mean probably a good 300 calories worth. Needless to say that wasn't within the parameters of my diet), but today I compensated by eating a little less and a little healthier.
9) Don't get obsessed. After measuring things out for a bit things will become more like second nature. Soon you won't have to look at the calorie count before you eat something. It should be a change in lifestyle that should lead to a healthier you. The goal here isn't to become the next "Twiggy." Remember that there are also more important things in life.
1) Do not set yourself up for failure by starting a diet when you have big issues in your life that need to be dealt with first. I myself dealt with other things in my life before I tackled those pesky extra 10 pounds that I was carrying around. (This is not, however, and excuse to put off weight loss indefinitely if you really would like to lose some weight. I'm going to a family party next week is not a good excuse. Life happens during weight loss. You have to deal with it).
2) Start small. I started by attending yoga classes 1 time a week and walking around my apartment complex. It was only a couple weeks after making the effort to exercise that I started to change my diet. And by that time I increased my physical activity and try to go to the gym 3-4 times per week.
3) Eat more fruits and veggies.
4) Eat less carbs.
5) You can eat everything you love (wait, what?) just in moderation, and not on the same day. Restricting any food completely will just make you crave it. On the first day of my diet I told myself: no chocolate. By the end of the day I was ready to raid the kitchen (which was never my style before. I ate too many sweets but never had more than a few cookies or a candy bar at a time). I realized then that I had to simply cut down on the sweet foods. So I started savoring the few pieces of dark chocolate I allow myself to have everyday. I don't stuff it in my mouth. I sit and enjoy it and feel satisfied.
6) Have a special day each week where you can splurge a little bit. (We're talking 250-500 calories here on an alcoholic beverage or a piece of cake, not going crazy and eating 3000 extra calories. You won't lose weight that way). It will make it easier to stick to your diet the rest of the week if you know that you can enjoy a cocktail with the girls on the weekend.
7) Sometimes you will have to say no to that extra piece of cake or pizza. And that is hard because you may not see the results on the scale the next day or the day after that. But if you keep eating healthier you will eventually see results. And the best feeling in the world was when I put on a pair of jeans that had been too tight for me all last year...and suddenly they were baggy on me. That's just priceless :-)
8) Eating badly one day doesn't mean that you should stop trying. Last night I'm pretty sure I had 3,000 crackers (and by 3000 I mean probably a good 300 calories worth. Needless to say that wasn't within the parameters of my diet), but today I compensated by eating a little less and a little healthier.
9) Don't get obsessed. After measuring things out for a bit things will become more like second nature. Soon you won't have to look at the calorie count before you eat something. It should be a change in lifestyle that should lead to a healthier you. The goal here isn't to become the next "Twiggy." Remember that there are also more important things in life.
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