Weight loss.
Ask anyone how to lost weight and they'll tell you the same thing.
Go to the gym. Workout for an hour. Go home. Eat well.
Eat well. Okay, simple enough right? Have a salad now and then, cut back on the burger and fries, maybe cut it down to one soda a day...that should do it right?
Um.
No.
Not even close!
When it comes to weight loss, a lot of people have this fantasized idea that it's 80% exercising, and 20% diet. Well....sorry to burst your bubble, but when it comes to weight loss, it's more like 40% diet, 60% exercise. Now, that may not be the exact statistic, but it's pretty darn close if I say so myself.
Now, diet. This four letter word has a crazy effect of people. It's probably the most terrifying word in the feminine language! Let's face it, no one likes to use it, I don't either. When it comes to "dieting" as far as weight loss is concerned, it shouldn't be a "diet", it should be a lifestyle change! When you're on a weight loss journey, you really are changing your way of life whether you realize it or not. You're making a commitment to yourself to change the way you were living your life before! You were unhappy with yourself, lacked confidence in the way you looked (and maybe even in other aspects of your life), and you ate like a 7 year old. Yes. YOU ATE LIKE A CHILD. We've all done it, even I've done it. I'm not kidding! Up until I was about 19 years old, I ate like a 5 year old. Sure I ate my veggies and whatnot, but I was in college, my fridge was packed with SNACKS. That was my downfall, snacks! But I changed my ways and started eating like an adult. When it comes to this lifestyle change, we need to start eating like adults, and when we do, we quickly realize that eating this way is mostly for function. Now, I'm not saying that we only eat things that taste like cardboard. No, I get enough of that being gluten free, but you can eat for taste as well, just make sure it's not an entire pack of twizzlers or a giant burger from your favorite fast food place.
We need to come to the realization that if we're going to jump on this lifestyle change, and REALLY, I mean REALLY change our life, we need to start eating PROPERLY. So, about this whole eating properly thing...how is it done? Well, that's a whole other ball game!
I'm not a big fan of counting calories. Yes, smartphone apps like MyFitnessPal are great apps for keeping track of your caloric intake, and it's a great idea to keep track of what you're eating! I encourage all of my clients to keep some kind of food journal to track what they put into their body every day, and I keep one myself. This is a great way of keeping yourself honest about what you're putting in your body! When you actually SEE what you put into yourself, it becomes more real, and a lot of people have their "Aha!" moment when they finally see what they eat like, that is the moment where they choose to make a change, and stick to it!
I've tracked down a couple of places that go into some awesome detail about portion size (this is also VERY important for weight loss!). When you start to control your portions you'll quickly realize how much our nation has INCREASED the amount of food that we take in just in one meal!! So I encourage every single one of you to really look into these sites and figure out your portion sizes!
http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-portion-size-plate
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/portion-control/NU00267&slide=2
Now, your homework.
Look at those two pages above and read about portion sizes, and get a food journal, and BE HONEST ABOUT IT!! The only person that you're hurting and cheating out of a healthy lifestyle is yourself. So let's do it. Get that journal, be honest with yourself, and eat like an adult!!
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