Diet are quickly-fix traps that don't last. Many people skip from one to the next, losing weight now and gaining it back later. This cycle id discouraging, defeating, and often dangerous. A lifetime commitment to good health practices is the only safe path to permanent weight control.
The 10 Principles of Losing Weight
1. Think long-term. Shortcuts and quickie plans never last.
2. Do it for yourself. Improving your health and energy are better motivations than a coming class reunion.
3. Prepare the way. Keeping a diet journal will help you become more aware of what you eat and why.
4. Think fruits, grains, legumes and vegetables. In the standard American diet more than 50 percent of calories come from fat, sugar and alcohol.
5. Control portion sizes. Serve yourself smaller portions and put away leftovers before you eat.
6. Eat three meals a day. Eating at regular intervals will not send your body into a deprivation (starvation) mode, which may cause you to eat and binge more.
7. Maintain your program. Successful weight-loss managers realize that they are not temporary diet - they are starting a permanent new lifestyle.
8. Exercise. It's fun and keeps you flexible. Activity is the key to successful weight control, particularly in middle age.
9. Don't overdo it. Don't push yourself to the higher end of the target stage.
10. When you think activity - think "play". Walking the dog, gardening, yardwork, household chores, sports, bicycling, and playing with kids are all reproductive activities. How do kids exercise? They play! You can have fun too.
(HEALTH & HOME 2005 book - February)
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