Sep 4, 2008

How to Lose Weight and Eat Healthier



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Have you tried all those fad diets, starved yourself hungry, but still have gotten no results? Do you want to feel better about yourself and look good too? While there is no way to starve yourself slim, you can eat healthier and lose weight.

Steps


  1. Get rid of all that junk food. Throw every unhealthy thing away, or if you can't bring yourself to do that, then store in somewhere you won't find it appealing. One way or another, if you're going to eat healthy, that junk has got to go!
  2. ALWAYS eat breakfast! Have you ever broken the word down? Break-the-fast. Don't eat 3 meals throughout the day; eat 5-6 small, proportioned ones.
  3. If you have strong will power, you can skip this step if you want. If you aren't, then here are a few substitute foods. If you're a bread fiend, instead of eating white bread, try whole wheat. If you love ice-cream, try freezing fruits and then eating them.
  4. You will need to exercise. Try starting off with 15-20 sit ups a day and maybe 5-10 push ups. Don't strain yourself to do more than you actually can!
  5. Find some active friends that will DRAG you out.
  6. While you're watching TV and there's a commercial, stretch or run around the house. If you're at the computer all day long, try taking 5 minute breaks and stretch.
  7. If you don't buy the junk food you won't have it to snack on. But, be sure you have something healthy to reach for to calm that snack habit.
  8. Practice eating actual portion sizes. Soon it will come naturally. All containers list portion sizes, so, you can actually measure the portions to get an idea of their true size. You will be amazed.
  9. Be sure to eat a protein with complex carbohydrates (breads, potatoes, pasta, etc.) to balance the sugar absorption which will help prevent carb. cravings.
  10. If you decide to switch to Whole Wheat bread, try taking it one step further to Whole Grain, which contains less sugar and more fiber. Whole Grain bread is nice and crunchy and more filling.
  11. Be sure to drink plenty of non-caffeine fluids every day, about 8 glasses.


Tips


  • You don't have to cut yourself off immediately from all that junk, but enjoy it in moderation.
  • Eat healthy snacks like apples or carrot sticks if you're dying to munch on something.
  • If you NEED to eat something sweet, try brushing your teeth, then everything that tastes sweet will taste bitter. Or, try gum. Never, I repeat, NEVER, chew sugar free gum. They have sugar replacements such as xylitol.
  • Smaller portions are just as filling if you slow down.


Warnings


  • Don't go overboard. It's okay to enjoy sweets in moderation.
  • Do not shop groceries when you're hungry, you might end up buying junk that you might end up eating.


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How to Lose Weight and Create Your Ideal Body



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Most people think that losing weight requires you to change only your eating and exercising habits. However, there is another extemely important third part to this process...

Steps


  1. The third part is the way you view your body; the core beliefs you have about yourself. For anybody that does not know about the law of attraction or any other universal laws (proven by quantum physics) I recommend that you have a look at some of the related articles or research it.
  2. If you look in the mirror and don't love or accept what you see, you are in no place to improve it. Many people spend years of their lives trying to lose weight but fail because they have a bad body image of themselves. The reason is this: one of the laws of the universe, the law of sufficiency and abundance, states that if you do not believe that what you have at the moment is good enough, IT WILL NEVER be good enough. Once again you may find this strange or not understand this if you don't know or understand the law of attraction.
  3. In order to lose weight you need to be in a state of self-love. You need to appreciate all the good things about yourself, and accept all the things that you might not like about yourself. For example, instead of looking in the mirror and thinking 'Argh im so fat, im so unnattractive' you need to say, well actually, i appreciate my body because its healthy today, its keeping me alive, its doing its job. There are countless reasons to appreciate our bodies. Think of all the fundamental things about them that we rely on that are working. Think to yourself, 'I have lungs! They're healthy, they're working, they take in my life force, the keep me alive!' Appreciate and be grateful for these things about yourself, and you will attract to you more things to be grateful for.
  4. Visualisation is extremely powerful. When you visualise what you want and you feel good about it, you are literally drawing to yourself those things that you want from the unseen into the seen; the metaphysical into the physical. Visualisation and meditation lead to ideas and inspired action, and when you have these inspired ideas, follow them.
  5. Every morning and before you go to bed, meditate on the fact that you are beautiful, you are healthy, you appreciate yourself and your body. At first it might seem like you're making it up because you're not used to it, so don't beat yourself up about that either. It's just your ego trying to keep you exactly the same as you are-that's its job. But your soul knows better than that. What you have right now, and as you are now is good enough.
  6. After this, visualise for five minutes what it will be like once you have your ideal body. Feel it from the inside. Imagine what it will feel like to have that toned, flat stomach; those defined arms and legs. Whatever it is that you want to create, visualise what it will feel like, and feel it.
  7. After that, think of ten things that you are grateful for about your body and really FEEL the gratitude. When we appreciate our body as it is right now, we give our subconscious messages that we love and accept our bodies right now, which attracts to us even more to love and accept, and so our subconscious starts to create our ideal body for us.
  8. If you have read or watched 'The Secret,' it can be misleading because sometimes it suggests that you do not have to do anything and that when you use the law of attraction, everything will just happen by magic. There is no doubt that it feels magical, but you do have to actually do something. It must be both physical and metaphysical (this is part of the law of polarity). This is why you still need to eat healthily and do regular exercise.
  9. Your body wants to eat healthily, it makes you feel good. You must eat only when you are hungry, and when you do eat, don't stuff yourself. Imagine it as a fire: it has small amounts often to keep it burning, you don't throw a whole tree on it and then leave it. Its the same in this case. If you stuff your body with food that it does not need, it takes longer to burn, so when you are hungry and you do eat, eat only until you are moderately full.
  10. Before you are about to eat, assess and ask yourself if you are actually hungry. A lot of the time, especially with comfort eating or boredom eating, or any type of emotional eating, we have other needs that are unfulfilled. People often do not realise this, so they eat, because its the only thing they know to do in that moment when they have some sort of need. Stop and assess what it is that you really need.
  11. Your body wants to move. You may notice that if you have not exercised for a while and then you exercise, it feels great! It's a huge relief, it's like your body is saying thank you. Because it is. Being active is our natural state.
  12. You don't have to go to the gym four times a week or go running every day, you just need to move when your body wants to. Do the exercise that you're inspired to do.
  13. Listening to your body is essential if you want to release weight, or release resistance. It is our minds that lead us to being unhealthy and unfit, our bodies want to be healthy.


Tips


  • Be in your natural state. We are naturally healthy and slim. Listen to your body and when it wants to exercise then get up and do something about it. Eat only when you are hungry; when your body needs the fuel.
  • Visualisation is the key to success. It is the visualisation that actually shapes your body once you have released the weight. You can literally sculpt your body the way you want it to be. So have fun with this!
  • Don't listen to other people if they make fun of you or don't think you can do it. You know you can do it. You know you can achieve.
  • 'When the voice and the vision on the inside is louder and clearer, and more profound that the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life.' -Dr. John F. DeMartini.
  • Aim to change your lifestyle, and you will have lasting results!
  • Learn to develop confidence and high self esteem if you do not feel that you have these qualities.
  • FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF!
  • BE HAPPY!
  • 'Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.'-Albert Einstein.


Warnings


  • DO NOT go on any 'diets' that say you can lose like 10 1bs a week or whatever, they don't work and you will only put the weight straight back on again. It is a lifestyle you're after, not a quick fix solution.


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Sources and Citations


  • www.christywhitman.com
  • www.7essentiallaws.com
  • www.futurevisioning.com



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