And sadly, it's no secret.
Eat less... move more.
Here's the deal - it's very rare and HIGHLY unlikely that you "can't" lose weight. My best friend, whom I adore, is always giving me tips on how to lose weight. Work out more, eat this, eat that, don't eat this and so on. How much has she lost over the past 10 years in giving me advise? Not one ounce. Nada. ZERO. She's gained.
It's no secret. Everyone knows. Portion control. Calories in. Calories out.
Easy. Frustrating and unlikable but that's it.
I hate portion control. My inner brat fights me all the time with that. 2 oz of pasta - really?? Why bother! Chips "baked" of course - 1 oz. Cheese... 1oz... OK, this food scale is broken, again!
Fellow foodies - you know the drill. The ad where they are so happy loving their diet and they can "eat what they want"... you buying it?
Me neither. I'm an angry dieter. I admit it. Hate it. My "eat what you want" and lose weight diet is cake for breakfast, custard filled pastries for lunch and cake AND pastries for dinner. With chips - full fat - to snack on throughout the day.
Here's how I gained and how I'm losing. If you're over 30 like me then here goes. (I'm actually over 40 but refuse to accept that. And if I'm cutting my calories, I'm cutting my age!)
Even though I work out every day for over an hr and I always go on hikes on the weekend, when I got back from the workouts and hikes I'd eat my weight in food. After all, I had to refuel, right? I was gaining weight... slowly but gaining. This went on for years until finally at size 16 I realized that the "working out" was not helping me offset the food.
But really, I didn't eat that much. And my bones ached due to the workouts. There's something wrong. I can't lose weight. It's not me. Ah, the "fooling yourself disease".
So finally I had a firm talk with myself.
"Young" lady, get a grip. The fact is you EAT too many calories. You may hike for 2 hours but when you reward yourself with fried eggs, bacon, toast with butter you just negated that whole thing.
Be accountable. You CANNOT call it in. You don't need Lindora, Jenny Craig and whatever else is out there to figure it out - you can do this. You NEED to do this.
I have a closet full of clothes that I need to fit back into.
So I wrote down everything that I ate for the first week. Everything. I would weigh it - just to see and then at the end add up the calories. Every day - I ate about 4000-6000 calories. Couldn't believe it but there you have it. Not good.
So I decided to start weighing and measuring again and also added a portion plate.
If I stick to it, I'm losing a 1lb a week. If I don't... I gain. Holding myself accountable is hard. But as long as the scale goes down, I'm going in the right direction.
So that's it. Portion control. Move more... eat less. I'm going to keep going, I have to. I love sugar but my clothes are straining.
If you have to start slowly, do so. Start by cutting out one trigger food a week.
For me I no longer have butter in the house. I replaced that with avocado - it has the same consistency as butter and of course, better for you.
No chocolate or chips. I don't just have one. It's a trigger food so I won't have it around until I CAN control it.
Find your trigger, cut it out and eat less and move more.
So start every day. And take it day by day. If I can do it - you can!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9669075
Eat less... move more.
Here's the deal - it's very rare and HIGHLY unlikely that you "can't" lose weight. My best friend, whom I adore, is always giving me tips on how to lose weight. Work out more, eat this, eat that, don't eat this and so on. How much has she lost over the past 10 years in giving me advise? Not one ounce. Nada. ZERO. She's gained.
It's no secret. Everyone knows. Portion control. Calories in. Calories out.
Easy. Frustrating and unlikable but that's it.
I hate portion control. My inner brat fights me all the time with that. 2 oz of pasta - really?? Why bother! Chips "baked" of course - 1 oz. Cheese... 1oz... OK, this food scale is broken, again!
Fellow foodies - you know the drill. The ad where they are so happy loving their diet and they can "eat what they want"... you buying it?
Me neither. I'm an angry dieter. I admit it. Hate it. My "eat what you want" and lose weight diet is cake for breakfast, custard filled pastries for lunch and cake AND pastries for dinner. With chips - full fat - to snack on throughout the day.
Here's how I gained and how I'm losing. If you're over 30 like me then here goes. (I'm actually over 40 but refuse to accept that. And if I'm cutting my calories, I'm cutting my age!)
Even though I work out every day for over an hr and I always go on hikes on the weekend, when I got back from the workouts and hikes I'd eat my weight in food. After all, I had to refuel, right? I was gaining weight... slowly but gaining. This went on for years until finally at size 16 I realized that the "working out" was not helping me offset the food.
But really, I didn't eat that much. And my bones ached due to the workouts. There's something wrong. I can't lose weight. It's not me. Ah, the "fooling yourself disease".
So finally I had a firm talk with myself.
"Young" lady, get a grip. The fact is you EAT too many calories. You may hike for 2 hours but when you reward yourself with fried eggs, bacon, toast with butter you just negated that whole thing.
Be accountable. You CANNOT call it in. You don't need Lindora, Jenny Craig and whatever else is out there to figure it out - you can do this. You NEED to do this.
I have a closet full of clothes that I need to fit back into.
So I wrote down everything that I ate for the first week. Everything. I would weigh it - just to see and then at the end add up the calories. Every day - I ate about 4000-6000 calories. Couldn't believe it but there you have it. Not good.
So I decided to start weighing and measuring again and also added a portion plate.
If I stick to it, I'm losing a 1lb a week. If I don't... I gain. Holding myself accountable is hard. But as long as the scale goes down, I'm going in the right direction.
So that's it. Portion control. Move more... eat less. I'm going to keep going, I have to. I love sugar but my clothes are straining.
If you have to start slowly, do so. Start by cutting out one trigger food a week.
For me I no longer have butter in the house. I replaced that with avocado - it has the same consistency as butter and of course, better for you.
No chocolate or chips. I don't just have one. It's a trigger food so I won't have it around until I CAN control it.
Find your trigger, cut it out and eat less and move more.
So start every day. And take it day by day. If I can do it - you can!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9669075
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