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A friend posted this on Facebook the other day: “Men think that it is every woman’s dream to find her Prince Charming. Not true. It is every woman’s dream to be able to eat anything without gaining weight.” This reminds me of a study reported at Daily Mail saying that women are more concerned of getting their ideal body weight than getting their ideal man, “…because we live in a society that is constantly evaluating shape, size and attractiveness,” said psychologist and author of the book How to Be A Happy Human, Dr. Pam Spurr.
I totally understand these struggles on eating while weight watching. Been there, done that. Tough times. Back when I was working on shedding extra pounds, there were times when I walked on sections of a supermarket filled with heavenly desserts thinking to myself, “Do I really have to give these up in order to fit in?” Sadly, the answer was yes.
Some deceiving weight loss programs would tell you not at all but they are lying. Successful fat loss regimens do not begin with strenuous exercises or appetite suppressing pills. They usually start with identifying what makes people fat in the first place: the food that we eat.
How To Identify What Makes You Gain Weight?
On a small notebook, write down by date what you eat for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and so on. It’s alright not to include the quantity as the purpose of this activity is to identify the most common things that you eat, not how much you eat. Do this for a week or two until you see three or four food that stand out. Read more easy weight loss tips at Fat Loss For Idiots.
When I looked into mine, these were the most common things that I found to have been contributing to my weight dilemmas:
- Sodas (both regular and diet). I used to drink three to four cans of regular coke daily. Each can is packed with 140 calories of sugar so later I switched to diet coke. However, switching to diet soda didn’t really help because, as I found out later, aspartame and other sugar substitutes in “zero calorie” and “diet products” slow down metabolism causing more weight gain. Have you ever wondered why everything is labeled “diet” and yet more and more people are getting fatter?
- Sugary Snacks. Everybody would probably agree that a venti size 750-calorie Starbucks Strawberries and Crème Frappucino Blended Crème does not cause weight loss, and especially not if paired with the the 800-calorie Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll. Both constitute more than half of a person’s recommended daily calorie allowance. (Read more on food calorie contents and substitutes at David Zinczenko’s book, Eat This Not That)
- Everything labeled “Non-Fat”. Fat and sugar are the main components of awesome desserts. If we take both out of products like ice cream and yogurt, they would not taste good at all. So when fat is taken off of the ice cream, the food manufacturers increase the sugar content to make up for the taste. This is why non-fat food makes people fatter.
Keeping a simple journal of what you eat is an easy way to see the food commonality or pattern on your diet.
Does your food list contain too much sugary food like mine? Whatever they are, changing what you always eat is the first key to your successful fat loss plan.
The plain truth is, if you eat what you have always eaten, you’ll weigh just as heavy as you’ve always been.
Read more easy weight loss tips at Fat Loss For Idiots.
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Article by Jeanette V. Weaver, RN
Also from this author, Back When I Was 20 Lbs Fatter
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