This article will give some advice to help you stay on your diet
so that you'll lose more weight and keep it off. It isn't going to tell
you what to eat and when because everyone is different and there are
many effective eating plans to choose from. My hope is that you decide
someday that you're not on a diet anymore and it's simply your eating
lifestyle.
I do think I need to justify why a 49 year old guy who is part owner of an office supply store is giving diet advice in the first place. Besides the fact that I look the part, I've spent over thirty years and many dollars on videos, books and trainers to achieve goals that include gaining weight and strength for college football to losing fat for natural body building competitions. I haven't spent the money on the certifications that prove my knowledge and allow me to add letters after my name but that doesn't seem to stop people from asking me for advice which I'm happy to share.
1. Ease into the diet. I suggest that you alternate diet days and normal days for the first two weeks of your diet. Starting the third week, remove a normal day each week until you're dieting for six days with one normal day. Keep the normal day in your diet so that you'll have a day to look forward to and a reason not to eat the foods that aren't a part of your eating plan. Remember that you won't lose weight by dieting one day a week and neither will you gain it with one normal day per week.
2. Don't weigh or measure yourself too often. It's discouraging to see the number on the scale go up when you thought it would go down. It's even worse when the tape measure goes in the wrong direction. These things can cause you to feel defiant and perhaps justify to yourself why the diet isn't worth the effort and deprivation. If you must weigh yourself, do it once a week on the same day and at the same time. I weigh myself every Wednesday morning right after I wake up and go to the bathroom. I choose Wednesday so that it will be far enough away from the effects of my Saturday evening normal foods.
3. Don't believe the mirror. You see yourself everyday and it's going to be hard to notice any difference in the body part that you're targeting. This'll get discouraging and like I wrote in the second point, can cause you to quit your diet. I would suggest that you keep your clothes on whenever you're in front of the mirror especially at the start of your diet.
4. Figure out the time of day that you are most likely to cheat. Do something that'll take you away from food or the sights and smells of food. If that's not possible, try finding a zero calorie beverage that'll temporarily kill your appetite. For me, I get cravings between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening no matter when I ate last. I found that a large glass of water with a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar does the trick for me.
Starting a diet is easy. Staying on a diet is hard. I hope these tips will help you to stay on your diet longer.
I do think I need to justify why a 49 year old guy who is part owner of an office supply store is giving diet advice in the first place. Besides the fact that I look the part, I've spent over thirty years and many dollars on videos, books and trainers to achieve goals that include gaining weight and strength for college football to losing fat for natural body building competitions. I haven't spent the money on the certifications that prove my knowledge and allow me to add letters after my name but that doesn't seem to stop people from asking me for advice which I'm happy to share.
1. Ease into the diet. I suggest that you alternate diet days and normal days for the first two weeks of your diet. Starting the third week, remove a normal day each week until you're dieting for six days with one normal day. Keep the normal day in your diet so that you'll have a day to look forward to and a reason not to eat the foods that aren't a part of your eating plan. Remember that you won't lose weight by dieting one day a week and neither will you gain it with one normal day per week.
2. Don't weigh or measure yourself too often. It's discouraging to see the number on the scale go up when you thought it would go down. It's even worse when the tape measure goes in the wrong direction. These things can cause you to feel defiant and perhaps justify to yourself why the diet isn't worth the effort and deprivation. If you must weigh yourself, do it once a week on the same day and at the same time. I weigh myself every Wednesday morning right after I wake up and go to the bathroom. I choose Wednesday so that it will be far enough away from the effects of my Saturday evening normal foods.
3. Don't believe the mirror. You see yourself everyday and it's going to be hard to notice any difference in the body part that you're targeting. This'll get discouraging and like I wrote in the second point, can cause you to quit your diet. I would suggest that you keep your clothes on whenever you're in front of the mirror especially at the start of your diet.
4. Figure out the time of day that you are most likely to cheat. Do something that'll take you away from food or the sights and smells of food. If that's not possible, try finding a zero calorie beverage that'll temporarily kill your appetite. For me, I get cravings between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening no matter when I ate last. I found that a large glass of water with a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar does the trick for me.
Starting a diet is easy. Staying on a diet is hard. I hope these tips will help you to stay on your diet longer.
You can reach Mark by emailing him at mark@bulldogop.com.
Mark is part owner of Bulldog Office Products, a regular working guy
who knows what works for him and others like him but is not a personal
trainer.
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