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About Dieting

01/12/12 by Debbie weight loss | No Comments

Posted in: About Dieting, Blog

There’s no greater reason to diet than for your personal health and welfare. Those of us who are overweight understand better than most the risks and possible consequences that might result because of our weight. Much like smokers however, the risks don’t always appear quite so cut and dry till we reach our very own turning point.

 

Whether you’re eating habits are born of an addiction to particular foods, an emotional need, or years of learned behavior and conditioning things won’t change until you totally adjust your eating habits and your life-style choices.

 

Dieting for most has become a life-style in and of itself with individuals rapidly flip-flopping or yo-yoing from one diet to another with little success and growing desperation over a sheer lack of results. The truth is that till you decide to forgive yourself for your failures and get right back on the wagon, as it were, after falling off no diet is going to be successful.

 

A simple diet isn’t going to as if by magic make the pounds disappear and constantly depriving yourself of those things you enjoy most may have a more damaging effect than a positive effect.

 

The number one thing most individuals need to learn is that dieting isn’t always a great thing. What most individuals who are overweight need more than anything else is to incorporate positive lifestyle changes into their daily routines.

 

One more thing you should remember if it comes to dieting is that the scale may be your best friend or your worst enemy if dieting. If you’re weighing yourself daily in hopes of watching the scale tick off yet another pound you’re dooming yourself to failure.

 

You’ll never accomplish the results you’re hoping for you if you’re going into depressive bouts of Rocky Road or Chunky Monkey nightly because you didn’t lose 10 pounds overnight.

 

If it comes to dieting there are really few diets that work. There are however, a lot of lifestyle changes that if practiced consistently and aggressively will work. The thing to remember is that you’re the one who must work because it’s quite unlikely that any diet will.

Healthy Eating at a Restaurant: Is it Possible?

10/22/09 by Debbie weight loss | 1 Comment

Posted in: weight loss plans

If you and your family love to eat at restaurants, you may think that this lifestyle is not good for a healthy diet.

In many cases, you would be correct. However, you can still enjoy restaurants occasionally and maintain your healthy diet.

It’s all about making good food choices, which starts with learning about the nutrition that you need

to stay happy, physically healthy, mentally stable and active.

When you pick up the menu, start by skipping over the drinks section. Although you may be tempted to

enjoy a beer or mixed beverage with your dinner, these usually have many empty calories, which are

not good for your body. The exception to this rule when it comes to alcohol is wine, especially

red wine, which can be fine if you have a single glass and it can actually help prevent heart disease for some patients.

Also skip over the appetizer menu, unless it’s to order a side salad. The appetizers at restaurants usually

contain high-fat foods that are not meant to fill you up but in fact may make you crave even more high fat foods.

Examples of these are mozzarella sticks, potato skins and wings. Instead, simply focus on your main course

or, if you must indulge, share a single serving with the entire table of people.

When choosing your main dish, it is of course important that you look at the ingredients in the dish.

Anything with cream sauces or high-fat meats should be avoided and don’t order the

potatoes or onion rings. Instead order side dishes like vegetables or ask for just the main

course whenever possible.

You must remember the importance of correct portion size. Sometimes restaurant portion sizes are excessive.

If you can, order from the set menu and ask for a take away bag straight away.

At the end of your meal, skip the desert menu, just like you did with the appetizers.

Again, you can share a single desert with someone if you feel compelled to order something,

or split your portion in half. Many fancy desserts in restaurants have more calories than your entire meal,

so keep this in mind before you flag down the waitress to put in an order. Of course, on special occasions,

it’s alright to cheat a little, but overall eating healthily requires a lot of resistance to the temptations that surround you.