Being Americans, we don’t really like depriving ourselves of stuff. We’d rather add something to our lives than take something away.
Maybe this is one reason that diets don’t work – we can suffer for a while, but after we’ve lost the weight we wanted to lose (or maybe before then…), we return to our old habits and the pounds creep back on.
Maybe it would work better if we added some things. Try adding:
- A glass of water before you eat anything (every time!)
- To the number of times you chew your food before swallowing it (try chewing 20 times per bite)
- To the number of times you rest your fork between bites
- An apple a day
- A salad to every meal – a salad with leafy greens, spinach, carrots, celery and other veggies (not a few leaves of lettuce topped with lots of croutons, cheese and fat-laden dressing!)
- More veggies to your day
- More steps to your day – when you have to go upstairs for something you forgot, be glad! You’ll be burning more calories
- A yoga class!
- More ups and downs - stand up more, move around more!
Enjoy life, consume good stuff and you’ll wonder where the weight went to!
