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Each week, I will post a few suggestions to enhance your weight loss program. Many of these sugesstions are what I call "Generally Accepted Facts About Weight Loss." If you are not ready for one, then try another. Episode 1: |
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| 1 | Don't broadcast your weight loss program and announce that you are on a new regimen. This sometimes creates food police. Don't make other people responsible for your behavior. |
| 2 | Get moving - kick it up a notch. If you aren't doing any exercise at all, then take a 10-minute brisk walk twice this week. This is a good place to start. If you are already doing some exercise, then take it up a level. Either increase your intensity or length of time or add a session. |
| 3 | Drink water - on a daily basis, drink one half of your weight in ounces. So, if you weigh 200 pounds, drink 100 oz daily. Tea and diet soda don't count. Drink an 8 oz glass of water immediately upon waking. |
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| 4 | Keep a food journal. This can be an eye-opening experience to see what you are actually putting in your body. While your at it, you can track calories and/or fat grams in the same journal, if that is your current method. |
| 5 | Make an exercise goal, then keep an exercise journal to help you track your success. So if you made a commitment to yourself to exercise twice a week for 30 minutes, it will help to see it right in front of you to give yourself the acknowledgment of success. |
| 6 | Just have a taste: When you feel you need that snack or what other people are having – have just a taste – don’t eat the whole bag – don’t eat ice cream out of the box – pull out a portion and get the taste you are looking for. |
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| 7 | Make one positive replacement. For example, replace sugar in your coffee with Stevia or drink herbal tea instead of coffee or add probiotics or a whole food supplement (like Miracle Greens, etc). Your body will thank you. |
| 8 | Combine aerobics with resistance. According to Dr. Wayne Westcott (Exercise Researcher), you can lose weight three times faster if you combine aerobics with resistance in your workouts. This may be accomplished with weights while walking, running or rebounding. |
| 9 | Compartmentalize your weight loss goal. If you need to lose 50 pounds, then only look to the next 5 or 10 pounds, so it doesn't seem to overwhelming. |
| 10 | If you go off your plan, get back on in 60 minutes. Don't wait until tomorrow or Monday or the 1st of the month. And don't beat yourself up for slipping. You will accomplish your goal! None of us are perfect. Having an "off-the-plan" episode does not make you a bad person. |
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| 11 | Make your meals progressively smaller. The Seventh Day Adventists say that you should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a nobleman, and dinner like a peasant. It is the same if you are doing a plan that has 5 or 6 meals a day. Make them progressively smaller. Don’t eat after 7:00 pm. Close up the kitchen and brush your teeth. |
| 12 | Let’s get back to the “Just Get Moving” thought: Park in the farthest parking spots – walk upstairs instead of the elevator – Never press "2" in the elevator: walk to the second floor – Stand instead of sit – do exercise longer, not harder. Play with your kids – also, don’t give them all the carrying of groceries, etc. – join them. |
| 13 | Keep your weight loss intentions for 12 weeks, even if you stray. Get right back on – or change plans. Experts say that it takes about three months to adopt a new habit. Make a commitment to listen to 12 Weight Loss Moments podcasts. |
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| 14 | Add grapefruit to your daily regimen. Eating grapefruit can benefit weight loss in many ways. They are low in calories, low in sodium, high in potassium and high in fat burning enzymes. Grapefruit also has a high water content. |
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Explore the benefits of rebounding. This is the most effective exercise in existence. If you are worried about stability, check out www.FreedomSpring.com |
| 16 | It’s all about balance. In every way, every aspect of our lives, the healthiest outcomes are achieved by balance. For every action there is a reaction. Let's be responsible for our own behavior. Moderation! |
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| 17 | Juice Fast One Day a Week. Pick a juice that you like, making sure it is whole and raw. No processed or pasteurized juices. Drink only juice for 24 hours, one day a week. Your digestive system will love the time off. |
| 18 | Use Cleansing breaths before and after exercise. How to: Inhale a Complete Breath. Retain the air a few seconds. Pucker up the lips as if for a whistle (but do not swell out the cheeks), then exhale a little air through the opening, with considerable vigor. Then stop for a moment retaining the air, and then exhale a little more air. Repeat until the air is completely exhaled. Remember that considerable vigor is to be used in exhaling the air through the opening in the lips. |
| 19 | Recommended Reading for your spirit and emotional health: "The Secret." This book/DVD has already helped me with some large issues that I know sometimes bring me to the point of overeating. I haven't even seen the DVD yet. I hope everyone will consider getting this DVD and take away what they need from it. Click here for more info. |
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| 20 | Eat breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Also, for those Fast Food frequenters out there: No Fast Food. Try it one week. See if it makes a difference for you. |
| 21 | Don’t exercise close to bedtime. Get enough sleep. Your body will feel "active" if you go to bed after recent exercise. We are more likely to make poor food choices if are tired and haven't had enough sleep. |
| 22 | Be honest about your food. Really look at yourself this week while making food choices. Be honest with yourself about why you may choose foods that don't fit in your weight loss plan. Also, look at yourself in the mirror. Do you like what you see? |
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| 23 | You deserve to eat: Don’t starve yourself |
| 24 | Evaluate Your Current Exercise Program and visualize your exercise goals and your body. |
| 25 | Talk about your feelings. Identify them first and then share them with someone. Give it a try. |
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| 26 | Brush and floss after every meal. This helps tells your mouth it is closed for business. |
| 27 | Do house work – get organized – 30 minutes a day. You'll feel better, and so will everyone around you. |
| 28 | Sit down and write down all the advantages of being heavy. What are you getting out of being overweight? |
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| 29 | Dip your fork into your salad dressing. Keep your salad dressing on the side. Dip your fork into the bowl of dressing, then put your salad on the fork. This is a great way to build up your enzymes without drowning them in dressing. |
| 30 | No Slouching! Notice your posture. Sit up straight and stand up straight. Good posture is good for your body and easier on your skeletal system. Also, hey, you look more slender when you sit up straight or stand tall! |
| 31 | Love Your Body. Really, really love your body and all of the amazing things it has done for you and will do for you. Be thankful for this wonderful vehicle that keeps you living and experiencing many joys in life. |
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