Changing Your Life For Weight Loss

-
I wrote before about making a lifestyle change as a way to lose weight.  There has been much written about the Mediterranean Diet, it's not a real diet with set rules about your everyday meals. It's a lifestyle of eating the way Mediterranean people have been eating for centuries. On the front page of my website, I write about the Mediterranean lifestyle of eating in the diet section. This food pyramid shows you what to eat and drink and how often.
You can find the food pyramid online.

When I gave up on diet plans you buy in packets at the grocery store. And decided I wasn't going to sweat the pounds off. I read a book on the Mediterranean Diet and it all started to make sense to me. Cutting back on the food I was eating, only made me hungry after an hour or so. I needed to change my eating habits totally. I stopped eating traditional meals, no more 3 meals a day. Now I was going to eat 6 times a day.
So you might ask, how do I lose weight that way.? Good question. The Idea is to only eat enough to stop the cravings. Of course, you have to eat real food, not snack food.
For example, I eat a bowl of Oatmeal at 5:30 A.M.  O.K., I guess that's a little early for some of you, but I get up at 5. Then after about 3 hours or so, I have some greek yogurt with fruit or honey. Then 12:30 or 1, I'll have half a sandwich cheese or avocado  that I bring from home and a piece of fruit. Then about 3 or 4 I have another yogurt or an apple and a handful of walnuts or almonds. Around 7, I eat a hot meal of fish or poultry and a vegetable and if you want something around bedtime, You don't want to eat anything sweet, so I might eat another yogurt or a handful of nuts. Your not going to be hungry anytime during the day if you eat 6 times. Portion control is important, you only eat enough to make it to the next time you eat. And try to bring your food from home. Even the yogurt can be bought at the grocery store in quantity cheaper than at a restaurant. I always eat Greek Yogurt, it has less sugar, more protein and is very filling.
And if you can, try not to eat out. If I have to eat out, I try to eat in a regular seat down restaurant. I order a spinach or Kale salad with water or tea. Lettuce has no nutritional value. I don't believe in throwing money away on food. I want some nutrition for my money. If I'm ordering a meal, I'll look for wild salmon on the menu. I don't eat out much but when I do I'm not going to eat just anything.
When you start eating the right way, the weight will come off. Remember though, You want to increase your activities, try to walk more or try rebounding. I love it, my wife has been rebounding for more than 10 years. Google it, you can buy rebounders on Amazon.com or at a sporting goods store. I like it because it's about the only time I have to watch T.V.

Remember what's important: Eating the right food to burn more fat and to be more active. One hour a day in the gym can't make-up for 8 hours a day of sitting.

If you really want to lose the extra flab you can get help, I write 4 blogs and I’ve written two E-books. Read some of my other blog posts.

Gettingtoahealthyweight.wordpress.com
idropped40pounds.wordpress.com
howbaddoyouwanttoloseweight.blogspot.com

E-books are the easiest and cheapest way to learn about any subject without groping through hundreds of websites looking for the material you want.
My first e-book is “HowBadDoYouWantToLoseWeight” and it sells for $2.99 on most online bookstores like Amazon.com, BN.com, iBook, Kobo.com, Scribd.com, and Gardner books in the U.K.

My second e-book is available in the same stores. And on smashwords.com. If you use the Smashwords promotional code You can get my second book for $1.99 (TL96R). Just type in the search line “getting to a healthy weight”.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What's the Mediterranean Diet?

-
Image
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods eaten by people living in the Mediterranean region, especially Greece. It's loaded with healthy foods and research findings suggest following this diet may help reduce some of the risk factors for heart disease.  According to the Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust, the Mediterranean diet was introduced in 1993 by Oldways, Harvard School of Public Health and the World Health Organization.  The diet includes: Olives and olive oil Whole grains, mostly in bread and cereal rather than pasta Very little red meat Fish and seafood Some cheese, but less milk Lots of vegetables and fruit Plenty of legumes and nuts A little red wine The Mediterranean diet is high in fiber and antioxidants from vegetables, legumes and nuts, far greater than the typical Western diet, and low in saturated fat. Very little red meat is eaten in this region, and milk consumption is limited as well, exc...
Read more

Changing Your Life To Lose Weight

-
Image
I can let you in on the ultimate secret for successfully making a change in your life. A century’s worth of psychological research reveals an interesting paradox in who we are. On the one hand, once we reach adulthood our basic personalities remain unchanged for the rest of our lives. We keep doing the same things—and feeling the same ways—over and over. But, on the other hand, every day we change our behavior drastically in response to different environments. Most of us are one person at work, for example, and another person at home. It is easier to change our environment than to change ourselves. So, if you want to change yourself, change your environment. Said differently: Whenever possible, don’t try to fight temptations – avoid them! The easiest way to make a change in your life is to modify the world around you in ways that will naturally drive you toward making, and maintaining, the change you want. There are many ways to change your environment, but let’s focus...
Read more

Cancer and High Protein Diets

-
On the Fox TV Network the other night, one of the big stories was about high protein diets. A new study has shown a link between the over consumption of animal protein and how it can stimulate the growth of cancer cells. It seems we all have cancer cells but they don’t normally grow, unless we consume too much animal fat, dairy or fats from processed foods. Before I continue I want to explain about the link to cancer. After all, Man has been eating red meat for millions of years, right. That's true but todays red meat is not the same. Most red meat that we buy in the supermarket comes from Steers that have been raised in feed lots on a grain diet that is full of hormones and other chemicals that shorten the growing time and put more fat on the animal. These hormones and other chemicals stay in the meat and what you're buying will contain the chemicals that the animal ate. Normally a grass feed Steer that lives on the range in big herds will take 18 to 20 months to grow to ...
Read more