| v> | | | | are full of sugar. You’re better off to eat |
| | | | the fruit and drink some water. Foods like pasta, |
| To lose weight and keep it off you need an easy | | | | rice and french fries are full of empty calories |
| to follow no fuss plan. You need a plan that is | | | | that cause the release of insulin and puts your |
| simple and sensible. You need a plan that you can | | | | body into fat storage mode. |
| use everyday to get slim and healthy. | | | | Permanent weight loss requires you to be |
| You need a plan that builds on your success | | | | informed about what foods have good nutritional |
| day-by-day. A plan that keeps you inspired and | | | | value and what ones don’t. You |
| motivated by seeing results. Fast! If you | | | | don’t need to take a college nutrition |
| don’t see and feel results fast it’s | | | | course but you do need to know some basic |
| far to easy to be tempted by the next fast food | | | | nutrition 101 principles. |
| drive- thru or vending machine. | | | | To be successful with your weight loss and |
| You need a plan that works for you, a plan that | | | | management you need to know the difference |
| blends into your lifestyle. A plan that you can live | | | | between proteins, fats and carbohydrates. You |
| with. Forever. A plan that is so easy to follow | | | | need to know how much protein you should be |
| that it easily becomes your automatic daily routine | | | | eating, how many carbohydrates and what kinds |
| without fuss or stress. That’s the real | | | | of fats. You can easily reach your weight-loss |
| secret to permanent weight-loss, you know, | | | | goals by just knowing what, when and how much |
| having an automatic daily routine. No thinking | | | | to eat. |
| required. | | | | People get confused about dieting and weight-loss. |
| Most people go on train wreck diets. They follow | | | | They make it way too complicated and stressful. |
| the latest fads. They start the diet, lose some | | | | Who needs more stress when you’re |
| weight, then go off of it and the scale starts | | | | trying to lose weight? |
| creeping back up. Sometimes they gain even | | | | It doesn’t have to be that way. You just |
| more. It’s a nightmare. It’s called | | | | need some sound nutrition principles, a list of the |
| yo-yo- dieting. Up and down and back up. You | | | | right foods that you like, an organized and |
| don’t want to do that, it’s bad for | | | | efficient way to shop and cook meals, and an |
| your health. | | | | automatic daily routine that includes exercise. |
| Permanent weight loss requires changes in your | | | | Here’s a life changing tip; instead of being a |
| lifestyle. Changes in your behaviors. You | | | | creature of bad habits just decide to become a |
| can’t expect to lose weight by doing the | | | | creature of good habits. Don’t waste your |
| same things like overeating, sitting around | | | | time trying to break bad habits just put a good |
| watching hours and hours of television and not | | | | one over the top of the bad one. I call that the |
| exercising. | | | | replacement behavior trick. I’ve developed |
| You can’t expect to lose weight and keep | | | | many of those tricks for my own weight loss |
| it off by ignoring good nutrition and eating foods | | | | battle. |
| that are bad for you. Junk food leads to a junked | | | | The goal is to lose weight not stress and fuss. |
| and tired body that ages fast. Diabetes, heart | | | | Make weight loss simple by developing an |
| disease, high blood pressure, cancer, stroke and | | | | automatic daily routine. It’s as simple as |
| arthritis are just a few of the health problems | | | | that. |
| associated with obesity. | | | | Copyright © 2005 Sheri Graber. All rights |
| When I say junk food I don’t mean | | | | reserved. |
| just fast food, donuts, or candy, I mean all the | | | | You may reprint this article as long as the authors |
| foods that don’t seem so bad but are full | | | | bio and the links are included. |
| of sugar, starches and fats. Foods like fruit juice | | | | |