30 Baby Steps to Success
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You can blame your genes, your upbringing or your family but
actually being overweight is down to only one thing - your
habits. Do you recognise some of the following in your
lifestyle?
* You eat fast food more than once a week
* You can't stop eating chocolate
* You often feel uncomfortable after meals
* You eat dessert after dinner whether you need it or not
* You love fried food and you eat it regularly
* You always put butter, margarine or mayonnaise on your
sandwiches
* You add sugar to tea or coffee
* You drink lots of fizzy drinks such as cola, lemonade
etc
* You eat a lot of cheese
* You constantly nibble all day
* You skip breakfast and are starving by 10:30
* You eat when you get fed up, bored or lonely
* You can't say "No" when food is offered
* You don't like exercise
* You take your car everywhere
* You have a desk job
* You regularly drink alcohol
* You nibble while watching TV
* You eat erratically - you're either starving or binging
* You eat out a lot and make the most of all the food on
offer
* You have lots of milky drinks or creamy food.
* You love fries with everything
* You have a sweet tooth and you indulge it
* You eat a lot of processed meat like hamburgers,
sausages and fatty meats from the deli
* You don't know how to cook delicious healthy meals
* You don't eat vegetables
* You eat a lot of white bread, rice or pasta
* You forget to plan meals and send out for takeaway
* You often eat pizza or pies
* You read about losing weight but you don't take action
How many have you ticked? More than a handful?
The more you ticked the harder it is to succeed on the kind
of diet which demands a major life transformation. It takes
iron will to suddenly become a paragon of virtue overnight.
But all is not lost. There is a way to succeed no matter how
many habits you currently have which are keeping you
overweight.
Take just one habit at a time and work on that until you
have replaced it with a new healthy habit. For example, if
you eat a lot of one particularly unhealthy food (say,
sugar or chocolate or fries) cut down gradually and replace
it with a healthier alternative. If you take no exercise,
gradually start to move more during the day.
Taking the gradual approach may not fit in with the grand
schemes you have for altering your body overnight, but it
will work, it will be permanent and you will be able to do
it without turning your life upside down.
Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small
_________________________________________
You can blame your genes, your upbringing or your family but
actually being overweight is down to only one thing - your
habits. Do you recognise some of the following in your
lifestyle?
* You eat fast food more than once a week
* You can't stop eating chocolate
* You often feel uncomfortable after meals
* You eat dessert after dinner whether you need it or not
* You love fried food and you eat it regularly
* You always put butter, margarine or mayonnaise on your
sandwiches
* You add sugar to tea or coffee
* You drink lots of fizzy drinks such as cola, lemonade
etc
* You eat a lot of cheese
* You constantly nibble all day
* You skip breakfast and are starving by 10:30
* You eat when you get fed up, bored or lonely
* You can't say "No" when food is offered
* You don't like exercise
* You take your car everywhere
* You have a desk job
* You regularly drink alcohol
* You nibble while watching TV
* You eat erratically - you're either starving or binging
* You eat out a lot and make the most of all the food on
offer
* You have lots of milky drinks or creamy food.
* You love fries with everything
* You have a sweet tooth and you indulge it
* You eat a lot of processed meat like hamburgers,
sausages and fatty meats from the deli
* You don't know how to cook delicious healthy meals
* You don't eat vegetables
* You eat a lot of white bread, rice or pasta
* You forget to plan meals and send out for takeaway
* You often eat pizza or pies
* You read about losing weight but you don't take action
How many have you ticked? More than a handful?
The more you ticked the harder it is to succeed on the kind
of diet which demands a major life transformation. It takes
iron will to suddenly become a paragon of virtue overnight.
But all is not lost. There is a way to succeed no matter how
many habits you currently have which are keeping you
overweight.
Take just one habit at a time and work on that until you
have replaced it with a new healthy habit. For example, if
you eat a lot of one particularly unhealthy food (say,
sugar or chocolate or fries) cut down gradually and replace
it with a healthier alternative. If you take no exercise,
gradually start to move more during the day.
Taking the gradual approach may not fit in with the grand
schemes you have for altering your body overnight, but it
will work, it will be permanent and you will be able to do
it without turning your life upside down.
Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small
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