Thursday, April 12, 2007
To Lose Weight Quickly, Cut Your Eating in Half!
How many years have you spent looking for just the right diet book or exercise plan? How many times have you believed the lie that you just need to cut carbs or eat just the right foods and you will lose weight?
Weight loss is simple. To lose weight you must eat a lot less than you are currently eating.
I recently met a 62 year old woman who lost 70 pounds. Naturally, I asked her what she had done. She made one major change that was very, very easy to implement. She worked out and cut her eating in half.
This is easy to do. Whenever you eat out, restaurants serve at least twice as many calories as you need. Ask for half your meal to go in advance.
When you are preparing a sandwich, cut it in half, wrap it, and put half in the fridge. Think about the typical amount of food you would put on your plate, then serve yourself half that amount.
If you usually drink two glasses of wine, drink one, or switch to water or a diet soda.
To lose weight, you need to create a caloric deficit. This means your body needs to burn more calories than you take in daily. Many of you eat considerably more than you realize. To lose weight, you need to know exactly how many calories you eat daily.
Get a notebook and calorie counter book. Track your calories. Do not lie to yourself and pretend that you never overeat. Of course you do! That is why you are reading this blog. You are tired of being fat (just as I was) and you are ready to change.
The average woman will lose weight by eating 1,200-1,500 calories daily. The average man will lose weight by eating 1,800-2,100 calories daily.
Once you track your calories for a week, you will quickly find that you have been eating approximately double what you need to lose weight.
Tracking your calories may not be what you want to hear BUT IT WORKS! I have kept my weight off since March 1987. I know what works! In a future blog post, I will add some of my chubby pictures.
Get started on your fitness goal today. Get a notebook. Track your calories and cut your eating in half. Please email me at laurie@losethelieslosetheweight.com. I will look forward to hearing of your progress and providing fitness support.
Weight loss is simple. To lose weight you must eat a lot less than you are currently eating.
I recently met a 62 year old woman who lost 70 pounds. Naturally, I asked her what she had done. She made one major change that was very, very easy to implement. She worked out and cut her eating in half.
This is easy to do. Whenever you eat out, restaurants serve at least twice as many calories as you need. Ask for half your meal to go in advance.
When you are preparing a sandwich, cut it in half, wrap it, and put half in the fridge. Think about the typical amount of food you would put on your plate, then serve yourself half that amount.
If you usually drink two glasses of wine, drink one, or switch to water or a diet soda.
To lose weight, you need to create a caloric deficit. This means your body needs to burn more calories than you take in daily. Many of you eat considerably more than you realize. To lose weight, you need to know exactly how many calories you eat daily.
Get a notebook and calorie counter book. Track your calories. Do not lie to yourself and pretend that you never overeat. Of course you do! That is why you are reading this blog. You are tired of being fat (just as I was) and you are ready to change.
The average woman will lose weight by eating 1,200-1,500 calories daily. The average man will lose weight by eating 1,800-2,100 calories daily.
Once you track your calories for a week, you will quickly find that you have been eating approximately double what you need to lose weight.
Tracking your calories may not be what you want to hear BUT IT WORKS! I have kept my weight off since March 1987. I know what works! In a future blog post, I will add some of my chubby pictures.
Get started on your fitness goal today. Get a notebook. Track your calories and cut your eating in half. Please email me at laurie@losethelieslosetheweight.com. I will look forward to hearing of your progress and providing fitness support.
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