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.
Labels: calories, diet, exercise, fitness, lose weight, tracking calories, weight loss
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Control Your Eating This Easter! Party Survival Tips
Easter is a celebration of a new beginning. Jesus died on Good Friday and rose from the grave on Easter Sunday to give new life to everyone who chooses to believe in him!
Use Easter as a springboard for a new beginning to your weight loss plan. On Easter, when you get together with friends and family, focus on socializing, not on the food. Just because everyone around you is wildly indulging, that does not mean you have to. When they gain weight it will be their problem, not yours!
Here is an easy way to NOT feel deprived when you do not pig out. Look at the waist sizes of all the people who are indulging. Are they fit, trim, and healthy looking? Or, do their seams look like they are ready to split?
If you want to become fit, trim, and healthy looking, you cannot blow your diet every time there is a get together. In our country, there will always be an excuse to overeat. Do not do it!
Your body registers every calorie, even on your wedding day.
Here are 7 easy-to-remember tips that you can apply at social events.
1) Eat something light before you arrive.
2) Go to the party with the intention of socializing, not indulging.
3) Drink water with a twist of lemon or lime.
4) Stay away from the food table.
5) Allow yourself one low calorie appetizer.
6) Eat a small meal, around 500 calories.
7) Focus on your desire to get in great shape.
Follow these tips and you will wake up Monday morning feeling awesome! Fitness is a day by day decision. You need to be aware of everything you eat, every day. Take a look at my picture on the top left of this website. That is a result of being aware of what I eat and drink. I am 42 years old with 2 kids. No lipo or gastric bypass, just basic fitness knowledge. I know what works. Learn from someone who lives the fitness lifestyle.
If I showed up at your Easter celebration, you would not see me eating those fattening, empty calorie foods or desserts. If you don not eat it, you don’t have to wear it on your hips and thighs.
For the complete picture of what fitness requires, read my book, Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, http://www.losethelieslsoetheweight.com. It will get you to your fitness goal.
Use Easter as a springboard for a new beginning to your weight loss plan. On Easter, when you get together with friends and family, focus on socializing, not on the food. Just because everyone around you is wildly indulging, that does not mean you have to. When they gain weight it will be their problem, not yours!
Here is an easy way to NOT feel deprived when you do not pig out. Look at the waist sizes of all the people who are indulging. Are they fit, trim, and healthy looking? Or, do their seams look like they are ready to split?
If you want to become fit, trim, and healthy looking, you cannot blow your diet every time there is a get together. In our country, there will always be an excuse to overeat. Do not do it!
Your body registers every calorie, even on your wedding day.
Here are 7 easy-to-remember tips that you can apply at social events.
1) Eat something light before you arrive.
2) Go to the party with the intention of socializing, not indulging.
3) Drink water with a twist of lemon or lime.
4) Stay away from the food table.
5) Allow yourself one low calorie appetizer.
6) Eat a small meal, around 500 calories.
7) Focus on your desire to get in great shape.
Follow these tips and you will wake up Monday morning feeling awesome! Fitness is a day by day decision. You need to be aware of everything you eat, every day. Take a look at my picture on the top left of this website. That is a result of being aware of what I eat and drink. I am 42 years old with 2 kids. No lipo or gastric bypass, just basic fitness knowledge. I know what works. Learn from someone who lives the fitness lifestyle.
If I showed up at your Easter celebration, you would not see me eating those fattening, empty calorie foods or desserts. If you don not eat it, you don’t have to wear it on your hips and thighs.
For the complete picture of what fitness requires, read my book, Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, http://www.losethelieslsoetheweight.com. It will get you to your fitness goal.
Labels: fitness, fitness lifestyle, party survival tips, weight loss
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Lose Your "Lies" and Lose Your Weight
Welcome to the first installment of the Lose the Lies Lose the Weight Blog!
Dear Reader,
Have you ever noticed those unbelievably fit men and women and wondered how they do it? Well, here's your chance to learn how fit people think, eat, move, and live. This new Lose the Lies Lose the Weight blog will teach you the fitness lifestyle so weight loss and body shaping success will come naturally for you!
Since this is our first issue, I will provide my background on my weight loss struggle and how I became so interested in helping others beat their weight battles.
When I was 15 years old, my parents retired from their North Dakota farm and moved to the city. Within three months, I gained 25 pounds and the adjective chubby with my new citified, sedentary lifestyle.
My weight-loss battle began, using weapons ranging from fasting and over-the-counter diet pills to sporadic exercise. Nothing worked.
Fast forward to today. I am a 42-year-old mother of two sporting a six-pack on the cover of my just released book, Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, which explains how I did it and how you can too.
I started winning the battle of the bulge in my junior year at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. My turnaround came on like an epiphany. I did some math. I realized if I kept gaining five pounds a year, I would weigh 175 pounds at 30, 225 pounds at 40, and 275 pounds at 50. Putting my self-doubts aside, I joined a health club in Fargo the next day. In March of 1987, I began living the fitness lifestyle.
Your mindset, getting ready to succeed, is an important part of getting fit. Many fitness authors do not prepare you for the psychological challenges you will face as you strive to get in shape. In the first six chapters of Lose the Lies, Lose the Weight, I teach you how to get mentally prepared to win at weight loss.
In Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, http://www.losethelieslosetheweight.com, I destroy the weight loss lies such as (Everyone gains weight as they get older) and (You will never look the same after having kids.) I also identify 10 destructive lies people tell themselves, six manipulative lies they hear from others, four nutrition and two exercise lies.
Getting fit requires honesty with yourself (no lies, no excuses) knowledge, discipline, and motivation. In each blog post, I will share my knowledge so you will be able to get in the best shape of your entire life. I am looking forward to helping you achieve your fitness goals.
Yours in good health,
Laurie Bell
P.S. Check out our new website just launched on March 18! We offer great tips and insights, including free workout plans and free weight loss book excerpts! http://www.losethelieslosetheweight.com
Dear Reader,
Have you ever noticed those unbelievably fit men and women and wondered how they do it? Well, here's your chance to learn how fit people think, eat, move, and live. This new Lose the Lies Lose the Weight blog will teach you the fitness lifestyle so weight loss and body shaping success will come naturally for you!
Since this is our first issue, I will provide my background on my weight loss struggle and how I became so interested in helping others beat their weight battles.
When I was 15 years old, my parents retired from their North Dakota farm and moved to the city. Within three months, I gained 25 pounds and the adjective chubby with my new citified, sedentary lifestyle.
My weight-loss battle began, using weapons ranging from fasting and over-the-counter diet pills to sporadic exercise. Nothing worked.
Fast forward to today. I am a 42-year-old mother of two sporting a six-pack on the cover of my just released book, Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, which explains how I did it and how you can too.
I started winning the battle of the bulge in my junior year at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. My turnaround came on like an epiphany. I did some math. I realized if I kept gaining five pounds a year, I would weigh 175 pounds at 30, 225 pounds at 40, and 275 pounds at 50. Putting my self-doubts aside, I joined a health club in Fargo the next day. In March of 1987, I began living the fitness lifestyle.
Your mindset, getting ready to succeed, is an important part of getting fit. Many fitness authors do not prepare you for the psychological challenges you will face as you strive to get in shape. In the first six chapters of Lose the Lies, Lose the Weight, I teach you how to get mentally prepared to win at weight loss.
In Lose the Lies Lose the Weight, http://www.losethelieslosetheweight.com, I destroy the weight loss lies such as (Everyone gains weight as they get older) and (You will never look the same after having kids.) I also identify 10 destructive lies people tell themselves, six manipulative lies they hear from others, four nutrition and two exercise lies.
Getting fit requires honesty with yourself (no lies, no excuses) knowledge, discipline, and motivation. In each blog post, I will share my knowledge so you will be able to get in the best shape of your entire life. I am looking forward to helping you achieve your fitness goals.
Yours in good health,
Laurie Bell
P.S. Check out our new website just launched on March 18! We offer great tips and insights, including free workout plans and free weight loss book excerpts! http://www.losethelieslosetheweight.com
Labels: fitness, motivation, weight loss, weight loss lies
