Dj
06-17-03, 04:07 PM
This is really a good article that I posted before, but I wanted to share it with all of you again. It really makes sense to me. Hope you like it.....
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20 top weight loss blunders.......
-by Kim Droze
You’ve followed your meal plan, sweated through your exercise and drank every last drop of your water. Suddenly your resolve crumbles and you give into temptation... a delicious high-fat, high-calorie candy bar!
You savor every last mouth-watering, melt-in-your-hand morsel. But moments after that last satisfying swallow, guilt rears its ugly head and you want to cry.
The devil on your left shoulder whispers in your ear, "Hey, you blew it... why not have another. After all, at the rate you’re going, your excess baggage will never come off."
Self-doubt chimes in with a booming: "I’m a failure!"
Well, just STOP RIGHT THERE… and chew on these words of wisdom from America’s motivational energy coach Pamela Smith, the author of last issue's super-successful top story Top 10 Ways To Boost Weight Loss...
"Whether you have eight pounds to lose or 80, it is vital to break free of a negative mindset about overeating, healthy foods and our bodies and weight -- and learn the smart way to lose weight," Smith tells eDiets.com in this insightful exclusive.
"Card-carrying members of the ‘diet generation’ have to throw out the old belief systems along with taking hold of the new… I call it separating fat from fiction!"
The vibrant 45-year-old sports nutritionist and author of The Energy Edge (HarperCollins) has assembled an important list for guilt-ridden dieters: "The top 20 weight loss blunders." With Smith’s able assistance, you’ll quickly recognize the mistakes you’ve made in the past and the diet-sabotaging errors you’ll want to avoid in the future.
These are the mistakes that not only lead to dieting failures, but keep us in the traps of dieting, overeating, living overweight and living an unhealthy lifestyle, says the energetic expert from Orlando, Florida. When she's not writing books, Smith is hosting The Health Network’s High on Health and the nationally syndicated radio show Living Well... AND coaching several professional athletes including basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal.
"They reveal a dieting mindset that the weight is the problem and that diet is the quick-fix answer, rather than putting the focus where it must be for long term freedom and fitness," she says.
"Our eating patterns and our perspectives about our body and food are the real problems that must be dealt with. Become aware of these blunders and examine how much these dieting belief systems are OUR belief systems. Then, replace the faulty thinking and dieting behavior with a personal nutrition plan that works... for life."
"Use this blunder checklist to help you identify wrongful thinking that belongs in the trash heap right along with those old diet books."
In this bonus Top 20, Pamela Smith reveals the major flubs many folks make while struggling to slim down or maintain a healthy weight.
1. Binge eating before going on a diet.
2. Fasting or severely cutting calories to lose weight. This sends your body the message that you are starving, and your metabolism will slow down to preserve the fat you are trying to eliminate!
3. Expecting to lose more than one to two pounds a week. Any more than this is simply the result of lost body fluids and valuable muscle tissue.
4. Skipping meals, especially breakfast. Eating regular meals prevents the dangerous "famine-then-feast" syndrome.
5. Skipping smart snacks. "Smart snacking" keeps your metabolism high and your appetite in check.
6. Substituting coffee, tea or diet soda for energy-producing meals, snacks or water.
7. Going to a salad bar and stacking up on cheeses, meats and pasta AND globs of fatty mayonnaise or salad dressings.
8. Having an "on a diet" or "off a diet" mentality rather than simply eating wisely.
9. Thinking of any food as "bad" or "forbidden." Food is food. Smith says it’s the power we let it have over us that is bad.
10. Not exercising at least 30 minutes, three times a week. Exercise is crucial in revving up your metabolism to more effectively burn calories.
11. Losing weight to look good... for someone else.
12. Believing that when you shed the weight, you’ll be a wonderful person. You already ARE a wonderful person.
13. Relying on diet pills, shakes or other products that promise miraculous weight loss. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true...
14. Thinking of weight loss as something you HAVE to do, rather than something you WANT to do.
15. Focusing on foods to avoid, rather than foods to include.
16. Buying, preparing and eating your meals on the run. A frantic, frenzied lifestyle prevents you from enjoying and feeling satisfied with the many good foods you eat.
17. Considering losing excess weight as an end in itself, rather than a means to an end: A healthier, happier, more energetic and productive you!
18. Erroneously believing that all calories are equal. It’s fat that makes you fat. Calories consumed as fat are converted into fat on the body more readily that the same number of calories consumed as protein or carbohydrates.
19. Falling into the trap of substituting all the heavily hyped "fat-free" foods that are often nothing more than sugary chemical concoctions.
20. Failing to take charge the moment you discover you weigh in two pounds over your desired weight.
____________________________________________________
20 top weight loss blunders.......
-by Kim Droze
You’ve followed your meal plan, sweated through your exercise and drank every last drop of your water. Suddenly your resolve crumbles and you give into temptation... a delicious high-fat, high-calorie candy bar!
You savor every last mouth-watering, melt-in-your-hand morsel. But moments after that last satisfying swallow, guilt rears its ugly head and you want to cry.
The devil on your left shoulder whispers in your ear, "Hey, you blew it... why not have another. After all, at the rate you’re going, your excess baggage will never come off."
Self-doubt chimes in with a booming: "I’m a failure!"
Well, just STOP RIGHT THERE… and chew on these words of wisdom from America’s motivational energy coach Pamela Smith, the author of last issue's super-successful top story Top 10 Ways To Boost Weight Loss...
"Whether you have eight pounds to lose or 80, it is vital to break free of a negative mindset about overeating, healthy foods and our bodies and weight -- and learn the smart way to lose weight," Smith tells eDiets.com in this insightful exclusive.
"Card-carrying members of the ‘diet generation’ have to throw out the old belief systems along with taking hold of the new… I call it separating fat from fiction!"
The vibrant 45-year-old sports nutritionist and author of The Energy Edge (HarperCollins) has assembled an important list for guilt-ridden dieters: "The top 20 weight loss blunders." With Smith’s able assistance, you’ll quickly recognize the mistakes you’ve made in the past and the diet-sabotaging errors you’ll want to avoid in the future.
These are the mistakes that not only lead to dieting failures, but keep us in the traps of dieting, overeating, living overweight and living an unhealthy lifestyle, says the energetic expert from Orlando, Florida. When she's not writing books, Smith is hosting The Health Network’s High on Health and the nationally syndicated radio show Living Well... AND coaching several professional athletes including basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal.
"They reveal a dieting mindset that the weight is the problem and that diet is the quick-fix answer, rather than putting the focus where it must be for long term freedom and fitness," she says.
"Our eating patterns and our perspectives about our body and food are the real problems that must be dealt with. Become aware of these blunders and examine how much these dieting belief systems are OUR belief systems. Then, replace the faulty thinking and dieting behavior with a personal nutrition plan that works... for life."
"Use this blunder checklist to help you identify wrongful thinking that belongs in the trash heap right along with those old diet books."
In this bonus Top 20, Pamela Smith reveals the major flubs many folks make while struggling to slim down or maintain a healthy weight.
1. Binge eating before going on a diet.
2. Fasting or severely cutting calories to lose weight. This sends your body the message that you are starving, and your metabolism will slow down to preserve the fat you are trying to eliminate!
3. Expecting to lose more than one to two pounds a week. Any more than this is simply the result of lost body fluids and valuable muscle tissue.
4. Skipping meals, especially breakfast. Eating regular meals prevents the dangerous "famine-then-feast" syndrome.
5. Skipping smart snacks. "Smart snacking" keeps your metabolism high and your appetite in check.
6. Substituting coffee, tea or diet soda for energy-producing meals, snacks or water.
7. Going to a salad bar and stacking up on cheeses, meats and pasta AND globs of fatty mayonnaise or salad dressings.
8. Having an "on a diet" or "off a diet" mentality rather than simply eating wisely.
9. Thinking of any food as "bad" or "forbidden." Food is food. Smith says it’s the power we let it have over us that is bad.
10. Not exercising at least 30 minutes, three times a week. Exercise is crucial in revving up your metabolism to more effectively burn calories.
11. Losing weight to look good... for someone else.
12. Believing that when you shed the weight, you’ll be a wonderful person. You already ARE a wonderful person.
13. Relying on diet pills, shakes or other products that promise miraculous weight loss. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true...
14. Thinking of weight loss as something you HAVE to do, rather than something you WANT to do.
15. Focusing on foods to avoid, rather than foods to include.
16. Buying, preparing and eating your meals on the run. A frantic, frenzied lifestyle prevents you from enjoying and feeling satisfied with the many good foods you eat.
17. Considering losing excess weight as an end in itself, rather than a means to an end: A healthier, happier, more energetic and productive you!
18. Erroneously believing that all calories are equal. It’s fat that makes you fat. Calories consumed as fat are converted into fat on the body more readily that the same number of calories consumed as protein or carbohydrates.
19. Falling into the trap of substituting all the heavily hyped "fat-free" foods that are often nothing more than sugary chemical concoctions.
20. Failing to take charge the moment you discover you weigh in two pounds over your desired weight.