Top Ten Tips for Normal People Diets (Part 3)
8. Replace “Bad” with “Good” food – This is a slightly different twist on the earlier advice on replacing bad addictions / habits with good. Since some food replacements are a matter of expense, and since you might be preparing food for a family rather than just one or two people, you can not always just reupholster your eating whole program at home.
But you can make some changes without too much extra expense, changes that will Affect your health, vibrancy and weight for the better. For example, replace white breads with whole grain, simple carbs with more complex ones, red meat with fish.
Even if you do not replace ALL your bad foods with good foods, make purposeful changes. For example, decide to have one night a week fish rather than meat network. Weight loss is a journey, where every step counts. So take one step in the right direction!
9. Prepare for Emergency Situations – They happen all the time. Once you start a weight-loss journey in earnest, you’ll see just what I mean. Every day, sometimes every hour it seems, something will try to sabotage your attempts to eat more healthfully and lose weight! The best way to avoid these pitfalls is to think through them and have an emergency plan.
For example, if you know that someone brings donuts to work every morning and you’re used to grabbing one just to have something to eat, bring with a “first aid” kit to replace the supply donuts. Healthy snack replacement Exactly what you will use depends on what you like, but figure out something with higher nutritional content, less fat and fewer calories, and then enjoy that!
10. You Are Beautiful – Why do I say this? I say it last, and certainly not least, because it’s so easy to forget. But it is true, and when you forget it and become discouraged, you are almost assured to fail in reaching your weight loss goals. Maybe I’m just speaking to women here (most men I know do not long to be beautiful), but women need to be reminded: even if you are overweight, you have a beautiful feminine body that has awesome curves and that is totally YOU! So love the body you are in and just start taking care of it.
Aim to have better health and to eat better so that you can live a more comfortable and vibrant life. But realize that all along the way, from the beginning of the journey to the end, you are you – and you are beautiful. People will tell you along the way “You look great!” But you need to remember that you are far more than meets they eye. Beyond just the body, you are also a soul. Aspire to And you have many dreams – some of them far greater than just trying to lose some weight – that make you the amazing, beautiful person you are!
Original Article by A. Kalyani