Do's, Dont's, and Tips Overview

DO NOT EAT OR DRINK

   1. Fried foods WHAT SO EVER!!!

   2.  White foods (try to replace everything with whole wheat) EX. Bread, pasta, bagels, English muffins, rice, tortillas ect. (Good for keeping blood sugar level, Aids digestion, keeps you fuller longer, and people who eat whole grains tend to be thinner.)

   3. Drinks WHAT SO EVER: Soda, Sweet tea, anything that contains calories. Drinking water strictly and a lot of it not only cuts your calories but is proven to aid weight loss.Wouldn’t you rather eat your calories? I know sure would!

   4. Beer and wine: If you want to drink you are going to have to go to low calorie liquor drinks. If you don’t want to give up your drinks you will have to learn to like them. There are actually really good drinks that will not pile on the pounds.

   5. Limit your sweets to once a week. One a day is not a treat it is a habit. (My problem!!! Haha)

   6. Try to switch your beef to ground turkey and stick to lean meats. Chicken and fish should be your best friend and a lean steak once or twice a week.

   7. Try and shop the out skirts of the grocery store. If you can’t kill or plant your food then it is probably not a good choice.

   8. Stay away from processed foods as much as possible, which includes: pre made meals, if it is not fresh and you did not cook it, it is mostly likely not a good choice. You can NOT get fat by eating unprocessed foods. Examples: Fruit, veggies, and meat.

   *This is just a start that can help you loose weight and guess what? If you stick to the healthy alternatives/eliminations from your “new diet” it does not stay a diet it is a life style change and you will never have to worry about weight gain again. Whoo hoo! :) 

TIPS

   1. There are healthy alternatives to the food that you love.

   2.  If you mess up that is not a pass to do bad the rest of the day or give up completely. We are human so we make mistakes. I promise when you mess up you will feel like you failed but you only fail by giving up. Doing bad once a day is better than doing bad all day every day.

   3. Do not give up. Every time you give up you are that much farther away from your goal. You will reach it BUT it does not happen over night.

   4. Don’t eye the scale. Focus on healthy changes and exercise and the weight will take care of its self. One day you will wake up and you will be able to wear your skinny jeans. Seriously!

   5. If you want to be thin it does not take a genius to know you can’t eat fried chicken, mashed potatoes, donuts, beer, gravy, high calorie drinks, pizza, French fries. You get the point.

   6. Weight loss is a very easy concept. YOU HAVE TO BURN MORE CALORIES THAN YOU TAKE IN!!! 

   7. On the weight watchers program Fruit and veggies are ZERO points SO this should be the bulk of your diet. Most of them are also negative calorie foods which means it takes more calories to digest them than what is in them.

   9. You eat for survival not for pleasure. Get this through your head. Do you want that donut or do you want to feel good in your skin? That donut is not going to pleasure you but only for a split second but being thin will last a lifetime.

  10. DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF! Yes, you will loose weight but it is very unhealthy and will only last while you are starving yourself. YOU HAVE NO METOBALOSIM WHEN YOU STARVE YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!

  *Note: It is a good idea to take baby steps when trying to change your life style. Slow and steady changes tend to stick.