Saturday, May 10, 2008

How I Plan To Deal With Being Obese

This article is about dealing with obesity and the struggle and health issues that follow with being overweight. I am overweight, right now I'm a 150 pounds over what I should weigh. I am getting my life back on track for the first time and I would like to share with all of you how I have struggled with being overweight and how I am getting my weight under control and getting my health in better condition.

I have been overweight all my life. My entire 
family is obese. Obesity is a very serious condition. Eating the wrong foods or over eating can result in obesity. As we already know, drinking a lot of soda and eating ice cream can cause obesity too. There are a lot of things out there that can cause obesity when you do not take care of your body.

I have been on a 
diet for a week now, and yes I know it is hard to adapt to changing your lifestyle of eating and cutting all the foods out you used to eat. Believe me I am going through it right now. It is so hard. In order to get healthy, you have to make the decide whether you want to be a different person. In order to lose weight, you have to have the motivation to do so. If you do not have the motivation, you will not do anything. You will try it one day and realize how hard it is going to be to lose the weight and you will give up and not continue on the right path without motivation. 

I have a wonderful 
husband who is supporting me in this lifestyle change. He walks with me and exercises with me so I do not feel like I am doing by myself. It is good to have someone to work out with you because it motivates you even more to achieve your goal. For me, my husband is my motivation. No, I am not losing weight for him or anybody, but myself. My husband supports me very well and I think that is what is keeping me going.

So I ordered Wu Yi Tea about 2 months ago. I'm happy to report my weight has dropped by 30 pounds, and I'm on my way. My husband is attracted to me again, and I feel good about myself. Hopefully I can keep it going.

Laura

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Monday, April 14, 2008

One Step Closer To Losing Weight

Weight management programs should not be something that you plan, strictly follow, and end up feeling bad when you don’t keep up to it, it cannot be effective if this is your outlook. Healthy habits should be flexible and you should be comfortable with the plan to follow it with confidence. 


This way the habits will work for you and not against you. Mechanically following weight loss tips are not going to help you in any way.We often follow diets for a few months, get happy with the weight loss, and go back to the old ways. Diets are widely seen as a short term orientation. It becomes a cycle after sometime -- go on a diet, reduce weight, be happy and eat well, put on weight and again get back to dieting. Instead of the tail chase, you should understand that inculcating healthy eating habits as a part of your lifestyle is more realistic then going on diets on and off. 


It is necessary that you integrate and re-orient shot term diets in an extended lifestyle plan in a more realistic manner. Reducing weight slowly is not only safe and effective, but it is also the most realistic way. Short term goal setting is not too successful in this cause. Most people when they set short time goals and achieve it they revert back to the old lifestyle. This way you will only end up gaining more weight. If they don’t achieve it, they quit altogether. Instead plan out a long term goal, split it into short term goals, and take it one day at a time. If you splurge on a good meal, it’s alright. Make it up by eating low fat food for the rest of the day.


Take it one at a time and this will make it easier to achieve what you really want. This will also make you motivated to succeed in following a health conscious way of living which is the key to a fit and a healthily toned body. Remember that each time you achieve your short term goal; you are gaining on the bigger picture. Experiment cooking your favorite food in a healthy way, eat not just healthy but also tasty food. This will make your goal even easier to achieve. For example if you love pizzas, look up for a less fattening technique of preparation and follow that. 


You will feel great if it works out. You can do this to all your favorite dishes and be overwhelmed at the results. Think up of new and interesting alternatives for all your high fat ingredients, so that you don’t compromise on the taste to stay healthy. This too will perk up your motivation.Success is what you are ultimately looking at. Remember that taking small steps toward it day by day, will bring you closer to it in no time. Your weight will reduce naturally in a short period of time and you will experience the change.

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