Weight Loss Tips and Information.

Destroy your scale!

Here’s the scenario: you take off your shoes, all your clothes, your watch, rings, you haven’t eaten, or taken in any liquids, for 12 hours, and you approach it, one foot at a time, hold your breath, step on it, look, andyou have gained one pound.

Ughthat SCALEyesterday you had lost a pound. How could that have happened?

I give you permission, take a hammer to it, destroy it, stop the madness!

There’s a better way. Most of us have that pair of jeans, or pants, that we refuse to get rid of, but we want to fit into again.

Take that item, and put it in front of the closet, somewhere you will see it every day. That is your motivation. Every couple of weeks, try them on. Don’t get discouraged, use the need to wear them again as your daily encouragement to exercise and eat right. Pretty soon, they will be up over the hips, zipped, and buttoned. The day you can wear them in public is a huge sense of accomplishment.

When you add weight training to your regimen, you add muscle. A pound of muscle weighs as much as a pound of fat, but it is more compact. Therefore, you will weigh the same, but will look smaller. Your body will become toned. The more muscle you have on your body, will allow you to burn more fat. Adding muscle+ Burning fat = a smaller body.

Don’t get so stressed about what the number on the scale says. If you can fit comfortably in that smaller size, you feel well, are eating properly, and exercising regularly, you are on the right track. Keep it up.

Healthy Eating Tip:

Go back to your childhood: Make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on whole grain bread. Divide it in two.

Have one as a morning snack, and as a mid afternoon snack. A PBJ has fiber, fat, protein and carbs. Use real fruit spread to make it healthier. It is a great way to fill that void, and beat the cravings too.