Look Behind - Now Look Ahead

To lose weight, you have to burn more calories than you consume. Learning about good food and good nutrition can help you lose weight and keep it off. Some people lose weight faster and easier than others, but there's a weight control solution for everyone.

Think about the diets you've experienced. Figure out what was wrong with each and don't make any plans to repeat it. For instance, maybe you were on a diet that limited you to 1,200 calories a day, and you couldn't stick to it because you were too hungry. You shouldn't try to routinely go that low in calories again. Maybe the diet was so high in fibre it caused excess gas, and you were in so much pain you had to stop immediately. You probably won't even be tempted to do that again. Next, figure out what you liked about certain diets and what you felt comfortable with. Perhaps you lost weight with a reasonable calorie restriction but didn't like the food you were told to eat. That tells you something. You can probably live comfortably on fewer calories than you're now eating, but they have to come from foods you enjoy. That shouldn't be a problem.

Along the way in life, we pick up lots of habits, good and bad. This is as good a time as any to start paying more attention to your eating habits. You know what you have to do. Ditch the late night snacks. Find something to do besides eat when you're bored or upset. At the same time, keep eating some of those lower fat foods. Keep experimenting with new foods. Your goal for now is to feel good and not guilty or mad about what you eat.

I always tell people who want to lose weight to throw themselves into the subject completely. I don't mean get obsessive. I mean use your spare time to learn all you can about nutrition and exercise. Read books and magazines, watch videos and television shows and where you find your information. Be sure that it comes from a registered dietitian, a state licensed or certified nutritionist, a government source, a medical doctor, an exercise physiologist, or a certified trainer.

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