Food…we can’t live without it. Every few hours we all start to feel the rumble from our tummy begging us to put something in our mouth, as quickly as possible! You’ve been there. This happens not once, not twice but several times throughout the day. So, since we can’t live without food many of us find ourselves in a constant battle to shed those extra pounds that mysteriously found their way onto or hips, thighs, and buns.
It’s frustrating.
We have all heard about those “too good to be true” diet plans, you know the ones. Chances are, you’ve even tried a few of them. There is the “eat what you want and lose diet”, the “juice diet”, and the notorious “cabbage soup diet” along with lots of others. Come on now, REALLY? Isn’t eating whatever we wanted is exactly what put that extra “padding” on us? Who wouldn’t lose weight only drinking juice and eating cabbage soup for days? But what happens when you start adding other things back into our diets again? That’s right, the weight starts coming right back.
Ugh.
We all know if it sounds too good to be true, and it is. So what does work? The answer to that question really is simple. “You are what you eat!” Losing weight isn’t about restriction, it’s about a way of life. It is putting good whole foods into our mouth when our stomach starts demanding that we feed it. The closer to how it is found in nature, the better. Fruits and vegetables are a must, as well as lean cuts of meat.
If you see a weight loss plan that doesn’t include an exercise plan…don’t walk away, RUN!! You have to exercise. Every day do something physical. Don’t cruise the parking lot looking for the closest parking spot to the store. Park in the furthest one away and walk. Little changes add up to dig differences in how we look and more importantly how we feel. So walk a little further, take the stairs, move more. Make little changes in your life everyday, and before you know it those changes will be a part of who we are. Those changes will become permanent life changes and we will see permanent results that will last a lifetime.
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