How Do I Lose Weight Now

Over the last year, I’ve found out that eating simple, healthy foods first…

…leaves little room in my stomach for the bad ones.

In the last year, I’ve gotten real clear on two things:

• I eat more things with a simple, and understandable, ingredient list (preferring foods & drinks with one ingredient).  A few examples are: water, apples, oranges, bananas, carrots, celery, cucumbers, strawberries, blueberries, green & red peppers, onions, tomatoes, romaine, walnuts, 100% whole wheat bread, tea, organic chicken, organic turkey and organic yogurt.
• I eat (much) less things that people have screwed around with.  A few examples are artificial sweeteners, soda, french fries, potato chips, white bread, most processed cheeses, and most candy.

If you are serious about successfully losing weight, and keeping it off, you’ll want to create your loss & maintenance lifestyles around simply, healthy foods with one ingredient.

It’s important that you set up your environment so the nutritious & healthy foods are close by, and the foods that aren’t so good for you are far away.

The biggest benefit I’ve noticed to this lifestyle approach is not only having a lot more energy, but having consistent energy throughout the day.

I used to buzz in the afternoon after lunch from the soda & sugar, only to bottom out an hour later in a ‘food coma’ (many times ending up in a short afternoon nap!)

My suggestion for you, as you set up your environment, is to:

• Discover what healthy foods you like,
• Begin filling your refrigerator & shelves with those foods, and
• Eat, or get rid of the not so healthy foods & drinks.

Be sure, also to read and follow my previous blog entry called “Get a scale & use it daily“.