Too often in life, we (or I, at least) rush. Hurry hurry hurry. I even walk fast. I was told many years ago that I could be readily identified due to my fast bouncy gait. I hurry through everything. I loved the invention of the DVR so that I could whiz right through the commercials and get straight to the good stuff. Even, or should I say especially with dieting, I want to whiz right through. I want to step on the scale and see immediate weight loss. I mean after all I worked out really good and dieted YESTERDAY. I should see immediate loss, right??
But that kind of zipping through life and dieting has caused me to yo-yo excessively. If I didn't see an IMMEDIATE weight loss on the scale or inches off on the tape measure, then obviously my venture was in vain and I should just give up now. And of course, if I gave up, then what is the harm in having that delicious hot fudge brownie sundae?
So I am taking a slow it down approach to diet and weight loss this time around. I am getting both short, medium, and long term goals. My short term goal is to lose 10 lbs by the 26th of this month when we go to a waterpark, my medium term goal is to lose another 15 lbs by mid September for my bday and brother's wedding, and my long term goal is to be down a total of 30 lbs and maintain that weight by November.
To aid in these goals, my fridge and freezer are packed with vegetables, fruits, chicken, fish and ground turkey. I bought a lot less packaged and canned foods. Trying to eat fresh foods. No snacks except for vegetables and fruits. The kids love to eat fruit thankfully.
Also I am s l o w i n g down as I eat. I realize that there isn't a race to get done with your food. Eat smaller bites, put the fork down between bites and drink lots of H2O. Let your body experience being full and also being hungry. Learn to know the cues so that you eat when hungry and stop when you are full.
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