Posts Tagged ‘Weight Loss’

Habits Make You Fat

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Overeating is the result of habits and if you can target those habits and resolve them, then the overeating and subsequent weight gain will be a thing of the past.

Humans are habitual beings and most things we do in life are the result of habits.

The problem with habits is the fact that they generally start with very small changes in our life and more often than not, we don’t even notice them. Once they becomes habits, it is very hard to break the cycle and make changes.

Many people who are overweight have a number of habits that all combine to create the state that they find themselves in.

Any what makes matters even worse when food is involved, is the way that it reacts with our body, in particular, those foods that are low in nutritional value causing hunger and the need for ever increasing quantities in an attempt to keep us satisfied.

How often do you find yourself eating due to the particular emotional state of mind that you are in? It is common for people to eat when they are feeling sad, depressed, lonely, happy and so on, as all these emotions can triger the desire for food.

These emotional related eating ‘habits’ are very often difficult for people to break simply because most of the time we are unaware of the fact that they are present.

Sure you can see the pattern when you think about it or when it is mentioned to you, but most of the time you don’t even consider these habits, as the focus is directed on the need to feel better and the belief is that food will bring about that change.

Unfortunately this is not the solution and all it does is lead to more problems that in turn continues the cycle of overeating and weight gain.

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Changing Bad Habits

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Once you realize that most weight problems are related to bad habits, you will understand that if you can eliminate these bad habits, weight loss will follow.

The first step in the process is to determine what your bad habits are. Look at the times when you tend to overeat and see if you can understand what triggers these reactions.

If you can eliminate those triggers, and you can only do that by determining what they are in the first place, then you will find it a lot easier to sort out your eating problems.

You should also look at the types of food that you go for during these times as often they will be comfort foods. More often than not, these comfort foods are of very low nutritional value and due to that fact, they will stimulate overeating.

By simply changing your comfort foods with those that are of a higher nutritional value, you will still be satisfying your needs by eliminating the negative side effects that are associated with poor food.

As most things that we do in life are habitual, we rarely think about the actions we take as we go about our daily routines on autopilot. Unfortunately, everything we do throughout the day includes both good and bad habits and it is those bad habits that are causing the damage.

As we age, more and more aspects of our life become habitual. It becomes more difficult to realize we have these habits and even more so to get rid of them, particularly if we have had them for a long period of time. With a bit of personal analysis, you will quickly begin to notice the various different things that are leading up to your eating and weight problems.

If you only target one of these habits at a time, it becomes a lot easier to make the changes and often changing one habit can have a positive affect on many other habits. The process certainly becomes easier the more you do it. By concentrating more on that area rather than the food itself, you will find that weight loss is not such an overwhelming part of your life.

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As this will be the last posting for 2008, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. May you all have a prosperous 2009, stay healthy and fit and keep reading here! I have attempted to recommend the best products to purchase to help you in your quest for better health, weight loss, self esteem and just general well-being. Take care - talk soon!

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Changing Your Routine

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Quite often one of the best ways for most people to get started on a weight loss program is to simply change the routine that they are accustomed to doing.

We get into the same habits of eating the same foods and doing the same things day after day and the change alone can stimulate the body into action.

There is no better way to break a habit than to do something completely different. If you do it for long enough, that will become the norm and changes in your lifestyle can be made within the course of a month if you habitually do the same thing every day. Just make sure that  the things you do every day are positive steps to achieving a better quality of health and lower body fat.

Most people who are overweight probably have some habit or habits that have resulted in their condition. It usually takes the constant over abuse of food and alcohol to get in such a state unless there are some other specific health related problems.

If you make a concerted effort to change many of your normal routines, you might find that when these habits present themselves, you can begin to understand why you started putting on weight in the first place. If you know the reason for your condiditon, that makes it a lot easier to reverse that state and get to where you want to be weight and fitness wise.

No matter how many weight loss programs you attempt to go on, there will always be a struggle if you can’t resolve the underlying issues and the habits that have caused you to neglect your health to such an extent that you don’t feel happy about your body.

Quite often the foods that we believe we can’t do without are only needed due to the habit of always having had them. If you were brought up in a different household where your diet was different, then those foods would be the ones you would want to eat even if the diet was completely different from the one you currently enjoy.

Change is an adventure!

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