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Is losing weight among your New Year Resolutions? If so, you're not
alone. Many of us like to begin the year with goals regarding our
health and looks. In addition, many of us ate more than usual during
the Holidays, which translates into extra weight in January. Is this
also your case?
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Seeing myself in the Christmas pictures was a tough eye opener. I was
unhappy by what I saw and a subsequent travel to the scale did
nothing to improve my mood. Changes were needed, immediately. I've
been trying to eat better, but my weight just won't budge. Also, I'm
a sedentary person who doesn't enjoy exercise.
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I asked my brother-in-law (he's a bodybuilder) about his weight
losing techniques, especially after he told me he LOST over 12 pounds
DURING the Holidays. His recommendations included a food journal and
dividing my food intake into five smaller meals. I've only been doing
it for 3 days so far and I'd like to share my experiences with you.
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The food journal has been surprising. I write down everything I eat
during the day and try to calculate the calories, rounding up just in
case. I wasn't aware of how much I actually eat. I'm trying to stay
under 2300 calories a day and, let me tell you, it ain't easy. Since
I'm eating smaller meals, I never feel completely satisfied, although
I'm not starving either. It's great to be able to eat anything I
want, albeit in smaller portions.
I hope to get positive results out of this big change. I'm aware I
should also include exercise in my new routine, but let's take it
slowly, shall we? I'll let you know how it works out. In the mean
time, care to share your own strategies in the comments?
Original Articles. Constant-Content.
I try to eat less and fail, decide to exercise and don't end then give up. It's not much of a strategy, now that I think about it.
It seemes like a common strategy, however, hehe. Just keep trying my friend!
Good luck! I exercise and eat smaller meals, but those extra Christmas goodies were killers this year! I'm jumping on the band wagon for a healthier January~
Great idea!, I'll implement the journal myself. Someone once told me you can only control what you can track, so I guess I have not being able to control my weight because I didn't keep track of what I was eating. Whenever I think about this, I can hear a DUH! in my head. Another idea I got from a book was to do short workouts throughout the day. Kind of the same concept as eating several small meals during the day, the book recommends short workouts of 5-10 minutes several times a day. It's been two weeks since I started and my two reliable sources are telling me that it works. The mirror and the scale never lie. Just wanted to share my two cents. Good luck!