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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Weight Loss Tip: Immerse Your Mind in Aquaria

Distraction as Weight Loss Trick No. 1: IGF Award Winner Aquaria is my newest distraction (some might call it a time waster, but this is learning, really). Be sure to watch a video demo since the graphics don't do the game justice. The music is relaxing and even for a gaming newbie such as myself, it's not difficult (at least in level 1).

I heard about Aquaria via a teensy little mention in Wired, my fav magazine, probably a year ago. Soon the Mac version will be ready and then everyone can have carpal tunnel surprise. Outside of the hand problems, this is a great game.

How is Distraction a Weight Loss Aid?

Use it to your benefit. Don't put a bowl of chips next to your computer (your desk should be a food-free zone). Besides you can't type with sticky or salt encrusted fingers. Find a hobby and get lost in it (without snacking at the same time). Now, I'm off to try and figure out how to get past those boulders...

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Sunday, April 27, 2008

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Weight Loss Surgery Cures Type 2 Diabetes

Just heard about this yesterday, but apparently they are discovering that those having gastric bypass or lap band surgery for weight loss are able to discontinue medication for type 2 diabetes immediately after surgery!

Here's an article about it written way back in 2007 and another article from WebMD from just this January 2008.

Read an excerpt of results of a study published in JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) in the Jan 23rd Edition. This is very interesting. I'll need to do much more research to know if it's a reality or just another scam to induce more people to undertake risky surgery for the sake of money.

Generally those with Type 2 Diabetes can become non-diabetic with diet and exercise but I realize that's just not so easy for everyone. If we all moved to a desert island (with nothing but what grew there to eat) it'd be far easier to get lean. Raise your hand if you want to move to Gilligan's Island (sitcom from the 60s for the uninitiated).

Labels: diabetes, type 2 diabetes, weight loss surgery

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Friday, April 25, 2008

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Picky Eaters Stay Thinner

On the About.com weight loss forum Janis said, "Losing weight isn't about walking around hungry. It's about finding a plan you can follow that keeps you satisfied so you can stay on it for life."

That is so well put and absolutely true. Too many people equate weight loss with pain and suffering. It does not have to be like that, and should not be like that, if one wants permanent results.

A lot of it comes down to choices; do you want another calorie laden, oil soaked, sugar dipped cold greasy pastry, or would you rather enjoy a wonderful dessert later? There is way too much "see food, eat food" going on.

We don't have to eat it just because it's there. Get picky. Is it ordinary? Then choose to say, "No, thanks." Wait for something special (this advice works in love as well).

Step one is starting to simply skip the ordinary crap that so many are eating, the half stale chips, the last few bites of casserole because you don't want to "waste it," the dips and tastes and licks of everything while you cook so you've eaten enough calories to count as a meal already, and all that snacking. Holy smokes, do we really need to eat non-stop?

Last night I suddenly remembered we have a couple pieces of really tasty pizza that if we don't eat pretty soon will get tossed. I thought about it for a minute, then just said, "I'm totally not hungry." I remember way back when I would have happily eaten that pizza and maybe scrounged for something else too. Actually, I did go looking for some nuts to mix with chocolate chips and found a whole big bag of peanuts but the bag was open and so I knew they'd be stale. Gross! They were, so they got tossed, and just chocolate chips didn't appeal, so I went back in and finished watching a movie. No harm, no foul.

If I had been hungry, I'd have figured out what I was really hungry for and eaten it (or something very close to it) but since I wasn't hungry, I had a fleeting thought about eating and then it was gone.

Just because the idea of eating crosses your mind doesn't mean you have to eat. Check out About.com's weight loss forum and say hello. I'm easy to find, just look for OneMoreBite, natch.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Getting Motivated to Lose Weight

How can I get back the dieting mindset? was asked in the About.com Weight Loss Forum:

Getting clear about what you want is the first step to getting motivated to go out there and get it. Ask yourself, what will having the dieting mindset do for me? Then just wait to see if your mind (your self talk) gives you a reply.

Self, what will having the dieting mindset do for me? Wait ...

Self says something such as, "It will make it easier to stay on track."

Then ask, "Self, if it is easier for me to stay on track, what will that do for me?"

Self says, "You'll relax and enjoy yourself more."

(In this process the proper thing to do is thank your "self" for giving you that awesome advice! by saying "thank you for wanting that for me.")

So, self, what will being able to relax and enjoy myself do for me?

Self perhaps says, "You'll feel calm and at peace."

Thank you for wanting calm and peace for me. (said with a big smile and lots of enthusiasm, might as well make it fun).

By feeling calm and at peace, what will feeling calm and at peace do for me?

You'll be able to create.

Thank you for wanting me to be able to create, and by being able to create, what will that do for me?

You'll contribute to the higher good.

Thank you for wanting that for me, and by contributing to the higher good, what will that do for me?

You'll be one.

Okay, that's me just rambling. Everyone's inner voice will tell a different story. The idea is to just keep asking yourself, what will THAT do for me? You are after your real outcome, what having what you want will do for you. In other words, goals are usually tangible things while outcomes are what having those things will give us, such as power, prestige, honor, gratefulness, etc. What you really want gives you the motivation to then go and get it.

If you only are looking at tonight and what you'll miss, you're missing out on an opportunity to discover what really makes you tick.

This is part of what's commonly known as "Parts Therapy in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), covered in detail in Session 3 of the 8-Week online Ending Emotional Eating course at OneMoreBite.com.

Labels: dieting, mindset, motivation, weight loss