Try Lightfull Smoothie – Coupon
The delightful folks at Lightfull Satiety Smoothies have sent me a coupon for $1 off. If you can’t find a store in your area, you can also order online directly from LightfullFoods.com
Toobee: Have Fun, Lose Weight
Just saw this new toy, the Toobee, “lighter than a marshmallow,” no sharp edges, can be flown inside or out. This is just plain fun, and for a limited time you can get free, (you do pay shipping and handling). The Toobee could be the next best weight loss exercise gadget. I sent for one today.
My Scale of Woe: Adventures in Weight Loss
The Scale Is Not My Friend
I got a surprise when I stepped on and found I’d gained over five pounds. In one week! Now how does that happen? I don’t know all the answers but I do know I haven’t done anything unusual so there’s no logical reason. Because of that I’m not going to knock myself around or say, “I’m gonna start a diet on Monday,” since it’s most likely water weight that’ll come off all by itself when my body’s ready to let it go.
It’s quite unusual to wake up and suddenly be heavier, so if you quickly gain five or more pounds in a week with no obvious reason (I’m not talking about the five pounds you gain because you’re eating everything in sight but when it comes out of the blue, unexpectedly–you know the difference) and it doesn’t disappear on its own.
Looking for clues. Have you changed or started any new medications? Eaten any foods you don’t usually eat? Water retention can be a side effect or reaction to other things you’ve ingested so be a detective.
Notify your doctor if rapid weight gain continues as it can be a sign of illness or drug reaction. Generally it’s nothing to get worked up about and if you’re eating a reasonable amount of healthy foods it’ll fall back off all by itself. Don’t go all crazy and jump on the latest fad diet andwagon. Just Relax. Have a cup of tea. You will be fine.
If you know EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) use it on your anxiety: “Even though I’m huge, I deeply and completely accept myself.” If you don’t know EFT, it costs nothing to learn and you have everything to gain in learning how to lose weight for good. Get The Daily Bites, Little Lessons in Losing Weight the Easy Way
Weight Loss Tip: Small Changes Equal Big Results
Slow Change Works
There are 365 days in a year. If you achieved your goals on 200 of them this year wouldn’t that be an improvement over last year?As you improve, your weight will come off. That’s the secret to lasting weight loss. People who’ve achieved their best weight and maintain it learned to stay on their plan more often than not. Eventually you won’t think of it as a plan at all but just how you prefer to be, and that’s true weight loss success.
Eat What You Want to Lose Weight
If you have a particular food craving, you should have that food. Not three other things to make the feeling go away, but that exact food. If you cannot have that exact food, then catalog it for later, and have something similar, such as if you want something crunchy and salty, find something else that’s similar in taste and texture.
If you expect to only want what is “good for you” you’re setting yourself up to fail. You’ll obviously want other things. Just today I wanted nuts, badly. So I ate nuts, plenty of nuts. Handfuls of nuts. Far more than I’d normally eat if I were in my natural state but this was a craving, and sometimes a craving needs to be satisfied.
I visited the nut jar several times during the day. So how do I feel now? Great. Satisfied. Excellent. I ate the nuts, I’m happy, not damaged, not ruined.
