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Mental Tips for Losing Weight?

Thinking thin and  how women make healthy decision for losing weight?

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Weight Loss Coach

Weight loss can be an uphill battle…

Specifically if you’re not focused, and you doubt your ability to reach your goals.

Everyone knows the struggle to shed extra pounds is not only physical, but also mental…

How to step-up and plays a major life changing role?

Indeed, researchers at the Queensland University of Technology conducted a recent study that reported individuals’ fitness activities…

They made the unholy pact that healthy dietary choices are influenced by how much individuals believe in themselves.

So here are a few mental tips that you can use daily to help make reaching your weight loss goals easier.

No Is Not a Bad Word…Use It:

It is alright to say no when offered food that derails your weight loss goals.

It doesn’t matter who offers the temptation, it’s okay to decline.

Since treats, such as candy or baked goods are occasionally offered as a gesture of affection or appreciation by family, friends & acquaintances…

Refusing the offer can be difficult.

If you’re worried about offending the person, take the food but rid yourself of it at home by disposing it completely or offering to others.

Think Positive:

Positive progress toward your weight loss goals can be achieved by minimizing time you spend thinking.

After all negative thoughts can be distracting, as well as disarming as revealed by Cognitive Therapy.

Respect yourself and avoid being overly critical in your thoughts or actions.

Pack your internal dialogues with pep talks and positive re-enforcement, ignoring the negative commentary that may dishearten you and stall your weight-loss.

Refuse to think negative, keep looking to the bright side and better results.

Let It Go:

As children, we are often taught to eat everything on our plates in order not to waste food.

However, you can refuse food away rather than force the body to consume more than it needs.

If you’re worried about wasting food or money, plan cooking smaller meals, reduce the amount of food that is likely to be leftover or thrown out.

Stress Less:

High levels of stress tends to confuse, weaken mental functions and increase cravings for food.

Why not learn stress reducing activities like reading, yoga, meditation, and deep-breathing exercises into your schedule.

Reducing your stress level often lessens the desire to overeat, a common coping mechanism, leading to more effective weight loss.

Have Fun Without Food:

Many activities use food as a reward equation.

Popcorn is associated with movie watching, cotton candy and hot dogs often accompany an outing to the fairgrounds.

American Dietetic Association claims that food and particular activities become so intertwined it hard to imagine one without the other…

Our autopilot kicks in and you’re compelled to eat whenever you engage in that pastime. So, you want to alter behavior by changing your routine.

If you typically arrange your social events around dining, plan an activity that gets you up moving around instead of sitting at the dinner table.

Why not walk or enjoy a friendly soccer game?

Skipping the concession stand helps you save money as well as lose weight 🙂

How To Eliminate Your Cravings Quickly?

Cravings can be more than just a little desire for chocolate or a particular sweets and foods…

Jody - Weight Loss Coach

Weight Loss Coach

Physical cravings for sugar cravings and foods that contain lots of sugar, fat or salt can be intense and lead to binging.

What do you crave? Well, whatever you crave for makes it difficult to lose weight and have the body you want.

There are 2 reasons for this...

One is that we are hungry.

When you go a while without eating food, your body often will crave the sweetest (chocolate) or densest foods imaginable (chocolate cake).

Your body may have associated calorie dense foods with burgers or fries.

It just wants to get those calories in…don’t worry, it’s not your fault and you
are not alone.

The other reason is that we are simply addicted.

A lot of the food we put into our body has chemicals within that make it addictive.

One of these is called HCAs (Heterocyclic Amines).

Cheese contains morphine and chocolate of course has caffeine as well as sugar. They can send us into a downward spiral that is difficult to escape.

However you can get out of it quite easily by making the right changes to your lifestyle.

First of all it is really important that you start eating breakfast and start eating consistently throughout the day (at least every 2-3 hours).

You have to make eating a priority otherwise you find time and time again the evening comes around and you’ll be craving beyond belief.

You’ll end up going on a massive binge…

Of course though there are ways to calm that feeling down immediately too but the best thing to do is avoid the situation completely.

If you find yourself in an intense mess by the evening then its time to start eating fruit.

This might puzzle you and you may be thinking that fruit is the last thing you
would consider eating as it will make your cravings worse, but it won’t!

It won’t as long as you eat enough.

In tense times where I haven’t eaten all day the best step to do is to grab some fresh strawberries and simply chop a cup’s worth into bite sized pieces.

This will satisfy your hunger and stop the cravings.

Another tip is that it is always a good idea to drink water.

When we are dehydrated we can feel less hungry which can lead to under eating and binging later on.

Drinking throughout the day will help you maintain regular eating.

Aim for 4 – 8 glasses of water a day, increasing volume as the temperature rises (i,e, spring, summer) and as your level of activity increases.

You will be amazed as the cravings disappear.

Lastly have more self-awareness.

If you can be more in tune with yourself you may realize that a lot of your
eating isn’t hunger but emotional issues.

Stress and upset can make us want to grab a doughnut.

Excitement and happiness can also make us want to grab a doughnut. This is because society has placed food at the center of celebrations and upsets.

It is pretty much ingrained in all of us.

Make an effort to acknowledge it and you will have more success overcoming cravings for good.

Also, remember to check in on the new tips, techniques, systems, methods
and programs that will help you get the body you want and truly deserve.

Weight Loss and Exercise!

Fitness Exercise and Strength Training For Women’s Health…

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Weight Loss Coach

When you are losing weight you think about how many calories you are taking in each day.

Well, what about getting the right weight loss exercise for toning your muscles?

Many women forget about their muscles when it is a major consideration.

Here’s why…did you know strength training exercise  means more lean muscle?

Yes! You actually get to burn more calories in any given day…

When you get your weight off you want to reveal muscle tone and you can easily do it with strength training exercise.

You may not have thought about strength training exercise because you are a woman.

Many women don’t give it a second thought because they think a strength training exercise will give them a manly torso and hulking arms.

You don’t have to worry about this, and this is no reason to avoid the weights. You’ll not bulk up like a man unless you take supplements to aid in this process.

The most that will happen is you will lose weight faster, have a more feminine body tone and you will look amazing at the end of your weight loss journey.

Look better, feel better and enjoy more femininity…that doesn’t sound so bad now does it?

You can find out which strength training exercise is better for you by visiting your local gym. Most gyms have personal trainers to help out their clients, and they can show you any number of simple steps that helps you get results.

You may need to add simple weight routines to your exercise program to get the results you are looking for.

You don’t have to lay down on a weight bench to get the benefits of exercise which is all part of a good strength training exercise program.

It is much simpler than you think.

You may also find a good strength training exercise by looking online, hint, hint. Just remember what when you work with any sort of weight you want to make sure you have proper form and breathing.

They are just as important than the actual strength training exercise. If you don’t not work with weights properly you can hurt yourself.

It is easy to learn proper form and breathing, however, so don’t stop yourself from looking into this because you fear it will be too complicated.

If you already do aerobics you already have the breathing part down anyway.

You only need to do this type of exercise for about twenty minutes two to three times a week to get the results you are looking for…

What’s next?

“Amazing Secrets of Natural and Lasting Weight Loss!

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