Realistic Ways to Shed Weight

In all my years in the weight loss industry, I have yet to hear of one good thing to be said about dieting. Most times people say that dieting to them means eating boring tasteless food, deprivation, hunger, irritability, starvation and not being able to go out or socialize. This could explain why so few can stay on a diet long term and actually get to their goal weight. I had to lose 35 kilos, which is a huge amount of weight, so looking down the many months of living of celery and carrots would make any motivated person cringe with fear.

Here are some realistic ways to win the battle of the bulge:

• Don’t be boring with your food choices. Steam vegetables and fish are lovely but aren’t very exciting so experiment. Try some of my fabulous low fat recipes and learn how to eat the healthy way.
• If you enjoy a wine or piece of chocolate then make sure that you work these things into your eating regime. If you love to snack then make sure that you have good healthy snacks at home when you need them.
• Eating in moderation is essential to lasting long term on a healthy eating program. For example fruit is fantastic. It is full of fibre, which will help keep you feeling full and satisfied longer and is also a good carbohydrate but beware it is possible to eat too much fruit. The normal serving size of a piece of fruit is 140g. Women should have no more than 3 pieces and men 4 pieces each day for weight loss.
• If you can’t get motivated and have little willpower your weight loss will be a struggle and you won’t last long so make sure you keep motivated, focused and have strong willpower if you wish to succeed. When you are motivated you can do anything. Think about all the positives to you losing weight and forget the negatives.
• Finally make time for the 3 most important parts of any weight loss journey:

1. Shop for the right food. Buy only what will support your healthy program and don’t be tempted to buy chocolate for the kids if you know that you will sneak some for yourself.
2. Allow time in your day to prepare and cook delicious low fat healthy meals and snacks. And finally
3. Make time in your day for exercise. Prioritise this because without activity in your day, weight loss will be slower and also harder to keep off long term. Step up and do what ever is needed each day to be the healthy person you want to be.

Annette’s cookbooks SYMPLY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, CD-ROM MENU PLANNER and GET MOTIVATED & LOSE WEIGHT DOUBLE AUDIO CD are sold in all good newsagencies or visit Annette's website www.symplytoogood.com.au