Handling stress and weight loss: So far, so good

11.15.2009 · Posted in Personal Updates

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I’m still here and still toeing the line on my diet. The workplace stress has been off the charts, but I’ve managed my way through it just fine. I go back to the doc in 10 days for a weigh-in. I went in another notch on my belt this past week, so I’m hoping for around a 10 lb loss this month.

{crossing fingers and knocking wood}…

As I’ve said many times before, I’m not a proponent of any particular program or diet philosophy; the law of thermodynamics works just fine for me. Times like this, I don’t have time to think about proportions of fat, protein, and carbs. In fact, I didn’t get fat because of any of those things. I got fat because instead of eating 1 or 2 slices of pizza occasionally, I ate 5 or 6 slices at a sitting once or twice a week.

So, modifying my behavior is big, and is allowing me to start dropping weight without having to buy special foods or prepare special meals. I stay away from the company cafeteria and fast food restaurants and start my day with a modest bowl of cereal. I drink a lot of water, and bring a sandwich and a piece of fruit for lunch. My guilty pleasure is the bag of pretzels I keep at work in case of snack cravings. Dinner is whatever the rest of the family is having, but I try to match my portion sizes to my wife and kids’ rather than filling up the entire plate.

At some point I’ll plateau and have to shuffle things around a bit, but when you’re my size just eating less is a big improvement.

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Tags: carbs, Diet, Fat, guilty pleasure, law of thermodynamics, Lunch, portion sizes, protein, stress, workplace stress

E Cig

I recommend showering in cold water. It relieves a lot of stress.

Your girl Mary :)

Acai Berry

Many of us have already know many ways to combat unnecessary body weight yet we still do those things that could harm our body.

But its good that there are lots of websites to help us remember.

abrandt1

Congratulations! You have started to adopt another lifestyle by applying a few diet rules with discipline. You will find that after a week weeks you run those on autopilot and you will not get irritated anymore by what is happening around you in terms of eating. The motivation is all important and it gets stronger every day, when you see your progress, even it may be only a small one. But you know that you are on the right track and can keep going on that route!
I taught this principle to my spa guests and 95 % of them made it through the first weeks and freed themselves from unhealthy habits.

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Congratulations on the good diet. You're right on with eating too much per sitting. There's just so much unnecessary overeating in this country. It makes us fat, and it stresses the food industry, and it wastes food. Why eat 6 slices when 2 will do? Good job.

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Great job!! The first modification that everyone must start with is behavior mod. This gets the ball rolling! I always taught my clients that before starting anything and as you know-it works and you start shedding the pounds faster! Its all habit! Nutrition-wise, you dont necessarily need to do a full change of diet but modify certain food choices and control the portion sizes.

You can still have pretzels but get sandwich bags and fill them with pretzels and take one to two bags of pretzels to work a day. This is will help control your portion sizes.

Also, another bit of advice is when you eat dinner use a smaller plate than what you usually would use for breakfast and/or dinner. This will again help with modification of behavior and portion control. Small changes like this will make all the difference in the world!

Again, great job! I enjoy reading blogs like this! Keep up the progress!

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Great effort and its really true that to be happy is the cause of to be healthy, i only do this exercise with my routine diet, just be happy, i wish you all the very best.

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You are doing well and i believe you can achieve your target soon just do as doctor recommend you.

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well, more vegetables and fruit for our food,heath will be no problem.and they also do not increase your weight.