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Use a smaller plate.
Portion tomorrow's snacks in baggies the night before.
Eat more fruit and vegetables.
Drink more water.
Consistant excercise.
Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
Mow the grass.
Walk more.
Stop eating when I first feel full.
Don't eat cake, pie and/or cookies everyday.
Purchase fat-free, sugar free whenever possible.
Take my lunch instead of buying it.
Switch to diet soda.
Weigh or size my food portions and stick to it.
Become a clock-watcher for meals.
Lay off the fried foods and starchy carbs, such as pasta and bread.
Skip a meal, drink a power drink instead or a glass of milk.
I believe that limiting my sugar intake to once or twice a week as a treat helps me to control my weight. I am referring to cakes, cookies, pie and ice cream.
By allowing myself a certain day of the week to enjoy any dessert my heart desires, I don't crave sugar all day anymore. It is like my mind knows that Sunday is Dessert Day!
I stopped working a few years ago and I gradually started gaining weight. Igained 15 pounds in a very short time. After giving this a lot of thought I realized I was now eating 3 meals a day and sitting down or snacking more often. When I worked away from home I was usually rushing around every morning and did not have time to eat breakfast. Once at work I was so busy I never took a normal lunch hour. Supper was the one meal I gorged myself on and then after supper I had to clean things up, get the housework done, wash clothes for the family, help kids with homework, baths, you name it. By the time I got to bed everyone else had been asleep for hours. With all the extra time on my hands no wonder I've gained weight. Now I schedule my food intake and try to get moving and eat as if I was at work again.
My next door neighbor lost a lot of weight recently. I asked him how he lost so much weight so fast and he told me he went on a cereal diet. He said he ate cereal with milk for breakfast and cereal and milk for lunch and then ate a moderate size supper with no snacking between meals or after supper.
My middle aged son has lost weight and gained muscle by a program he signed up for that is based on baked, boiled or broiled lean meat, no fat and a 20-minute a day work out that includes lifting weights.
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