There are so many diet plans out there. Each of them have likely had success stories, as well as people who didn’t find the plan effective to lose the weight or to keep it off. We are not typically overweight due to a lack of health information. We generally know what foods are healthy for us. Everyone’s body will react differently and our bodies’ reaction will change over time too. That is why it pays to become an expert on yourself and your body. The plan I’ve used in my free guide, Change Your Relationship to Food and Your Body, has you in control of what you eat and when, and has you evaluating your results regularly to see what’s working and what changes to try next. Most importantly, most diet plans are all about the food, but losing weight is a physical, mental and emotional process. This full plan addresses all of those aspects to help you achieve the results you want.
Here is the summary of the overall plan for reaching your weight goals:
- Plan in advance everything you are going to eat and when you are going to eat it. Make your plan at least 24 hours in advance. Better yet, plan Sunday night for the whole next week. Plan one joy eat during the week and enjoy it guilt free.
- Write down everything you eat every day.
- Only eat when you are hungry.
- At the end of the day and the week, compare your planned food to what you actually ate and evaluate, not punish.
- Weigh yourself in the morning to get data to help you evaluate your food plan.
- Feel, allow and acknowledge your emotions instead of eating them.
- Start taking these steps now.
Planning is the best habit anybody with a weight loss goal can develop.
At the end of the week review how well you kept to your plan, and what results you achieved. If you did not stick to your plan, review your reasons/excuses and ask yourself honestly if you like them. Don’t beat yourself up for any failures, learn from them. Act like a researcher and try to discover what is going on and why. Become an expert on yourself. After two weeks, you might want to review your eating plan to see if it is helping you achieve your goal. If you are losing the weight, great, keep going. If you are not, what can you change? Have you eliminated flour and sugar from your diet? Like an experimenter, change one thing at a time and give it some time to see the results. Go back regularly to your reason for wanting this change to keep your motivation up.
Recommended Food Plan:
Everyone thinks there is a secret formula out there to lose weight. What is important is finding out what works for you and your goals. That is why you are the one in charge of writing your food plan each week, and not me. You need to write a plan that is realistic and feels good for you, and helps you achieve your goal. Regardless, I know you are still waiting for me to give you the secret formula. I will give you some simple suggestions to try. For each meal, eat lots of vegetables including leafy greens, a protein and a healthy fat. Is that simple enough? Let food become just the fuel your body needs.
I also suggest that you eliminate sugar and flour from your diet and anything that includes either one. These concentrated, refined foods create more desire for them via a dopamine flood, which perpetuates the desire. Eventually it becomes an unconscious habit. That is why some people feel out of control with their eating. But we can change this! When you stop eating them on a regular basis, after about two weeks your body will readjust and your desire for them will decrease.
This whole month I will be focusing on changing your relationship to food and your body. Start by downloading the Free Guide: Change Your Relationship to Food and Your Body. Then join me for free live classes where you can learn more and get your personal questions answered. Sign up now.