Here’s some great tips.
Water…… Diet soda only increases sugar cravings. One small can a couple times a week wont hurt you. Use it as a reward. Unsweet tea with splenda or the like is acceptable. Coffee is fine. Dont drink it all day long.. Water…..
If you feel sluggish, you may not be intaking enough salt. Or drinking enough water.
Protein Shakes LINK curb the sweet tooth. I will drink it for dessert on occasion. ONLY sometimes.. Primarily breakfast.. I would be super careful about drinking any other protein shakes. Make your own. Usually they are LOADED with carbs. Read labels, you’ll see what I mean..
EAT when your hungry. This isn’t so much about calories. Its about CARBS. Low carb isn’t no carb. I don’t believe in the NET CARB thing. A carb is a carb. Bottom line. That’s just my opinion. We all have them..
IF YOU CHEAT OR FALL OFF THE WAGON…. Don’t freak out. Just start again.. Remember, when you cheat you have to start ALL OVER. Back to day one.. you aren’t on “week two” if you cheated on day 6 and 8 if you get my point.. Commit yourself to this… You can cheat AFTER you reach your GOAL… “OOPS, I drank a glass of bubbles or wine with dinner” yes, technically cheating but its not the end of the world. You don’t have to start over. It’s just a glass of bubbles or three glasses with dinner. Don’t do it again until you have reached your goal. Wine wont mess it up. I drank wine the whole time my second time around.. Just try your very best to make wise choices people! Now, if you go out and down a bag of popcorn and a box of M&Ms that is a different story.. Be strong.. behave yourself.. NO, you cant have just one slice of pizza either.. C’mon.. your stronger and wiser than that. Be good to yourself. You have to see yourself naked. Not me. This is your lifestyle. How fast you lose the weight is entirely your choice. Regular wine drinking makes the scale say a higher number for longer.. Its up to you. M&Ms make the number on the scale increase. There was a time I thought, I can limit myself to 9 chocolate chips a day ( or once a week, whatever) that’s only 8 grams of carbs.. Guess what? Its a terrible thing to do to yourself. You want your sweet cravings to go away. Its like a drug, you cant just have a little without wanting more in most cases. Reach your goal weight then eat this and that…. The rewards will come my friend in all shapes and sizes.. You can eat carbs again, just not right now. The biggest reward of all is your self esteem, your increase in energy, your pride, the image in the mirror staring back at you and the scale reading what you want it to.
Remember muscle weighs more than fat. Sometimes you lose inches and not pounds right away.. How you FEEL is more important than the number on the scale.
Some of you will get the “oh honey, you look fine, you don’t need to lose weight” comments from those who love you.. Naked is different than clothed is always my come back… Bikini season folks… Bikini season… Its how YOU feel not what other people think.
Been there, done that (again) Work in Progress. Will add Links in the coming Days 