Diet Eating - Why Are You Dieting?

There is so much information on the web about dieting and diets and how to loose anything from 4 to 400 pounds in three seconds that I had no idea where to start looking for some easy steps to get me on the road to a healthier weight. That’s why I started doing some research to find out what steps would help me to Diet Eating success.

These are some of the keys I’ve found to diet eating success:
1. Decide why you are dieting
2. Choose a goal and a reward.
3. Choose a diet.
4. Work out a plan
5. Work out a weekly menu
6. Reward yourself
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Before anyone can diet, you have to decide why you are in fact going on a diet. I know this sounds crazy and inane - yes you want to lose weight - but WHY? If you are a hundred pounds overweight then obviously a diet is the way to go, but often we don’t really need to go on a diet. There are other options like increasing your exercise a little, limiting a few of the luxuries for a while until those few extra pounds come off, walking to work instead of driving ... etc

It’s important to know WHY, because if the reason isn’t a sound, solid, good reason, you’re never going to sustain a diet. Then when you fail your self-esteem will take a bump it doesn’t need to, so before taking on a diet, make sure you want to or that you have to and therefore that you have the required motivation to diet.

If you just need to lose a few pounds then perhaps try one of these before you head off and get into a diet:

1. Why have you gained those few extra pounds?

If its Christmas flab, thanksgiving love handles, or Easter egg tummies that you’re worried about then don’t despair. Chances are if you abstain from the things that piled on the pounds over Christmas, then over time those pounds will disappear. Of course this takes patience. To speed up the weight loss, try cutting out some everyday luxuries, like the sugar from your coffee, that extra slice of toast. If you write a food diary every day for a week, you’ll probably find a more than you’d expect that you can cut out to shed those extra kilo’s.

I keep a diary of my eating for a week and then carefully analyse what I’m eating. Just cutting out two cups of coffee per day can help me shed two or three pounds a month and you won’t really even know you’re being deprived. I’ve substituted a glass of water for two cans of soda a day and lost all the weight I needed without even going on a diet.

If deprivation isn’t your style, then try upping the exercise a little. I don’t mean hitting the gym and going frantic. Things like parking at the end of the parking lot instead of right by the shops and walking. Parking a few extra blocks from your job. Walking to the shops, not driving. I find exercise cloaked like this doesn’t really feel like exercise to me and I soon lose those extra kilo’s.

If you’ve picked up weight gradually and its not just a few pounds then you may need to take some drastic measures. But I also try the above first because I hate diets and exercise regimens and I avoid them at all costs. Then again, I have the willpower of a squirrel.

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What techniques have you found to avoid those dreaded diets?

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