3 Easy Ideas and 2 Harder ones
I love a buffet. A few years ago while in Vegas, I went to 6 buffets in 48 hours. My husband just watched me eat towards the end there. I took my kids on an Alaskan cruise a few years ago. There was a 24 hour buffet on the ship. A couple weeks after the cruise, I took my broken bathroom scale back to Costco in exchange for another scale. I weighed the exact same on that new scale. My family still likes to remind me of the “broken” scale I took back to Costco years ago. I should have had a clue when I had to buy new pants after the cruise, but no.
Here are my easy and hard tips for weight loss:
Weigh yourself every day. This helps create awareness and make quick corrections in our food intake. I really like the digital body composition scales that measure muscle mass and body fat in addition to weight. You can get one for under $30 on Amazon. I used to weigh myself only once a week, but then I would think, well it’s not going to be good today, so I would put it off for a “good” day.
Log your food intake daily in a free app such as Lose It!, MyFitnessPal or my favorite Noom (14 day free trial & 20% off with this link). I like Noom because it focuses on the behavioral aspects of weight loss. We all know WHAT to do, but Noom helps address HOW to do it. If you are still gaining weight while logging, consider measuring your portions with a food scale and measuring cups/spoons. I used to always underestimate what I was eating and the scale would not budge.
Remember to think about your “Why?”. My “why” is my family. I strive to be a role model for my children. I live the life I would want for them and I’m able to enjoy physically challenging activities with them. What is your “why”?
How is your sleep? How is your stress? How can we improve on these? Do you need to delegate some tasks? Who can help you? Can you cut back on work or take a day off?
Remember, this is a journey. What improvements have you made in your health since last month or last year? We make mistakes but then we make corrections. Resilience is an important quality in this journey of transforming our health.