| A long time ago I learned a couple of | | | | the turkey will make a huge pile for me. With |
| weightloss ideas to help you kill a bad | | | | all that food, you can spare a few cookies or |
| habit. It works to eliminate your attachment | | | | a muffin. Toss it out. |
| to something, as you'll see below. | | | | |
| | | | And don't buy another one to take its place |
| Some quick background. I grew up dieting. | | | | right now. I know all about forbidden foods. |
| When I was about 10, I started putting on | | | | I was on Sugar Busters for two years, and the |
| weight, and my mom started putting me on | | | | second half of that included a lot of |
| diets. Awful right? At least she went on | | | | cheating. By the way, in Sugar Busters, you |
| them, too. | | | | quit eating white sugar and white flour. Its |
| | | | a lot like South Beach. |
| So I have spent many years with this | | | | |
| ingrained idea that food is fun, and no food | | | | This method of giving up ingredients creates |
| is no fun. One of the weightloss ideas I | | | | a ton of forbidden foods. I decided, after |
| learned as a teenager came back to me | | | | quitting in frustration and gaining the |
| recently, about this habit of eating for fun. | | | | weight back, all 35 pounds, that forbidden |
| | | | foods wouldn't work for me. If it does for |
| Go buy your favorite food or snack, whether | | | | you, congratulations, and stay with it. |
| you eat it now or not. Get a cookie, a big | | | | |
| muffin, a double sugar latte, or some Ben and | | | | I decided my weight loss would have to come |
| Jerry's. Once you have it, you can either | | | | by prudently eating all kinds of foods in the |
| take a bite, or not, and skip ahead. | | | | right quantities. And so, throwing out some |
| | | | of it helps to keep me focused. If I want |
| When I say take a bite, I mean it. If you eat | | | | more, I can have it tomorrow or the next day. |
| any, eat only a small amount. Next, toss it | | | | |
| out. Yes, throw it away, whether you ate any | | | | Give these weightloss ideas a try. Go get |
| or not. You want to change the idea in you | | | | that double scoop of rocky road and mint |
| that you have to finish that item or save it. | | | | chocolate chip ice cream on a sugar cone. |
| You can get more. | | | | Take a bite of each, and chuck it. You can |
| | | | handle it. And always know you can get |
| Some more weightloss ideas to help you with | | | | another one tomorrow, and eat or throw it |
| this: Picture all the food you will ever and | | | | away. |
| have ever eaten all in one place. Not easy, | | | | |
| right? It would be a mountain of food. Just | | | | You are in control. |