http://healthevolution.today.com Sharing my wisdom after losing 150 pounds Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:12:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I started to focus on exercise and losing weight, I picked up pilates as a workout that would not only provide me some cardio exercise, but would also give me the benefits of resistance training.  This was an ideal situation because I could work out at home and it ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2009/01/13/exercise/ What should you be eating if you want to lose weight? Most people are so overwhelmed by all the different diet plans and nutritional eating programs out there that they usually create a weight loss plan that's impossible to stick with.  People know they need to eat less calories to lose ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2009/01/06/what-should-you-eat-to-lose-weight/ #6) “Develop a Healthy Selfishness”. Now, here’s a point in the article where I really agree with and support the author who says, “As Fletcher counseled overweight clients, she noticed that many women, in particular, had a difficult time putting themselves first.  All day long, they’d help their spouse, family, friends, ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/12/losing-100-pounds-article-response-14/ So, instead of adjusting your expectations and expecting a slow, torturous, punishment for old behavior and hard core test of your self-control, adjust your expectations to believe how easily and quickly things can change for you.  Start to notice the little things that are changing first like how, after I ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/11/losing-100-pounds-article-response-13/ Time is an interesting component, of weight loss and will probably be the subject of a few blogs in the future.  Most people believe that time is the enemy of weight loss because it happens slowly and because it takes time to show results.  The trick, though, is that time ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/10/losing-100-pounds-article-response-12/ #5) “Adjust Your Expectations”   In this segment, the article’s author feeds us the old cliché, “That extra 100 pounds didn’t appear overnight and it’s not going to come off overnight, either.”  I don’t know about you, but as a person who’s looking at myself and knowing I have to lose 100 ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/09/losing-100-pounds-article-response-11/ Stepping on the scale also took some of the subjectivity out of my situation.  For so long, I’d depended on how I felt or what size I was to determine how I looked.  But, I suddenly realized that was a complete disaster – look where I’d ended up, and I ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/08/losing-100-pounds-article-response-10/  I had to find accountability and motivation elsewhere – thinking outside the box and coming up with some creative solutions that worked for me and inspired me to be more successful.  For example, when I started noticing that I was losing weight, I bought myself a scale to use at ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/07/losing-100-pounds-article-response-9/ #4) “Build in Accountability”.   Accountability is essential for progress, it helps you not only track your success, but also can be used as a motivational tool to help you spring forward.  The “10 Tips for Losing 100 Pounds” article states that including an accountability component in your weight loss plan.  Things ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/06/losing-100-pounds-article-response-8/ I can’t stress this enough – if you’ve been using food as a source of comfort and satisfaction in the past (and we ALL do this to some degree), but if you’ve been doing it in an addictive way, then you will probably continue to do so on some level.  ... http://healthevolution.today.com/2008/12/05/losing-100-pounds-article-response-7/