The temptation at the beginning of every year is to try and change all of your habits at once. That’s a recipe for failure. Take it easy, make just a few healthy changes, like drinking more water and getting up and moving at least 10 minutes a day. Even 10 minutes can seem like a long time when you haven’t been doing anything. That’s the first step, and every step adds up.
TODAY: CUT BACK ON HOW MUCH YOU EAT AND GET MOVING.
We’ve been celebrating Half Week and you have probably realized by now that this has been an exercise in the easy way to reduce calories. Fix your meals the way you always have, order the meals you always have, eat what you want, just take the portions you are used to and cut them in half. Set them aside, share them, freeze them for another meal do anything you want with them, just DON’T EAT THAT OTHER HALF. In the end it will all add up to less you.
TODAY: WALK DOUBLE YOUR USUAL DISTANCE.
A little parody of the old Ernie Ford song “16 Tons” works well to remind you to drink eight glasses of water a day. Don’t feel intimidated by how much “8 glasses of water” is. Those are 8 ounce glasses, a cup. A 16 ounce glass is two cups. (Gee, now I’m a math wizzard.) Get a pint glass, it holds sixteen ounces (that’s a pint). Just drink two of those glasses of water in the morning and two in the afternoon. But don’t ignore this! You DEFINITELY need this water to help curb your appetite and flush the proteins out of your system to keep your kidneys healthy.
Sure Ernie Ford was known as the “Ole’ Pea Picker”. Until your body adjusts to it you may be just an “Ole’ Pee er”.
TODAY: FIND A 16 OUNCE GLASS TO USE WHEN DRINKING YOUR NO CALORIE WATER.
British scientists have found that women who skipped breakfast ate more calories during the rest of the day and also had higher fasting levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and total cholesterol compared with the women in the breakfast-eating group. The researchers found that skipping breakfast could lead to weight gain. So get your metabolism revved up and quell those hunger pangs early. Just make sure breakfast isn’t the famous British “bangers and mash”.
TODAY: EAT A SMALL PROTEIN FILLED BREAKFAST AND TAKE A WALK.
If you haven’t tried smoking meats yet, take some time to try it this weekend. It’s easy, doesn’t require expensive cuts of meat, gives you delicious results and a number of low cal, low carb meals. I don’t need to go into a bunch of details because there are ample sites for that along with simple instructions and recipes that come with a smoker or grill. But the skinny (pun intended) on the process is it’s meat cooked slow under low (250 degree) heat with a little wood for smokey flavor. Don’t overdo the smoke. A little goes a long way. I’ve also found that I add the wood smoke after the meat has been cooking for a while. Seasoning rubs are the low calorie choice for flavoring.
Once done, wrap the flavorful meats in foil NEVER PLASTIC WRAP OR BAGS. Plastic will give it an odd taste. Foil leaves it pure and fresh tasting. It will freeze well too, so don’t eat it all at once.
TODAY: (This weekend) TRY SMOKING SOME LOW CALORIE, HIGH PROTEIN MEATS.
By now the Easter candy at the stores is marked down to about 75% off. I know the temptation is hard to resist and the savings are fantastic, but walk on by the display and congratulate yourself for your control. Besides, all the good stuff is gone now anyway. Of course you can do what I do. Buy up the marshmallow “peeps”. They’re best by about Christmas when they have had a chance to age nicely. They get a more chewy texture. If you wait till NEXT Easter they’ll even be crunchy. By then you will have lost more weight and deserve the treat.
TODAY: DON’T BUY BARGAIN EASTER CANDY
You may have noticed that you weren’t as hungry at “meal time” since we started Daylight Saving Time. But you’ll likely adapt to eating earlier easier than waking up earlier. Just try and use that reduced appetite to reduce a few calories. You can still satisfy the cravings that come later with a nice piece of fruit or high fiber cereal AFTER you take a walk in the daylight that is left at the end of your day.
TODAY: RENEW YOUR COMMITMENT TO EAT LESS AND EXERCISE MORE.
Daily Nag, Exercise, Food Choices | Diet Nag | 
January 3, 2019 6:32 am | 
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