The Health Coach Group: 14 Proven Ways to Lose Weight For Good!

Good Morning! It is like going to a new office to write my blog! The simple things in life are sometimes the best!

Diet and Weight Loss

We live in a funny society. We treasure slim, thin, skinny…and we dole out mountains of processed snack, junk, fast foods. We sit around and watch television instead of getting up and walking to the park or grocery store.

I don’t normally go out to eat. Last weekend my husband and I found ourselves with a very rare morning alone. We went to a restaurant in our town that is known for a wide variety of delicious home cooked meals. The man who owns the restaurant is highly regarded for the fresh ingredients he uses. His first restaurant was called “The Garden Cafe”, this restaurant has a European theme and he still has all the fresh ingredients. He also has one who room filled almost ceiling to floor with sugary, floury desserts to go! He uses cream to add savory goodness to everything. His cinnamon rolls are about 8″ square with creamy, sugary white frosting sometimes dripping off the plate. Every time I go there it takes intense discipline to keep my eye on the fresh fruits and veggies. I sat down, looked around me and, oh my gosh! There was not one person who weighed less than 200 lbs…more over 300 lbs. …I saw myself in those bodies and almost ran out the door. The only people who were thin…and not all of them were…were the waiters and waitresses who ran around trying to keep the tables filled.

In our society, it seems like it is a constant obsession to try to get fit…all the time reverting back to the food and entertainment forms that are so prevalent. I don’t know about you, but every single family get together we ever had, every holiday, every celebration has been centered around food and drink. Most of the time glutenous food and drink.

So, when we start to become unhappy with the way we look (no one associates their illness or sluggishness with food)…we start cutting calories. Every new year the diet industry pulls out all the advertising plugs, because every new year we resolve to lose all the weight we put on the years before. Diet pills, replacement shakes, artificial sweeteners, surgeries, magazines …and fad diets. The problem is, these things all make our problem worse. We may lose weight quickly at first, but we lose muscle at the same time and then gain back all fat….not so good. Then we are minus the muscle and plus more fat.

If you want to lose weight and keep it off, look to people who have successfully done it. You will notice that they did not use diet pills, meal replacement shakes or fad diets.

14 Proven ways to lose weight for good:

eat breakfast
eat all day long
drink more water
eat at home
eat whole foods
reduce stress
get a good nights sleep
get moving
keep a journal
eat some good, high quality protein
take a vitamin supplement
eat more vegetables
give up the “c”‘s
do a kitchen makeover and get the foods that tempt you out of your house.

What do you think of skipping the fad diets? Throw away the diet pills! (You can throw away your sleeping pills at the same time! 2 for 1!) Start eating healthy!

If you want to lose weight. Eat more green vegetables, less simple carbohydrates. Give up the “C”‘s …cakes, cookies, candy and chips! Once those are out of your house and your life…you WILL lose weight.

This is what you eat!