| BUDGET: Weight Management | | | | some of the extra eating for the following |
| | | | day or two to make up for your big night out. |
| Aren't you tired of the word "diet"? When | | | | Remember an extra 3500 calories = an |
| most people here the word diet they | | | | additional one pound on your scale. |
| psychologically freeze up; it becomes a job. | | | | |
| For many people dieting equals denial. For | | | | Seeing is believing. How about logging your |
| the next 3 weeks why not try my simple method | | | | food intake for one week. No cheating, this |
| to "BUDGET" your food intake while still | | | | log belongs only to you to get a handle on |
| enjoying eating. This method has been | | | | your habits. The best way to log is to record |
| successful for me as well as my clients to | | | | your eating times as well as portion size. |
| manage and maintain a healthy weight. | | | | By reading your log only at the end of each |
| | | | day you will be able to get a better "mental |
| The idea is to have a weekly budget for your | | | | picture" of your eating habits. At the end |
| food as you would for your finances. | | | | of each night take a red pen and underline |
| | | | ONLY your bad choices or areas of needed |
| We have so many different eating habits and | | | | improvement for that day. Keep a running |
| cravings that have been developed over the | | | | weekly total of your "red lines". The idea |
| years that for most of us it becomes | | | | is to reduce the number of red lines each |
| impossible to change them all at once. | | | | week so that you're continually making |
| However if you have a weekly budget you can | | | | progress and tightening up your BUDGET. |
| maintain your BUDGET much easier than trying | | | | |
| to stick to a very rigid daily diet. For | | | | Remember, this is not another "fad diet" or |
| example you can splurge with a night on the | | | | an additional "job", its simply a .way of |
| town with your friends as long as you | | | | getting you on track to a more healthy |
| remember to balance your BUDGET for the rest | | | | lifestyle. |
| of the week. This means you need to take off | | | | |