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