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