Tricks of the trade

I found some tips...they're on a healthy diet website but I figured they could still come in handy.

Put your fork down for at least 10 seconds between mouthfulls

If you do eat, try to eat something containing fibre or protein...they fill you up for longer.

Instead of eating, drink a hot drink

Eat with chopsticks, they can't be used as a shovel as much as a fork can

Most of the time, when you think you're hungry, it's actually because you're thirsty so drink instead of eat

avoid processed carbs...they digest quickly and push your blood sugar, so as soon as your blood sugar drops again, you'll want to eat again - that's stuff like white bread, sugar etc

don't call it a 'diet'...diets are temporary and you'll just put all the weight back on...change your life style

take before and after photo's (if nothing else, seeing your fat self will convince you not to give up)

Don't be so secretive...obviously you're not just going to blurt out to everyone that you're not eating...but talk about is as if you're just trying to eat more healthily

exercise to music, it lets you zone out so that you're not thinking about how hard it is to keep going

Hmm, this one is from this guy who lost a load of weight and he says never to listen when people say 'you've lost enough weight' or 'i like you the way you are'. He says the point is, if YOU aren't happy the way you are, YOU have to do something about it

Take vitamins - if you're not eating properly especially, because it means you're body is getting what it needs without the need for food

Have a set goal - or a list of goals...know what you're aiming for

This dude says he weighs himself at 10am every morning - so all that bollocks about them saying you should only weight yourself once a week or you're ill blah blah...it's bollocks cos this guy did it healthily

What's more important to you? something that's going to taste good for like...half a minute...or feeling beautiful for life?

Exercise...I know this is an obvious one but let me point something out. When 'they' say to you 'you can't stop eating because your body will store the calories', they're telling the truth. But if you exercise, you're switching it to burn rather than save.

patterns and routine are good

this next one depends whether you care about being healthy or if you just wanna get as thin as possible no matter what the cost - whether you like it or not, you're body needs some fats...but these fats you can get in tablet form, like omega 3 etc...so you don't have to eat to get them.

make things different or you're gonna get bored and slip up...if you eat an interesting salad, you're less likely to go oh my god this is so boring i'm getting a piece of that interesting looking chocolate cake!!!

walk, walk, WALK! WALK! Walking is perfect. Sure you can run I guess, I personally don't like running. Walking is good. Walk everywhere.

Sooner or later, you WILL fuck up. It happens to everyone and it's just one of those things. The important thing when you fuck up is NOT to give up. Fucking up is not the same as quitting, okay? Just say to yourself, okay. I fucked up. Now I'm going to put that behind me and continue.

ooh, apparently, people who eat white bread are more likely to have belly fat. I wish I'd known THAT years ago.



So yeah...just some stuff, hope it helps.