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Guest Post
Change Your Mind ToChange Your Weight
By Amy Newman Shapiro
If you have spent years trying to shed unwanted pounds, what is on your mind may be just as important as what is on your plate. After years of restrictive behaviors, chronic dieters may be acting in ways that are actually counterproductive.
Permanent weight loss can only happen when lasting lifestyle and behavior changes are made. It could be the reason why you lose weight following a diet plan only to watch it return when you go back to your normal routine. Going on a diet usually means you will go off the diet once you have lost weight. But without any permanent change in your food habits, you will continue to lose and regain the same weight. Also, there are those individuals that remain on the same diet plan for years, trapped in a restrictive lifestyle, compromising on foods they would enjoy and struggling in social situations to follow a specified set of rules.
There is a mindset, including attitude and mental energy, it takes to find new ways to eat, keep thoughts positive, make healthy food decisions and choose healthy lifestyle behaviors.
The key to making healthy food decisions and lifestyle choices is mindfulness. Mindful eating is a nonjudgmental awareness of the nurturing aspects of food selection and preparation: choosing foods without censorship that are satisfying, enjoyable and nutritious; paying attention to the physical sensations of eating including all the senses and being guided by internal cues of hunger and fullness which signal the body when to eat and when to stop.
Mindful eating:
ü Reduces calorie intake
ü Increases weight loss
ü Reduces out-of-control eating
ü Increases enjoyment of food
ü Promotes control of food choices and portion sizes
ü Encourages awareness of thoughts and feelings about food
Most calorie restrictive diets provide rules to follow that remove mindfulness. Indulging in a forbidden food leads to feelings of guilt, disappointment and low self-esteem. All of these negative emotions leadto negative effort after. Think of all the times you splurged on a food you were missing, and decided you had failed on the diet anyway, would start again on Monday and kept eating. The mindful eater would have made a conscious decision to splurge, enjoyed an appropriately satisfying portion size and chosen a healthier meal or snack when hungry again.
Unfortunately, dieting stirs up many emotions. We rely on virtuosity, willpower and good/bad comparisons, and when the diet doesn’t go as planned, we feel shame and guilt. Shame and guilt get in the way of feeling healthy and happy and can lead to anxiety and depression. Dieters often become a slave to the scale, determining their self-worth by a number. These thought and emotions negatively impact the energy and effort needed to make healthy decisions and lifestyle changes, adding to the struggle to lose weight.
Successful weight loss often depends on identifying and addressing emotional eating. Stress eating, binge eating, and eating from boredom or loneliness are ways to use food to soothe our emotions. Eating, without hunger, for comfort is a habit contributing to overweight/obesity.
Keep in mind, losing weight is easier when you are happy, positive, full of energy, and emotionally healthy.
Permanent weight loss happens when lasting changes are made. Even small changes in food intake or physical activity contribute toward lasting weight loss. Choose small changes that are doable and sustainable because they generate feelings of accomplishment that are both motivating and capable of encouraging even more changes. Making small incremental adjustments over time means no struggle. It is how new healthy habits are established.
Yes, you can lose weight and keep it off by dieting. Choose a diet that teaches you how to successfully manipulate food you enjoy, employing healthy behaviors, creating habits that lead to weight loss. You will be more apt to stick with a weight loss plan with less restrictive rules, includes the foods you enjoy, and incorporates the practice of mindfulness. This is how to have the best chance at reaching your goal weight and getting off the diet rollercoaster for good.
Book Details
Book Title: The Great Weight Debate: Get the Facts and Choose the Diet That's Right for You by Amy Newman Shapiro
Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 188 pages
Genre: Self-help, Health and Fitness
Publisher: Snewman Media
Release date: January 2021
Format available for review: print - softback (USA), e-book
Tour dates: July 19 to August 6
Content Rating: G
Book Description
The Great Weight Debate helps you evaluate which diet will work for you and which can hurt you. It is your essential, trusted resource to sift through the minefield of recommendations and misinformation when choosing the best diet for weight loss success. The Great Weight Debate summarizes many popular weight loss plans and explains the principles and research behind each diet. It also highlights the factors that may or may not make the diet a healthy choice for you. It explains why and how to choose a diet that takes into account your food preferences and meets the needs of your lifestyle, schedule, and food availability. It will help you discover and understand the rules, food restrictions, and health risks of each diet. In addition, read up on the new trends, the latest buzz, and the results of the most up-to-date research science has to offer. So...Whether you choose Paleo, low carbohydrate, intermittent fasting, Whole30, or Mediterranean, do it with realistic expectations and do it smartly. Find weight loss success with The Great Weight Debate.
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Meet the Author
Amy Shapiro RD, CDN, CPT is a registered dietitian and professional speaker promoting wellness in corporate, clinical and private settings. With degrees in both Psychology and Nutrition, Amy’s focus is on behavior modification and lifestyle management. Additionally, Amy is a personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise and a wellness coach. With thirteen years of experience educating and coaching clients and worksite wellness groups to achieve weight loss success, Lose It For the Last Time is Amy’s first book. She is the mother of two grown children and lives with her husband on Long Island New York.
Giveaway
The Great Weight Debate helps you evaluate which diet will work for you and which can hurt you. It is your essential, trusted resource to sift through the minefield of recommendations and misinformation when choosing the best diet for weight loss success. The Great Weight Debate summarizes many popular weight loss plans and explains the principles and research behind each diet. It also highlights the factors that may or may not make the diet a healthy choice for you. It explains why and how to choose a diet that takes into account your food preferences and meets the needs of your lifestyle, schedule, and food availability. It will help you discover and understand the rules, food restrictions, and health risks of each diet. In addition, read up on the new trends, the latest buzz, and the results of the most up-to-date research science has to offer. So...Whether you choose Paleo, low carbohydrate, intermittent fasting, Whole30, or Mediterranean, do it with realistic expectations and do it smartly. Find weight loss success with The Great Weight Debate.
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