Ten Ways I Dropped And Kept Off 30 Pounds

1. No chicken skin.
   • Yes it tastes delicious, like manna from heaven especially fried
     
     chicken skin but it's full of cholesterol and plain old fat. I love it as much
     
     as you do but it's a no-no.
   
   
   



2. Death to birthday cake, red meat and eating out.
   
   
   • I often try to answer how it is I went from thin to fat. I ate basically the
     
     same way before and after I started gaining weight. What was it that caused the
     
     massive increase? To the best of my understanding it was a triumvirate of
     
     evil, eating out several times a week, frequent office birthdays and birthday
     
     cake and pizza and soda etc. etc. and eating steaks several times a week. Each
     
     of this brotherhood of evil played their role in adding inches all over my body.
     
     
   
   
   



3. Before you eat, drink.
   
   
   • Apparently we can get hunger and thirst mixed up. Make sure you aren't
     
     eating when you should be drinking, just take a sip and see how you feel. Also
     
     with respect to number 7 below, even if you really are hungry give yourself a
     
     buffer against overeating by having something to drink before you
     
     start.
   
   
   



4. Feel free to wear a hole in the carpet thinking.
   • I used to think it was weird, my infrequent desire to walk around the house
     
     in circles thinking about something that had charged me up but it works. Here I
     
     am all excited about some new idea and I walk around and around running through
     
     different possibilities in my head. Sometimes I come up with a solution that's
     
     exciting enough for me to walk some more but at the end of the day it's good
     
     exercise regardless.
   
   
   



5. Pump the music up.
   
   
   • Keeping your radio on an up tempo music station can help you burn calories
     
     right in your seat. Play a little air guitar, bob your head and keep your
     
     spirits up. Each burst of activity adds up throughout the day.
   
   
   



6. Find that outdoor thing that just gets you excited.
   
   
   • For me it was riding a bike, I l-o-v-e-d it, the most fun ever. The wind was
     
     whipping past my face and I could try little wheelies and moves. Always be
     
     safety conscious though, I went out and bought my pads and a helmet for around
     
     $12 US I believe.
   
   
   



7. Toss your platter and use a tiny bowl or saucer even.
   
   
   • Do you realize that apparently it takes 20 minutes for your fat cells to
     
     tell your brain that you're full? A whole twenty minutes after they're good
     
     that's when your brain gets the message. By that time many of us could have
     
     eaten two more meals already. My point here is this, if you delay the amount of
     
     time you take to eat until you are full, by having to go back for seconds and
     
     thirds your brain is more likely to get the message before you've eaten too
     
     much. Also, regardless of how full they are, people are more likely than not to eat
     
     everything in front of them,
     
     so if you take out a lot of food, you're
     
     probably going to eat all of it,
     
     even when you aren't hungry anymore.
   
   
   



8. Weigh yourself,
   
   
   • How else are you supposed to know if you should keep doing what you're doing
     
     or try harder or try something else altogether. Like managing anything, if you
     
     don't get feedback what's the point of trying. Try driving your car blindfolded
     
     and see how far you get safely. Exactly, so pay attention to what direction your
     
     weight is going in otherwise you might be going the wrong way or nowhere at
     
     all.
   
   
   



9. Don't take the shortcut,
   
   
   • Ban yourself from the elevator, don't park close to the building entrance or
     
     if you are like me don't ride the golf carts around campus. They were really
     
     very fun to drive and so convenient but they completely undermined my goals, It
     
     isn't just the calories that you burn by walking it's the muscles you build that
     
     keep burning calories even when you aren't doing anything. Muscles earn weight
     
     loss "interest" for you on your initial investment in getting them. How cool is
     
     that?
   
   
   



10. Think about it,
    
    
    • At least one study indicated that just by regularly thinking about
      
      activities such as running, jumping and cycling you can build up muscle strength. It is also sure to motivate you to actually start and continue your exercise goals.
    
    
    
    
    I used each of these methods to differing degrees to lose 30 lbs.
    
    
    
    

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