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The habit principle for losing weight! A weight loss
success story
How Mary Crawford achieved permanent weight loss! Enjoy
her weight loss success story.
In 1991, I lost 46 pounds, going from 186 lbs. to
140 lbs in six months.
And about 2-1/2 months ago, I decided to lose another 10
pounds.
I used an eating system based on the Habit Principle (it
takes 21 days to change a habit). It has you "diet" every
other day. This prevents the body from going into "Oh, no!"
mode.
On this system, you use low calories one day, higher
calories the next. You just keep alternating the days until
you reach your goal; then, you drop the low-calorie day. You
don't need a maintenance plan because, from Day 22 onward,
you're already habituated to normal eating. The system gets
rid of food cravings and compulsive eating. In short, it
permanently changes your eating habits.
No drugs, supplements or special foods are required. It's
really like jogging: you work out one day, rest the next.
That way, you don't build up a backlog of hunger. The body
doesn't think you're trying to starve it, as it does with a
daily diet.
It's nothing I can prove to anyone; you have to prove it to
yourself. Below is a set of tips you can use to change your
eating habits---without losing any weight. It is safe for
those in good health. All the usual cautions for dieting
apply to this system; you should check with your doctor
before using it.
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Weight control is so much easier if you change your eating
habits before you start dieting. You can do this in 21 days.
Here's how:
1. Always eat at the same times every day, with no more than
an hour's lee way. This trains your body when to be hungry
so your mind isn't constantly glued on food.
However many hours you sleep, divide the remaining hours
into 6 parts, one for each possible meal and snack during
the day. This means you could be eating every 2 or 3
hours---or not, if you choose. But starve you won't.
2. Divide your daily allowance into 3 parts; say, 20%
breakfast, 30% lunch, 50% dinner, or however you wish.
Having one meal of 50% lets you eat anywhere without
worrying about breaking the diet. If you want snacks, take
them from the previous meal's allowance.
3. Most important: don't change WHAT you eat. The best way
to get rid of a food craving is to plan to indulge it
regularly. And unless your doctor insists, never eat
anything you don't like, no matter how good it's supposed to
be for you.
Think in terms of TYPE of food: animal or vegetable protein,
fruit, vegetables, desserts, snack food, dairy. Before you
start, plan a model breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack, each
with the types of food you like. That way, you won't have to
reinvent the wheel every day.
4. The kicker: Every OTHER day, for 21 consecutive days, eat
EXACTLY HALF what you normally eat. If you usually have a
sandwich and a bowl of soup for lunch, eat half a sandwich
and half a bowl of soup. Eat half of whatever you usually
have for a snack. Do this with all your other meals and
snacks, every other day for 21 consecutive days (not 19, not
20---21). From Day 22 on, drop the "half" day.
5. You will notice many changes in your eating habits, in
how you feel about food, and in how you feel about yourself.
You can find a list of these changes in Part 5 of my blog
site,
http://enjoyablediet.blogsource.com]
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Copyright (c) Mary Crawford, 2005. All rights reserved.
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