[alkaline3]

With today’s time constraints, stressful jobs, and “thin is in” mentality, the bottom line is that many people become overweight simply because they have no time to exercise. By the way, you already knew that.

Because prescription Phentermine from cannot provide a permanent solution to being overweight, I recommend that you muster up all the will power you have – and then some! – and use 10 minutes of your free time to go outside and walk. Power walking has been known to be at least as effective as jogging, so don’t feel like a loser if you can’t walk fast for very long. It may use the same amount of energy as jogging.

Remember, I’m only asking that you walk briskly for 10 minutes. I’m 19 and 168lbs and I can only jog for about 8 minutes! But, I’m gradually working up my endurance and cardiovascular health.

I do not weigh myself. I decide whether I’ve made progress based on the way I feel. In fact, I’ve been jogging for a few minutes each day, and making sure not to eat high-calorie foods (heavy in carbs, fats, or sugars); and my favorite new pants are now too big for me! Now that’s great that my ‘love handles’ have shrunk, but I like those pants.

Now, regardless of how much weight you lose as a result of lowering your intake of calories, this diet change in combination with exercise should set you up to think about food in a new light. You may now realize that the food you eat is the fuel for your body; just as gasoline fuels your car. If you put the wrong kind of gas in your car, it will run badly. The same concept applies to your body.

I’m about to ask you to do something outrageous. Imagine drinking gasoline, and getting it in your nose at the same time. Now add your favorite snack foods to the picture, as if you they are forced into your mouth at the same time you are being forced to drink gasoline. Smell the fumes of the gasoline along with the smell of the snacks. Imagine a pain between your eyes and deep within your nose. You are beginning to feel like you might vomit soon. It’s too bad you’re sitting, watching television rather than getting away from the gasoline, snacks and vomiting with headache.

Unfortunately, you might as well be doing the above in reality when you drink a coke, eat Doritos, or even full meals that appear to be healthy. It’s all about balance! After all, too much gasoline going into your car’s engine will cause problems too.

Starting your diet with small amounts of cardio-vascular exercise in addition to better eating habits should make it much easier to continue eating better. Within a few days, you should begin to view food as a way to make your body function properly. Because you will have more energy and, most likely, a brighter outlook on life, you will feel like vomiting when you imagine your previous lifestyle and diet.

I know the method I’ve suggested is strange, but dieting successfully is not only a physical task, but psychological as well. So don’t forget to think analyze your improvements, thinking about why you feel better than before. That will help you make permanent changes.

[DEB]

Good morning!

I marked will power before I read your post. I agree that a person needs to burn more calories then taken in. In todays hi-tech, fast paced, and slow food drivethru's were doomed.

Take the 3500 calories = 1 lb. Try to decrease your intake 500 calories a day for 7 days. 1 lb don't sound like a lot per week untill you say I lost 52 lbs in a year.

[Ian]

Nice tip, Deb. Using solid numbers as a guide/rule to follow
in routine has always helped me in various situations.

Ian