No More Diets - After a break
14th July 2006
Contents
Feature Article:
* After a break
Recipe of the Week:
* Barbecue Chicken
New on my Think Slim Blog this week...
* Another way to lose weight
* Weight Loss Coach on a Diet?
Hi!
Apologies for the missing "No More Diets" last week - I meant to write it before I set off on vacation (we went to Germany for 9 days) but ran out of time. Anyway thanks to all of you who wrote to say that you missed it.
If you're about to set off on vacation yourself, have you decided how you will deal with your weight loss while you're away? My philosophy is to take a break from caring about weight too much but without eating a silly amount of food.
The main thing is to get back on track straight after your break. This week's article should help you do that whether you've been on vacation or just wandered from the straight and narrow a bit.
Have a great weekend
Love
Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach
http://www.SimplySlimming.com
"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"
P.S. If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 46 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com
Feature Article : After a Break
A break is a dangerous thing for a weight loss program. It's so easy for a day or two off your plan to slip into a week or two and then a month even though all the while you're promising yourself you'll start again tomorrow, on Monday or on the first of the month.
If you've ruined your plans for the day, the week or the month you may feel that you might as well throw in the towel and start again with a bright shiny new start. But you'll find that life gets in the way whenever you start your weight loss program.
There'll always be celebrations, business trips, meals out with friends, vacations, heat waves when you can't be bothered with cooking what you planned and bad days when you need comfort. They are part and parcel of life and no doubt there'll be times when those occasions mean that you'll eat too much.
Just don't expect perfection of yourself and do your best to get right back on track at your very next meal.
It helps if you do what you can to limit the damage while you are out of your routine. Don't use a holiday, a business trip or an event as an excuse for a total blow-out, because you'll regret it later. Enjoy the event. Select the food you love, maybe eat a little more than usual but don't stuff yourself silly.
But if you have eaten a little more than planned and fear you've blown your weight loss program, put it in perspective. One bad meal or bout of holiday eating is not going to stop you losing weight forever. No one is perfect and everyone deserves a break now and again.
Don't prolong the agony by beating yourself up about what you ate or make things worse with a "might as well give up for this week then.." attitude. A few thousand calories too many will mean you have to work extra hard to lose what you gained but the higher the tally, the harder you will have to work to get back to where you were. Adding an extra few thousand calories you will have to lose by putting off getting back on track is just making your job harder.
Somehow we seem to get it into our heads that the calories we eat before we restart our diet won't have to be worked off, that they don't count. And some of us (who are forever starting on Monday) have week after week of indulging before restarting the diet and end up with more weight to lose than ever.
It's always easier to plan the perfect weight loss program than to actually follow it. We visualize ourselves eating salad and nibbling on vegetable sticks for 6 months but it's just not going to happen like that. We are human. We like to eat. We have high days and holidays, bad days and chaotic days so be realistic and choose a plan that lets you deal with real life sensibly and if you ever waver it should be easier to slip right back into it after a break.
Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small
Recipe of the week : Barbecue Chicken
Serve with a side salad mixed with a little whole grain rice or pasta
Serves 4
105 calories a serving
4 chicken breast fillets without skin
2 tablespoons soft brown (Demerara) sugar
1 teaspoon tomato ketchup
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
2 teaspoons tomato puree
2 teaspoons French mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon chilli powder
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and use to marinade the chicken either overnight or for several hours in the fridge in a covered container. Grill (broil) or barbecue the chicken until cooked through.
New on the members' site this week
In the Recipes section:
* Southern Pork Chops
* Creamy Pasta
* Italian Fish Stew
In the Tools section
* How to Deal with Eating Triggers
Have a great week
Love
Janice Elizabeth
P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.
P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".
Legal and admin
Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.
This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute foe medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.
Contents
Feature Article:
* After a break
Recipe of the Week:
* Barbecue Chicken
New on my Think Slim Blog this week...
* Another way to lose weight
* Weight Loss Coach on a Diet?
Hi!
Apologies for the missing "No More Diets" last week - I meant to write it before I set off on vacation (we went to Germany for 9 days) but ran out of time. Anyway thanks to all of you who wrote to say that you missed it.
If you're about to set off on vacation yourself, have you decided how you will deal with your weight loss while you're away? My philosophy is to take a break from caring about weight too much but without eating a silly amount of food.
The main thing is to get back on track straight after your break. This week's article should help you do that whether you've been on vacation or just wandered from the straight and narrow a bit.
Have a great weekend
Love
Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach
http://www.SimplySlimming.com
"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"
P.S. If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 46 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com
Feature Article : After a Break
A break is a dangerous thing for a weight loss program. It's so easy for a day or two off your plan to slip into a week or two and then a month even though all the while you're promising yourself you'll start again tomorrow, on Monday or on the first of the month.
If you've ruined your plans for the day, the week or the month you may feel that you might as well throw in the towel and start again with a bright shiny new start. But you'll find that life gets in the way whenever you start your weight loss program.
There'll always be celebrations, business trips, meals out with friends, vacations, heat waves when you can't be bothered with cooking what you planned and bad days when you need comfort. They are part and parcel of life and no doubt there'll be times when those occasions mean that you'll eat too much.
Just don't expect perfection of yourself and do your best to get right back on track at your very next meal.
It helps if you do what you can to limit the damage while you are out of your routine. Don't use a holiday, a business trip or an event as an excuse for a total blow-out, because you'll regret it later. Enjoy the event. Select the food you love, maybe eat a little more than usual but don't stuff yourself silly.
But if you have eaten a little more than planned and fear you've blown your weight loss program, put it in perspective. One bad meal or bout of holiday eating is not going to stop you losing weight forever. No one is perfect and everyone deserves a break now and again.
Don't prolong the agony by beating yourself up about what you ate or make things worse with a "might as well give up for this week then.." attitude. A few thousand calories too many will mean you have to work extra hard to lose what you gained but the higher the tally, the harder you will have to work to get back to where you were. Adding an extra few thousand calories you will have to lose by putting off getting back on track is just making your job harder.
Somehow we seem to get it into our heads that the calories we eat before we restart our diet won't have to be worked off, that they don't count. And some of us (who are forever starting on Monday) have week after week of indulging before restarting the diet and end up with more weight to lose than ever.
It's always easier to plan the perfect weight loss program than to actually follow it. We visualize ourselves eating salad and nibbling on vegetable sticks for 6 months but it's just not going to happen like that. We are human. We like to eat. We have high days and holidays, bad days and chaotic days so be realistic and choose a plan that lets you deal with real life sensibly and if you ever waver it should be easier to slip right back into it after a break.
Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small
Recipe of the week : Barbecue Chicken
Serve with a side salad mixed with a little whole grain rice or pasta
Serves 4
105 calories a serving
4 chicken breast fillets without skin
2 tablespoons soft brown (Demerara) sugar
1 teaspoon tomato ketchup
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
2 teaspoons tomato puree
2 teaspoons French mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon chilli powder
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and use to marinade the chicken either overnight or for several hours in the fridge in a covered container. Grill (broil) or barbecue the chicken until cooked through.
New on the members' site this week
In the Recipes section:
* Southern Pork Chops
* Creamy Pasta
* Italian Fish Stew
In the Tools section
* How to Deal with Eating Triggers
Have a great week
Love
Janice Elizabeth
P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.
P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".
Legal and admin
Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.
This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute foe medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.
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