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Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Congrats on your losing weight, as it can always be done.

My old doctor said eat less and exercise more will lead to weight loss but I have found that eating several small meals a day works the best. Having a decent breakfast, a snack, light lunch, snack and a light dinner. Sometimes a piece of a toast with a cup of tea at 10 PM, assuming one is still awake.

Just enough food to get from one meal to the next while giving your body a chance to burn off what one eats. By eating heavy meals, your body will have excess calories stored, that will result in a weight gain.

Diabetic advisers call this a "lifestyle change" into one's relationship to food.

It's tough to do at first but one gets use to it and starts to eat healthy food choices.

BTW - Eating a doughnut, doesn't blow your day. One needs to know how many calories are in what they want to eat and plan accordingly. A cup of french fries is about 500 calories and a baked potato is 200, sans gobs of butter, etc.

Tips:
1. One should eat slowly as the brain takes a half hour to tell the body it is full. I used to eat very fast and was wayyyyyyyyy past full when I stopped.

2. When you are a child, your mother put a certain amount of food on your plate, (probably way too much), and you got used to thinking this is how much food I must eat to be full. Pay attention to what your body is saying, as sometimes you are full, halfway through a meal. Save the rest for another meal.

3. Restaurants give you twice as much food as you need. ask for a doggie bag at the beginning of a meal and scrape half of it off, so you don't overeat. Your waistline will be glad!

BTW - I find this very hard to do so I try to eat even less before going into a restaurant or ordering something light.

4. Realize your going to break down and eat something that is not good for weight control. Don't get down on yourself and start overeating for several days.
Every little bit helps so don't give up!

I have lost 20 lbs and plan to lose a few more even though, it is the holidays, Always a tough time to reduce one's weight. One doesn't have to get crazy about weight loss. Just keep thinking about how much better you will feel when you get to your goal!!! Once you reach your goal, maintain your weight!!!