Don't Allow Food to Have Power Over You

Permanent weight loss comes from hard work and commitment, but there is a way to give yourself a leg up. By changing how you think about your food, weight and eating. As we age, there is a natural tendency to give different meanings to food. We often intentionally think about food as good or bad. However, food has no morality and eating it is not black and white.

Spontaneous eating is what gets most dieters in trouble. So, set your eating schedule and practice fasting between meals. This is one sure way to counteract a bad eating behavior with a simple process. It is important for you to find ways of replacing feelings of sadness, emptiness, loneliness, boredom or anger with nutrient-packed foods that support becoming whole and healthy.

• What's Holding You Back - Since it takes time to accomplish real goals, it is important to adopt realistic strategies for budgeting your time each day, so you can devote effort to eating right and staying active.
• Hang with Other Dieters - Committing to achievable goals is the first step toward developing an action plan that will help you reach them. Once you've committed, it is much easier to stay on track each day by knowing what lies ahead.
• Seek Help Losing Weight - If you don't like creating daily menus, or have never learned how to eat healthy, seek the advice of a weight loss specialist or dietitian to set up a program for your unique needs.
• Establish the Right Mindset - Recruit a "weight loss buddy". It is great to have someone to talk to, and you can provide crucial support and motivation for each other as diet buddies.
• Trick Your Stomach to Feel Full - Avoid eating at the computer or in front of the television. Tune out the multitasking and enjoy the eating experience instead.

How you eat, feel and react will influence how your brain rules over your body. Although weight gain might seem like a belly-fat problem, your brain is on the biggest obstacles to losing weight and keeping it off. Research studies suggest that dieting alone doesn't work for permanent weight loss. Following a calorie deficit diet can help you shed pounds but the body has a natural tendency to maintain body weight and prevent starvation.

If you think you will fail, you will. If you know you are going to succeed, you will. To lose weight faster, change your attitude. Although you cannot change the past, attitude is often more important than facts. You have a choice every day regarding your attitude and that should dictate your actions. You can assume that anyone who has successfully lost weight and kept it off failed at some other part of their program. The difference is they never gave up on their weight loss quest.