Health and Nutrition That Is AboveNBeyond

A side benefit of using Weight Watchers to help with portion control is how it can improve your attitude on what you can eat. You end up realizing and saying “oh, I can have a yogurt now”. When one has been used to eating a certain way, eating another way can be a hard reality to swallow. No weight loss program in the world will work if your head isn’t in the game. Portion control is an important issue because, if you can’t control your portions, then you are just spinning your wheels. Yes, we all love to eat, but, when your eating habits get out of control, so does your weight. Think of it this way, lets say that your workouts are fantastic, you are getting the right amount of nutrition, but, your eating habits are though the roof. Well, because of that one issue, your efforts are stalemated. There is nothing wrong with splurging now and then, but not daily. With portion control you can afford splurging now and then because you realized that you went overboard that one day and you are following a routine and therefore the impact of one time isn’t going to crash your efforts.

I just love Dunkin Donuts Medium Hazelnut Ice’d Lattes and I have at least one whenever I get a chance. By using the Weight Watchers Point system, I know that a 24oz Iced Latte is worth 2 points and that is cheap for what you get. Compare that to a 4 point McDonalds Medium Hazelnut Iced coffee.

Sound like a lot of work? Not at all, once you understand how the point system works, it’s a breeze. So, instead of being hampered you are actually enabled and weight loss actually becomes easier since your portions are under control and you are not stifling your efforts.

If you feel like you don’t want to be a member of Weight Watchers to loose your weight, well, no one ever said you’d have to stay a member forever now did they? Get in, Get Informed, Get It Done!
NO and I mean NO, I am not advertising Weight Watchers here, but, it DOES work.

You hear sayings (or say them) all the time.  Sayings like “Oh, I’m not that bad”, “you’ll have that anywhere” or “that won’t work”.  Unfortunately, it’s sayings like these that can also “trap” you into not taking any action for yourself.  Deep down inside, there is a small seed of care waiting to be nurtured.  For some, it never sees the light of day and doesn’t sprout into anything.  For others, it can mean the difference of night and day and wow, does it ever!  Accepting denial can apply to just about any issue such as weight loss, staying in the job you’ve had for years, addictions, illnesses, and so fourth.  It isn’t always easy to break away from this way of thinking especially if one is not good at change.  You have to reach the point where you stop listening to the hype around you and start listening to yourself.

How many years have to go by before one stops accepting denial and alters course to something more positive?  Yes, I said years, it can take a long time before one reaches the point where change happens (if any at all).  Accepting denial is a powerful negative that can hold one from making changes that would be beneficial.

Why do I call it Accepting Denial? It’s because one is accepting reasons for not making choices thus denying one self of a positive situation. One lives in denial of what could be instead of taking that first step.

One has to be careful and not be disillusioned by denial. In other words, the reasons you are accepting may seem real and really pertain to your situation, but, do they really apply? This is where you have to dig deep and I mean deep down inside yourself and get to the truth of the matter and ask that HARD question, “what do I want?”. This is not as easy as it seams and can really rock your world. How do I know this you ask? I’ve been there and decided that this would be a good subject to write about. So I ask you — Are you accepting denial? Think about it…….

Did you ever wonder why no matter how hard you try, you don’t seem to loose much weight or achieve your goals? Week after week, try as you might, you barely get anywhere. There is a reason for this. Fortunately, the reason has a lot to do with you. It’s fortunate, because this means you can do something about it. You have to figure out what is causing you not to meet your goals. Get to the root of your problem. Until you deal with what ever the issue is, you’ll be at a wall. Walls are made to be broken and not a permanent barrier. If your goal is to loose weight and you are barely getting anywhere, you need to look at what is going on to causing you not to meet your goals here.

Ask these questions to start with:

1. Are you over eating?
2. How active are you?
3. Is there any stresses in your life other than your weight loss goals?

Until you discover the root cause of what is influencing your actions, you will be at a wall. You need to find and deal with what ever is causing your problem in order to bet over the wall.

The same can be applied to just about anything including finances. Like, what is causing your overspending? What stress is influencing your actions?

It comes down to you and what you are dealing with subconsciously. Once you get to this point, you can start making choices or taking proper actions to make these issues less prevalent in your life.

The Holidays can be a hard time of year especially for those who want to loose weight or start a new health and fitness goal. Most usually end up saying, I’ll wait until next year to start. With Christmas and New Years around the corner, it’s still not to late to take action.

Things that make it hard:

1. All the good food
2. Everyone having a good time but me
3. Goals
4. Health
5. Family Crisis (it can happen this time of year)
6. Sickness or Illness
7. Attitude
8. Comparing yourself to others
9. Struggling efforts
10. What you think others are thinking

This list (above) can go on, but, you get the picture. It’s all a head game. It’s all about how you are perceiving reality. The following is a list of what you can do now to get yourself on a better path for next year.

What to do now:

1. Close your mind to what others may be thinking (are they really thinking anything?)
2. Set a small goal for the end of year i.e: 1 or 2 pound loss (or gain, yes as a limit)
3. Start using portion control now, but, be good, don’t be extreme here
4. Don’t over indulge
5. DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF!
6. Get out and enjoy yourself
7. Yes, have that desert you are craving, just one piece of pie / cake etc. (not two or three)
8. More than one party to go to, lucky you, portion control, portion control, portion control
9. Drink a lot of water and/or have a light healthy snack before heading out to a party
10. As in portion control, be sensible.

It doesn’t matter who you are, this can be a difficult time of year for more than achieving any goals. Everyone wants to have a great time this time of year. The holidays can be a mixed bag of realities for everyone.

Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings to everyone!

Tim

A bad attitude can come from just about any situation or outcome. Illness, crisis, depression, accident, death, you name it, all these things and more can bring about a bad attitude. This attitude can be short term, or last for years. The problem is that the thought process can be altered to the point where the individual makes decisions that he or she wouldn’t have made otherwise. These decisions can be very minor or major depending on the individual or situation. Some decisions can effect the person’s health.

A good example is:

A person who is mentally ill and is living in denial, refuses to take their medication. This decision that the person is making not only effects their future, but also affects the immediate family and loved ones. The health of the mentally ill person ends up being drastically different than it would be if the right decisions would have been made.

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Now, it would seem from the example above that one would not have to have a bad attitude to be in denial. But, wouldn’t denial be a form of a bad attitude? A bad attitude about a given reality, and not willing to accept what is happening to them.

Mental illness is only one example and is certainly not the only one that can bring about bad decisions that can have effects on ones health. Think of it this way, if you are happy and have high esteem, you are more likely to make better decisions than if it were the other way around, hence a bad or poor attitude.

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See also: Attitude Affects All

Just a thought:

If you are reading this post, and someone’s been trying to tell you that you need to seek help, it’s only because they really do care. Perhaps, maybe, you should look at that as an array of sunlight breaking through the dark black clouds into your life. What would it hurt to consider it anyway?

Now and then regardless of how successful you are, your worst enemy can rear it’s ugly head. There can be many reasons for this such as seeing what other people are doing and you can’t or feeling like you aren’t getting anywhere. Or, you could have just lost 15 or 20 pounds and it seems like you can’t loose anymore. Another example could be that you took a break from this and have found it hard to get back into it. These feelings are normal. My wife and I have been there. Your continued perseverance will pay off. I know it can seem frustrating when you have hit a wall. But remember this, walls were built, so they can be taken down. To start tearing that wall down, you need to concentrate on the basics and stick with it:

1. Portion control
2. Eating right and avoid the bad foods
3. Pay attention to the Nutrition labels
4. Weigh yourself once a week, not every day
5. Don’t eat after 7 or 8 at night

These are just some basics to follow on your way to weight loss. Easy, no it’s not, but, you have to un-learn habits you picked up along the way. Besides, do you want your enemy to win? Of course not. Continue working on it and say good bye to your worst enemy forever! Understand that your success or failure starts and ends with you. How mad do you have to get before you say enough is enough and take control to banish your worst enemy? Keeping all this in mind, weight loss is only the beginning and you need to get proper nutrition as well.

Life can sometimes get your way and influence your attitude. People can do that too. I perceive that there are 3 groups of attitudes: Good, Bad and Ugly. I’m being simple here on the 3 types. Let’s start with the Ugly Attitude first.

The Ugly Attitude: This goes far beyond the Bad types. Nothing is good and this person is not open to anything at all. One view, his/her view and that is it. This person has few friends and it’s no wonder why.

The Bad Attitude: Having a bad attitude could be a result of a recent bad experience and the person hasn’t yet gotten over it. This type is nowhere near like the Ugly Attitude. Bad attitudes can come and go.

The Good Attitude: Those who have a good attitude are not immune to the Bad Attitude, but, is usually on good terms. These types usually bounce back quickly after a bad experience.

Your everyday life is affected in some way by your attitude. Your health, outlook, and daily routine can all be in some way touched by your outlook. Take for instance, you may not feel like doing something depending upon how your attitude is. Your attitude could be a result of depression, injury, sickness , or even a positive event.
If you are having a real bad day today, here is something to try, look in a mirror and smile, it may just get you going. Attitude is like good or bad weather, it can change from one day to the next. Get out from under the rain cloud and poor out the sunshine today!

Sayings like the one in the title as an example like “The Hand is Mightier Than The Mouth” if thought of in a certain way, can help one curb their appetite. If it weren’t for the hand, the mouth would starve. So in addition to any diet or weight loss effort, you need to learn how to control that hand so that less food comes in. Turn your hand from being your enemy to your friend. So, if you are going to yell at anyone for your weight issues, yell at your hand and then yourself. There’s nothing like biting the hand that feed you – he he. Just thought I’d ramble a bit.