Don’t Let Anyone…
Don’t let anyone decide for you what to eat, when to eat, or
how much to eat. So many times we look to someone else to give us the “magic”
formula as to what, when, and how much to eat so that we will lose weight. But
it doesn’t really work that way, “Why?” you may ask…because you need to learn
what is best for you in all cases, at all times. Otherwise you will never have
lasting results when it comes to your weight loss. And isn’t weight maintenance
the final and ultimate goal?
What Do You Do?
Learn to listen to your body and learn based on trial and
error. Learn to listen to your body when you eat and realize when you are close
to being full…STOP before then! You want to feel satisfied, NOT FULL. You want
to try stopping earlier than you usually do and see how long it takes for you
to be hungry again. Be sure to write down what you ate and when you ate. At
first you will want to also write down whether you felt you ate too much, too
little, or just the right amount. Go to www.timerdiet.com/journal and you
can download for free (but it’s copyrighted so don’t sell it!) the daily
journals to keep track of what and when you are eating. Remember: Write down
your daily eating as a way to educate yourself about you, not as a way to be
accountable.
Do NOT Be Accountable to Anyone!
You do not need to be accountable to anyone, doing so will
backfire and make you want to just quit. Don’t even be accountable to yourself,
you may just feel disappointed. Instead when you are hungry look to what you
last ate and when and learn from your notes. Did you not pick the right amount
of foods, did you not eat enough, or maybe more time has passed than you thought
and it makes perfect sense that you are hungry now! Writing down when and what
you ate is for your education not to be accountable.
What to Eat?
Enjoy what you eat at all times, that being said learn the
nutrients of all the foods that you love and want to incorporate into your
daily diet. Oh by the way the word “Diet” has as its 2nd definition
in the Merriam Webster dictionary—daily
nourishment. I love that definition of diet, we all need daily nourishment.
On page 47 of TimerDiet I discuss, Explaining
the Ratios, in great detail. For now I will give you the quick and easy way
to look at foods. Forget everything you have ever been told about grams equaling
calories and how dietary fat has different values from protein and carbohydrates…this
is all too complicated! Consider each gram of equal status and then try to keep
to this motto: No more than double, no less than half. So if you have 10 grams
of dietary fat you would want to have no more than 20 grams of protein and/or
carbohydrates. Alternatively, no less than half—so no less than 5 grams of
protein and/or carbohydrates. Which gives you a lot of leeway for getting the
ratios using the TimerDiet method!
Give it a try and see and write down how you feel!!
Sherri Sue Fisher, author of TimerDiet and recently released
TimerOrganizer
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Thanks for sharing your comments. I can't wait to read them! Sherri Sue Fisher