THERE’S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE TO OVEREAT!

THERE’S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE TO OVEREAT!

I have been on this losing weight spinning wheel for 53 years.  My first diet was when I was 8 years old and in the third grade.  It doesn’t matter how it started or what caused it.  What matters is the damage that the extra weight has caused to me physically, emotionally and mentally.  At 61 I am finally figuring it out and learning how to change it to be lose weight, become healthy, and get fit.

I tell you this to let you know I have been there.  I have done it all.  I have tried everything to lose weight.  Just not the right way.  Whatever you are feeling, I have felt it.  Whatever you have been through, I have been there.  Whatever you wish for your life, I have shared those same wishes.  Whatever excuses you have made for not losing weight, I have made them and probably more.

Now, I’ll tell you.  I’ve never been a big eater at meals.  I’ve always eaten small portions and rarely had seconds.  But meals were not my downfall.  My downfall was those times alone, in my bedroom, with no one around.  I’m a secret eater.  Yeah, I’ve eaten 36 homemade cookies in a few hours and then made another batch so no one would know.  I’ve opened a pound of M&M’s and before I knew it the bag was empty.  I lied to myself.  Over and over.

And that was not the only problem.  I could always find an excuse to eat.  There is always one.  Someone hurt my feelings.  I’m mad.  I’m happy.  I’m sad.  I don’t have a man in my life.  I can’t stand the man in my life.  I wish I had children.  My children are driving me crazy.  Someone died.  I’m ugly.  I have pretty eyes.  I’ll start a diet after the holidays.  I’m having surgery. 

Whatever you tell yourself to justify overeating, it’s just an excuse.  Really what it comes down to is that we think we deserve to stuff our faces no matter how many calories it is and no matter what the reason is.  Truly, we don’t have to have a reason or an excuse.  We just have to have some food available at the time.  And how many times have you gotten in your car (cause us fat people don’t walk) and driven to a fast food restaurant, an ice cream place or even the grocery store to pick up something that you could eat just because?  I have.  Too many 100’s of times to count.

And then, we wonder why we are fat.  Well, not really.  We know why we are fat but we choose to act like we don’t.   We know.  Deep down in that black hole we keep trying to fill with food, we know.   At some point when you are alone and quiet, you know the truth.

Each of us has to decide when we are tired of lying to ourselves and ready to face the truth.  For me that came when I started taking Skinny Fiber and began to lose weight.  The more I tweaked my food, the more I lost.  The more I moved, the more my body changed.  I decided to leave the excuses behind.  If I overeat on occasion I just admit it, forget it, and get back on my plan within 24 hours.  It isn’t the occasional overeating that’s the problem.  It’s the choosing to live there that is.

Decide for yourself if you have been making excuses to justify overeating and then trying to ignore the truth.  If you have you need to make peace with your decision or you need to decide to make a change.  If you want to change, contact me.  We can get healthy and lose weight together.  I’m living proof.

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caryn cannatella

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JUST 3 STEPS TO LOSE WEIGHT

JUST 3 STEPS TO LOSE WEIGHT

I hear many people say, “I’m going on vacation so I’m not going to take Skinny Fiber while I’m gone.”  This just confuses me.  Why would you stop taking it because you are going on vacation or to a party?  When you are using Skinny Fiber, you don’t have to diet.  There are no forbidden foods.  You can eat anything you like.  It will just aid you in refraining from overeating.

Anyone who has ever been on a cruise or talked to anyone who has been on a cruise knows that there is any kind of food you want 24 hours a day.  When I was on my cruise I took my Skinny Fiber just like a have done for the past year.  Two capsules twice a day.  I ate the most scrumptious things.  Tried dishes I had never tasted before.  And you know what happened?  I lost 6 pounds while I was cruising!

Why do we associate vacationing or partying with a license to stuff our faces to the point of misery?  Some of us (me included) have and do just eat without even realizing we are.  It’s not because we are hungry.  It’s not because we want it.  Sometimes we eat when we don’t even like the way it tastes.  I have come to the conclusion that for many of us, eating is not about filling our stomachs.  It is about filling that void, that black hole that never gets filled.  And food doesn’t fill it either.

If you decide to give Skinny Fiber a chance, please do this for me.  For 90 days, commit with everything you have to do these three things:

1.       Take two capsules of Skinny Fiber twice a day about an hour before you eat with 16 ounces of water.  Without fail.  Everyday.

2.      Drink half your body weight in water.  If you weigh 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces.  If you don’t do this, IT WILL NOT WORK.  If you drink 4 glasses of water a day, yes, your tummy will work.

3.      Eat until you get that feeling of “Yes, I’m starting to feel full.”  You aren’t looking for that feeling of “I’m so stuffed I feel like a sea lion laying on the beach!”

If you do these 3 things consistently for 90 days, you will have great results.  If you don’t do them, then you won’t.  It really is that simple.  The decision is yours!

I’m 61, had health issues and it worked for me.  It’s worked for 10’s of thousands.  It will work for you if you follow these 3 steps.  And if you want to amp it up, add exercise to it.

Ask yourself this:  Do I want to lose weight enough to do these 3 things?  Make that decision and then get on the winning team with the rest of us Skinny Fiber SUCCESS STORIES!  I’ll be with you every step of the way!

Click here & order yours.   www.caryncann.com

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caryn cannatella

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UPLIFT OTHERS WITH YOUR WORDS

UPLIFT OTHERS WITH YOUR WORDS

Last night while I was jogging a man was getting in his truck.  He yelled at me, “Keep up the good work!”  I yelled back, “I’m up to 1.2 miles a day jogging.”  He drove down the street and started talking to me while I was jogging.  He told me that he was living with my neighbor in exchange for his training him.

I told him that I had been jogging for 3 weeks and was doing a squat challenge.  I said I was eating a low carb diet and I cook most everything from scratch.  He said, “I wish I could get my client motivated like you.   If he had your drive and determination, he could reach his goal in no time.”

We chatted a big longer (I kept up while he was driving) and he said, “you should be very proud!  Keep doing what you are doing.  I’m amazed with your drive.”

 I think I glowed all the way home.   Words from a stranger can uplift you so much.  Thank you, Mr. Trainer Man.  Your words made my night and will push me in the days ahead.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

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My One Year Weight Loss Anniversary



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MY ONE YEAR WEIGHT LOSS ANNIVERSARY!

MY ONE YEAR WEIGHT LOSS ANNIVERSARY!

Yes, today it has been 1 year since I started losing weight with Skinny Fiber.

I was just so miserable when I started.  I was close to 300 pounds.  I couldn’t move very easily and when I did, I would hurt for hours afterwards.  I had already declared in January of 2013 I was done with dieting and would just die fat.  My self-esteem was in the toilet and I had little of the confidence I once exuded.  And then I saw something online about Skinny Fiber.

I thought, ok, I’ll try it for a month but I’m not changing what I eat.  I knew and expected that I would be sending it back for my refund within 30 days.   So that first 30 days I changed nothing about my eating.  I took Skinny Fiber, drank about 150 ounces of water a day.  What I found was that I didn’t crave the same things I had been and I was eating less.  I lost 10 pounds the first month. 

Within 3 days of starting I had given up my 50 year old habit of diet sodas.  I would drink 6-10 cans a day of it.  No withdrawals at all!   In 3 weeks I was off two blood pressure medications.  When I started my blood pressure was 160/90 (with meds).   I stopped taking them when it reached 90/45.  After my second month I decided to eat low carb and high protein because I’m a diabetic.  It has done wonders for my blood sugar.  By the end of the year I plan to be off those meds too.  And even my thyroid medication has been decreased.

I did absolutely no exercise for 11 months and lost 50 pounds.  I still weighed close to 240 even after losing 50 pounds.  The first of June I started jogging.  I started at ½ mile.  In a week I was at 1 mile.  This week I will increase to 1.1 mile.  Now I am working on reducing my time.  Every week I will increase .1 mile.   I even started doing squats last week!  I’m not great at the yet but I will be!  I can feel my from thigh muscles contracting every time I do one!

This is the first time in my 53 years of being obese that I have stayed with a weight loss plan for a year!  THE VERY FIRST TIME!   I have never considered quitting not once.  From the beginning I have called this my last weight loss journey.  And it is.

And on those days when I just want to stuff my face because of some issue that is confronting me, you know what I do?  I look at the issue and figure out what it is about.   And when my mind tries to convince me not to jog, I ignore those thoughts and sometimes I just tell them to shut up!  When I’m jogging and out of breath, I don’t think about what people will think seeing me jog.  I just repeat out loud over and over.  YOU CAN DO THIS!   YOU CAN DO THIS!

This is what I want everyone who reads my blog, my Facebook, my Twitter, my Pinterest Page, my Fan Page ,  my Weight Loss Support group, or who sees me on the street, sees me at the grocery store, at the mall, etc. :

I am 61 years old.  I have lived my life waiting for something magical to happen to release this tiny person who has lived inside me all my life.  And I finally found it.  The magic is ME!   Skinny Fiber is not magical.  It is a tool, just like exercise and Fitbit.   I am the magic.  I always had the magic.  It was always inside me.  I just didn’t believe it.  Now I know the truth and I want to help as many people as I can realize it, find it and experience it.

YOU ARE THE MAGIC!  You, and you alone can become the tiny healthy person that lives inside your body that has been covered by layers and layers of fat.  As those layers come off, slowly but surely the real you will emerge.  It won’t be in a week or a month.  It might take a couple of years.  So what?  That just gives you time to become accustomed to the beautiful you that is emerging from that cocoon of fat.  By the time you complete your journey, your wings will be strong and you will soar to heights you only dreamed up.

Grab hold and believe that the Magic is YOU.  I’m here to help you any way I can.  You can do this!  I’m living proof!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO GET HEALTHY

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO GET HEALTHY

So much can change in a year.  This time last year I was still out of my house during the never-ending remodel.  I weighed almost 300 pounds.  I couldn’t walk more than a block without my hips locking up and causing me severe pain.  I was on two blood pressure medications and my bp was still 160/90.  I was taking 2 meds for diabetes and my blood sugar was still around 280 in the morning.  I was on thyroid, arthritis and acid reflux medicine.   My self-esteem was shot.  I had little to no confidence.  In fact, I think I became the girl I was in high school.  I hoped no one would notice me.  I just wanted to be invisible.

What a difference a year makes!  I’ve lost 50 pounds and I’m getting healthy!  The only meds I am now on are thyroid, which has been reduced, and diabetic, which my dr. plans to start weaning from those later this year.  My self-esteem is returning and my confidence has grown by leaps and bounds.  I have dreams that I know are going to become reality.

Yes, I still have 50+ pounds to go but I am really and truly getting healthy!  Who would have ever believed that a 61 year old woman who weighs 237 pounds could start jogging and be jogging 1 mile after just a week?  Well, here I am!  Now, I don’t plan to ever run a marathon, but who knows?  I might go for a ½ marathon someday.  My goal right now is stay consistent and add slowly.  By the end of the year I will be jogging 4-5 miles.    It is amazing to say it aloud and know that I not only can do but I will do it! 

If you are reading this and think you can’t lose weight or exercise, I’m here to tell you that you can!  Whatever your age, whatever your health, whatever your size, there is some kind of exercise you can do.  You just have to figure it out, start slow and keep at it.  Within a week of exercising, you will begin to feel positive results.

I hope I can be a beacon to those who were like me a year ago.  I saw some beacons back then that inspired me.  I found Skinny Fiber which has helped me to lose weight without any exercise.  BUT, now that the 50 pounds has come off, I’m in much better condition to start exercising.  Moving helps us become healthier.

Today if you are hating your body, tired of being sick and tired, know that there is an answer.  The answer is the person who looks back at you from the mirror.   YOU are the person who can change your body.  Just decide to do one thing each day to help you get healthier.  Could be drinking more water or cutting out sodas.  It could be parking further away from the store you are going to.   Just one thing each day can change your life.  I know.  I’m living proof.

And if you need someone to support you, send me an email @ caryncann@gmail.com.  If you want to try Skinny Fiber, a plant based weight loss supplement, that has changed my life, order here @ www.caryncann.com.

Do it for yourself.  You are worthy and you deserve it!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

SOMETIMES YOU JUST AREN’T READY TO LOSE WEIGHT

SOMETIMES YOU JUST AREN’T READY TO LOSE WEIGHT

That’s right.  If you are ready to get healthy, nothing, AND I MEAN NOTHING, will get in your way.  Sure you will have set-backs.  Sure you will falter.  But if you get back up and journey on, you will reach your goal.

What I have seen with others and myself is that we look at others achieving their goals with regards to losing weight and getting healthy.  Here are some of the comments I have said or I have heard others say on why they aren’t getting healthy when others are.
1. She’s a lot younger than me.
2. I’m on thyroid medicine.  It’s almost impossible for me to lose weight.
3. I have children at home; her kids are grown.
4. I have to cook for my family.  They won’t eat what is on my food plan.
5. I don’t like to drink water.
6.   It hurts my knees (feet, arms, toes, head, joints, etc) to exercise.
7. I don’t have time to exercise.
8. I know Skinny Fiber works for you, but I just forget to take those darn capsules twice a day.
9. If I had a cook and personal trainer, I could get healthy too.
10. I just like to eat too much to get healthy.

You know what these are called?  Excuses.  That’s right. They are just excuses.  Sometimes you just aren’t ready to lose weight.  You can say the words, “I wish I was smaller” or “I wish I could lose weight”.  YOU CAN!  But until you are ready and decide this is what you are going to do, it won’t work.  I know.  I lived it for 53 years.
Several things changed my mind and got me ready to face this challenge head on.  One of my best friends died last year at the age of 63.  Just a baby, she was.  She was severely overweight for the 30+ years I knew her.  She finally started losing weight when she began dying.  It broke my heart.  My children are only in their 20’s.  Neither is married yet or has children.  I want to be around when they get married and make me a grandmother.  I want to be able to travel without asking for an extender belt (I reached this goal Aug 2013!).  I want to be able to sightsee when I travel without hating how awful I feel after walking a couple of blocks.  Last summer I found this amazing product, Skinny Fiber, which has been a great tool in my LAST weight loss journey!  Not magic.  Just a tool.  And finally, I was just sick and tired of being sick and tired.

It has taken me a year of losing weight to get to the point that I could and even wanted to start moving.  And now that I have, I remember that exhilarating feeling I experienced 14 years ago when I was exercising.

Here is my advice to you.  No one can convince you to start getting healthy.  That is something only you can decide.  If you want to start out with simple things, try these two things.  It will get you started.  If you cut out 100 calories a day (that’s one soda a day), you will lose 10 pounds in a year.   Anytime you have to park your car, put it twice as far away as you normally do.  Those two things will help you start getting healthy…if you want to.  The decision is yours.

I’ve been wherever you are.  In 2012 I weighed 317 pounds.   I now weight 237.  I have 53 more pounds to go.  I’ve done so much damage to my body trying to become “normal” instead of trying to be healthy:  every diet out there, hypnosis, starvation, exercising 5-6 hours a day, bariatric surgery, all kinds of diet pills, and on and on.  The truth is, to get healthy is long term project; a work in progress.  It is not a quick fix.  You have to eat right the majority of the time and you have to move.

Are you ready to get healthy?  If that is your goal, then you will do it.  Let nothing stand in your way.  NOTHING.  If you falter, get back up.  Start anew.  If you are moving forward you are making progress.   When you are ready, and you need help, someone to talk to, or someone just to listen, shoot me a message @ caryncan@gmail.com.  I’ll be here for you.

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caryn cannatella
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DO YOU CHOOSE FAILURE OR SUCCESS?

DO YOU CHOOSE FAILURE OR SUCCESS?

This is the question I have recently began to ask myself. 

Over 50 years of being overweight and I think I am finally getting it.  I have spent my life on and off of diets because I failed.  How many of us have been on a healthy eating plan to lose weight and we have that day where we eat too much or eat sweets that we tell ourselves we shouldn’t?  At the end of the day, we feel guilty, unworthy and a failure.  We beat ourselves up badly.  And then we quit.  It might be months or even years before we try to lose weight again.

What happens?  We quit eating healthy.  We start eating out of control, sometimes binging.  We have to buy bigger clothes.  We stop even weighing.  We dread looking in the mirror.  We tend to pick that part of our bodies that we like no matter what.  Mine was my eyes.  We hate going to the dr; we might even put it off as long as we can.  Why?  You know why.  They are going to weigh us.  And again, we will be humiliated.  They will know what we already know:  WE ARE A FAILURE.

I have been losing weight this time, my last weight loss journey, for almost a year.  I decided that this time I was going to do it differently.  No food would be off limits.  I had finally figured out something.  When there are foods that “aren’t allowed”, we want them more.  After a while, whether a day, a week or a month, we start feeling punished.  We tell ourselves we deserve to eat whatever it is.  And you know that is a short conversation.  Because we feel we have been denied, we usually eat that food like we will never have it again.

This time I told myself that no food was off limits.  If I want a cookie, I eat a cookie.  I have learned that with that freedom to have the food, I’m much less likely to gorge myself with it.  Notice I said “much less likely”.  I have had a few moments where I overate.   But not once this past year have I felt like I did in the past:  that I was a failure and I should just quit.   That is so amazing to me!  I am now able to say, “tomorrow’s a new day and I’ll start again.”  What freedom that has brought me.

Things that are not allowed because much more important in our lives.  When they are allowed, they lose that power over us.  We can have them, even if we overeat them on occasion.  Someday I know I will reach that point where I still eat the “forbidden” foods, but I don’t gorge myself on them.

Do a little experiment.  Try allowing “forbidden” foods on your food plan.  You can’t do it every day but certainly occasionally you can.  See if it helps you.  I’d love to hear from you.

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caryn cannatella

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WE ARE JUST TOO FAT!

WE ARE JUST TOO FAT!

Right at 39% of American adults are obese.  For American children the rate is 33%!     We've known for years that adults are getting fatter in our country.  But our children??   Do we continue to just eat ourselves to death?

What kind of adult life will our children have if they start out in their 20's already obese?  Can you imagine how sad, difficult and yes, miserable their lives will be while trying to build a future?

I can tell you!  I know from experience!  I lived that life as a young adult, adult and even as a senior!  It is not a great way to live!  Whether you want to admit it or not, you get judged by your size.  Even diet doctors just you.  Strangers will walk up to you in a store and say, "You don't need to be eating that!"  or they will come up to you in a clothing store and say "We don't have anything for you in here!" 

Yep, people are cruel.  And if you are obese, they are more cruel.  If you are obese or overweight or fat, fluffy or whatever makes you feel more comfortable, you should be setting the example for your children.  And what should you be doing for your children who are overweight?  Look into their sad eyes and think about how sad those eyes will be when they become an adult.

When I see a very obese child I just want to run up to them and hug them.  I want to tell them that there is another way!  I want to save them from years of heartache and illnesses. 

If you have children in your life, YOU can help them.

1.  Set an example for them.

2.  Eat real food and take the processed food out of your (and their) diet.

3.  Get moving!  It doesn't have to be a marathon!  Just move!

Let's take on obesity!  Wouldn't our money be better spent on a war on obesity than a war on so many other things?  Let's start with ourselves and then help others to become healthy.

If we don't take care of our bodies, we will die.  It's just that simple.  When I realized that I AM WORTH IT I began to lose weight.  Skinny Fiber has been a great tool for me but it isn't a magic pill. 

Decide today to lose weight and get healthy!  YOU CAN DO IT!

If you need help, order Skinny Fiber and join my journey.  www.caryncann.com

copyrighted 2014

caryn Cannatella

www.caryncann.com

OVEREATING KILLS

OVEREATING KILLS

We all know that obesity is an epidemic in our country and around the world.  We all know that it causes so many illnesses and causes so many deaths.  We aren't just talking about adults here!  We are talking about children!  Our future!

When my best friend was fighting cancer, they told her family that she had cirrhosis of the liver.  They said, "How can that be?  She has never had a drink in her life.."   The dr. said, "it's because of the large amount of fat she carries."

If you want to know the truth, that scared me so badly.  When I found Skinny Fiber, it was a godsend.  I don't want to die of a stroke, a heart attack, diabetes, or cirrhosis.  I want to be healthy.  I want to live to see my grandchildren be born and become adults.  I want to live decades after I retire.

If you are battling this war with fat, please, please, choose to live healthy.  You deserve to have a life that is full of life!  I have told everyone, this is my last weight loss journey.  I have promised myself that I am going to get there no matter how long it takes.

Come join me.  Life is not just about food and eating.  It is about being healthy and living! 

Join me in being healthy and living life.

Copyrighted 2014

caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

BEING POSITIVE

BEING POSITIVE

Maybe it does for some, but for most of us, we have to choose and make a concerted effort to be positive! But we can do it! You just get up in the morning and said aloud, "Today I will be positive".

Now I'll tell you, it doesnt' change instantly. Like all good things, it takes time. I know! It doesn't seem right that negative things that root immediately and positive things that time. But that is the way it works. Once you start doing this everyday, you will find that the positive days far outnumber the negative days.

Try it. What do you have to lose other than bad days.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

THE FOOD INDUSTRY WANTS YOU FAT!

THE FOOD INDUSTRY WANTS YOU FAT!

You know why.  It’s because the more you eat, the more they make.  It’s all about the money, honey!

We rarely ate out when I was a kid.  We ate at home every day.  Always.   The few times we ate at a fast food place (a burger joint back then), females got one burger; guys got 2.  The burger was about the same size as one in a kid’s meal.  It was meat (locally grown and butchered), lettuce, tomatoe and onion and maybe a slice of cheese.  The order of fries was about the same size as in a kid’s meal.

And it filled us up.  I think that was mainly because that is what we expected!

And now we see the results of bigger is better, dollar menus.  Eat more for less!  The end result is FATTER AMERICANS.  Even worse than that is the sad fact that are children are becoming fatter than ever.  Every year more and more teens are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  That used to only happen in people over 40!

Processed food, too much food and little to no exercise just doesn’t equal healthy!  Are you willing to kill yourself with food?  Even more importantly are you willing for your children to lose years off their life to satisfy the food industry and our own gluttony?

Oh, I know!  They have trained us well.  We need that dollar burger!  We love those 2 tacos for a buck!  Who can resist those 3 pieces of chicken for $2.99?  And what about those ANY SIZE DRINK FOR A BUCK!

Decide to become the master of what goes in your mouth!  You can eat healthy.  You can eat an individual portion and be satisfied.  It’s up to you.  When you do, you will be the example your children need.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

CHOOSE YOUR HARD!

CHOOSE YOUR HARD!

Losing weight is hard.  There I said it!  I know!  I know!  When people are losing weight, especially a lot of weight, some of them act like they never eat badly, they never do everything wrong, it’s just so easy peasy.  Sometimes they may even make you feel like they are judging you because you have not been “perfect”. 

Well, I’ll tell you, that is a big FAT lie!  Sure some days do not take effort.  Sometimes you don’t even think about food or eating.  But other days, well, it is all you think about.   If losing weight were so easy peasy, wouldn’t we have all accomplished our goals the first time we tried?  Or the 10^th time?  Or the 100^th time?  Don’t embrace those that would thwart your efforts.  If you eat something you shouldn’t or eat too much, just remember, it isn’t a failure unless you stay where you are.  Get back up and keep moving forward!

Here are the things that you need to do if you want to lose weight and some of these make losing weight much easier.

1.      Eat whole foods.  Cook at home.  When you eat out, you don’t know what they add to your food that pumps up the calories.

2.      If you tend to overeat, then portion your food out.  When it is gone, it is gone.

3.      Stay away from processed food.  Start looking at labels.  First of all, the best food are the ones with one ingredient, like vegetables, fruits, etc.  When you look at a label, what are the first three ingredients?  If you don’t know what any of those are, pass it by.

4.      Drink water.  Your body is 60% water.  If you get to the point of feeling thirsty, you are already de-hydrated.  Water helps with digestion; helps your bowels to move, helps your skin look better and feel better.  You cannot live without water.  It’s the best thing you can drink.

5.      Find activities that do not include food.  You can go to the movies and not buy anything to eat.  Theaters have convinced us that movies just aren’t the same without food.  Lol  Try it!  Instead of celebrating an occasion by going out to eat, go bowling, or miniature golfing.  Leave the food for your mealtime.

6.      Have healthy snacks already made up and available for those times you want to gnaw your hand off!  J  We’ve all been there!

7.      Start moving!  You don’t have to run a marathon or walk a 5K.  Just start moving.  Whatever movement you choose or for how long, it will help your body.   Start with 5 minutes a day.  Increase 5 minutes a day every week.  In 6 weeks you will be exercising 30 minutes a day.  And here’s a little secret:  When you start moving (or exercising) your brain releases endorphins which make you feel good.  You start to enjoy moving and want to do it more.  Oh, and here is another idea:  When you go shopping, don’t spend your time looking for a parking space right by the door.  Park at that back.  Every little bit helps.

8.      No matter what struggles you have with your weight loss program, use this as your mantra:  I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! 

9.       I know I can do this!  You can do it too!  I want to stop feeling like that hamster on the wheel of dieting.  I want off!  I want to be healthy and live healthy.  I’m determined to make this my last weight loss journey.  If I falter, I will get back up.  I refuse to listen to anyone who tries to put me down or keep me from reaching my goals. 

I know what my goal is and I am focused.

Watch out baby, I’m in this to the end!

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caryn Cannatella

www.caryncann.com