Believe it or not, your body naturally wants to take you to your optimal weight. So if you’ve had it with all the typical weight loss schemes, there is a solution for you. Make your body work for you, not against you, with tips based on four simple strategies:
- Find a diet buddy — someone to listen and keep you on track.
- Track your waist — measure your middle, every day.
- Restock your fridge — out with the bad, in with the good.
- Walk every day — 30 minutes, no matter what.
Strategy
Just like a good football team, to have success you should have a strategy. Here are some simple strategies that can help you lose inches (and pounds) without losing your mind.
- Remember that waist is more important than weight. Belly fat is one of the strongest predictors of health risks associated with obesity. Ditch the scale in favor of the tape measure.
- Stay satisfied. To lose weight, you need to eat.
- Add support. Enlist a friend, family member, or new cyber buddy as your partner.
- Know that it’s OK to make mistakes. As long as you quickly get back on the right road, you won’t travel too far down the wrong one.
Be well,
Dr. S
Reference: Portions of this blog came from information found in YOU: On a Diet. Roizen, M. F., Oz, M. C., New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
