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The Diet Journal
I'm a big believer in journal keeping. Keeping a journal for any purpose at all is worth the effort it takes. The best teacher is always experience, and those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat the past.
The fact is that if you need to lose weight, it's because you have made eating mistakes in the past. There's simply no doubt about it. If you hadn't made eating mistakes in the past, you wouldn't need to lose weight today.
So here is what I recommend that you do: Get a spiral-bound notebook and a pencil or pen. Put it in a place where you will see it often every single day. (I recommend on a kitchen cabinet.) Now, you want to keep a record of what you eat, how much of it you eat, when you eat it, and why you eat it. This information kept over a period of time will show you exactly what kind of eating mistakes you are making, and even why you are making them. Armed with this information, you can change the future your future.
Far too often we view food as something other than what it really is. Food is fuel. Food is the fuel that's needed for the body to live and for the organs of the body to function. Food does NOT equal love or comfort even though society tells us that it does.
I'm not a member of the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) organization. But I have a friend who is, and she lost a lot of weight and kept it off for more than five years. I asked her how she had managed to accomplish this elusive feat.
My friend said that keeping a food journal as recommended and the TOPS pledge were totally responsible for her success. I knew the value of journal keeping, but I asked her to explain the TOPS pledge part to me.
She said that before she ate anything, ever, she repeated the TOPS pledge to herself: "I am an intelligent person. I will control my emotions and not let
my emotions control me. Every time I am tempted to use food to satisfy my frustrated desires, build up my injured ego or dull my senses, I will remember: Even though I overeat in private, my excess poundage is there for all the world to see." She said that keeping her food journal showed her how she had used food to do all of the above.
BONUS : The Difficulty Of Being An Obese Teenager
An obese teenager can feel like high school is some sort of punishment. The teenage years are difficult enough with puberty, acne, dating and peer pressure. But add being an obese teenager into the mix and it can make the teen years pretty miserable.
High school is hard. First of all, theres the coursework to worry about. High school is usually a huge switch from grade school and middle school. Everything is more difficult, and the homework amount can be enormous. But if youre an obese teenager, thats probably not the thing you hate most about high school.
High school and the teen years are the years when kids are turning into adults. And these years dont bring out the best in everyone. There are always those kids who enjoy bullying other kids. Theres name calling and sometimes it escalates to physical violence.
The targets of these bullying kids are often those who are perceived to be easy targets and weak. Unfortunately, obese kids are often chosen as someone who can be picked on.
When a teenager is constantly picked on, that can make going to school each day feel like a certain type of torture. It can ruin a kids motivation to do well in school and make good grades. When youre scared or embarrassed constantly by bullies, worrying about a test or getting an A seems far less important by comparison.
Aside from the very obvious humiliation that can come from being picked on, called names and bullied, being an obese teenager can be painful in more subtle ways, too.
The high school years are usually when the tradition of school dances starts, like the homecoming dance and proms. An obese teenager might miss out on these fun activities. While not every overweight teen sits at home, some might be embarrassed to ask someone to go to these dances.
Being overweight or obese, because of the bullying or the disapproval that might be obvious from some classmates, can cause low self-esteem. This is why some overweight kids avoid social activities that other kids enjoy.
A heavy teen who wants to go might not get asked because others perceive them as not being good enough because of their weight. Some might be embarrassed at the idea of others knowing that they asked a fat person on a date.
High school is usually when its required for kids to change into uniforms for PE class. This requires kids to change their clothes in front of their classmates, something than obese kids might feel very uncomfortable doing.
Sadly, this can cause or escalate bullying. And when a kid who might have self-esteem issues already is taunted and teased about their sized while theyre undressed, it can only make any lack of self-confidence and self-esteem even worse.
Fortunately, the teen years are an ideal time to find a good eating plan and lose weight. Its much easier for an obese teenager to lose weight and get in shape than it is for an older person to do so.
An obese teenager can feel like high school is some sort of punishment. The teenage years are difficult enough with puberty, acne, dating and peer pressure. But add being an obese teenager into the mix and it can make the teen years pretty miserable.
High school is hard. First of all, theres the coursework to worry about. High school is usually a huge switch from grade school and middle school. Everything is more difficult, and the homework amount can be enormous. But if youre an obese teenager, thats probably not the thing you hate most about high school.
High school and the teen years are the years when kids are turning into adults. And these years dont bring out the best in everyone. There are always those kids who enjoy bullying other kids. Theres name calling and sometimes it escalates to physical violence.
The targets of these bullying kids are often those who are perceived to be easy targets and weak. Unfortunately, obese kids are often chosen as someone who can be picked on.
When a teenager is constantly picked on, that can make going to school each day feel like a certain type of torture. It can ruin a kids motivation to do well in school and make good grades. When youre scared or embarrassed constantly by bullies, worrying about a test or getting an A seems far less important by comparison.
Aside from the very obvious humiliation that can come from being picked on, called names and bullied, being an obese teenager can be painful in more subtle ways, too.
The high school years are usually when the tradition of school dances starts, like the homecoming dance and proms. An obese teenager might miss out on these fun activities. While not every overweight teen sits at home, some might be embarrassed to ask someone to go to these dances.
Being overweight or obese, because of the bullying or the disapproval that might be obvious from some classmates, can cause low self-esteem. This is why some overweight kids avoid social activities that other kids enjoy.
A heavy teen who wants to go might not get asked because others perceive them as not being good enough because of their weight. Some might be embarrassed at the idea of others knowing that they asked a fat person on a date.
High school is usually when its required for kids to change into uniforms for PE class. This requires kids to change their clothes in front of their classmates, something than obese kids might feel very uncomfortable doing.
Sadly, this can cause or escalate bullying. And when a kid who might have self-esteem issues already is taunted and teased about their sized while theyre undressed, it can only make any lack of self-confidence and self-esteem even worse.
Fortunately, the teen years are an ideal time to find a good eating plan and lose weight. Its much easier for an obese teenager to lose weight and get in shape than it is for an older person to do so.
