Low Carb Diva

Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/20/more-weight-loss-basics

April 20, 2009

The second step for low carb is to eliminate all sweets and grains from your diet. You will receive your primary source of carbs from vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, etc. Fat, Protein and Veggies are essential to the low carb lifestyle.

The Atkins diet subscribes to the under 20 carbs for two weeks and than climbing the carb later after that for ongoing weight loss. If you want to do Atkins I suggest you buy the book and read it. The 2002 version and earlier are the best ones to buy. While eating low carb you should not be afriad to eat fat. Fattier cuts of meat, leave the skin on the chicken, add butter or olive oil to your veggies, etc.

Try to stay away from as many pre-packaged foods as possible such as salad dressings since they have soybean oil. Here are some foods to avoid: All vegetable oils (even canola oil or as I like to call it crapola oil), margarine and soy.

Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/18/step-one-to-losing-weight

I'm not going to bore you by talking about commitment and motivation, because lets face it, once you decide once and for all that you are tired of your thighs rubbing together and giving you a skin burn nothing will stop you. Right?

Wrong. The truth is that no matter how much we want to lose weight the motivation and commitment will leave most of us the minute we smell a fresh baked cookie or a plate of french fries. This has happened to me more than once and believe me after you have eaten whatever junk you so desperately wanted you will console your self with this lie: I can start tomorrow. Sure this is easier to say once your stomach is stuffed and you have satisfied that sugar/carb craving.

Believe me that no matter how bad you feel after you've pigged out it will still be hard to start this diet or any diet. Your body will crave it; your mind will make bargains and deals. What you have to do is find that resolve deep inside yourself to ignore it. If you do, trust me, the feeling will pass.

Here is what I want you to do.

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Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/16/looking-for-a-kick-in-the-pants-to-start

Are you still waiting to start losing weight? Are you hoping for a lightening bolt of inspiration and motivation to shoot out of the sky and make you suddenly stop eating unhealthy foods and exercise more? If you are, then snap out of it. The truth is that when you have more than 10 pounds to lose motivation and inspiration is a fleeting thing.

Perseverance and discipline are the keys when you have a lot of weight to lose. Imagine telling someone who has 200 pounds to lose that it is going to take two years. Most people would give up right then and there. Now tell these same people that they have a choice either be thinner this time next year or fatter. Which option sounds more appealing? While you may not reach your goal in a year, two or three you will be making progress and inroads towards that goal.

Let's face it losing weight is no fun. It takes work and sometimes amazing feats of willpower and self control to hold yourself back from that bag of chips or box of cookies. Imagine living on butterless vegetables, skinless chicken breast, beans, brown rice and whole wheat pasta. Why the heck wouldn't you want those cookies or chips? Your body wants flavor and fat and it will try and get it one way or another.

I am going to tell you a secret about my weight loss.

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Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/15/fat-people-can-t-jump

Last night on The Biggest Loser Laura was told that she had a stress fracture in her hip. The doctor told her that it was from the level of exercise that she was doing, she was training like an Olympic athlete instead of the out of shape overweight girl that she is.

While I like the weight loss results on this show I always cringe when I see the workouts that Bob and Jillian put these contestants through. It seems that the network executives at NBC have decided that just watching fat people sweat and gasp for breath is not interesting enough. Now we have to have them carry each other on their backs, lift 4-5 times their body weight, jump on and off a step stool and more.

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Link: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/will-the-recession-make-you-fat.aspx?page=1

I just read this article about how the down turn in the economy may make those that are cash strapped gain weight because people are going to eat more foods high in saturated fat and sugar. I agree if you eat saturated fat you will gain weight, if you combine it with lots of pasta, potatoes and rice.

If you follow the Standard American Diet (SAD) you will consume 300 or more grams of carbohydrates a day based on your caloric intake. Simply cutting the number of carbohydrates in half is enough to start you on the road to losing weight not gaining.

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