Tasting counts

Are you a nibbler while you cook? Be careful, sampling adds calories too! If you sample the pasta to see if it's done or taste a piece of bread while you are preparing your plate, or licking the bowl and sucking icing off your fingers and wondering while you can't seem to shed any pounds then stop and take self inventory of what you are actually putting in your mouth. Even when the kids are done with their food and you are irritated because they claimed they were starving and yet left half their food untouched and you start in on what they left behind it still counts. Dump it, push it away, walk away! When you are cooking immediately put dishes in the sink or dishwasher so you won't be tempted to peel off the melted cheese left in the pan or keep a damp paper towel handy so no yummy goodness of what you are making makes it's way into you mouth! How do I know this? I have been guilty of it all and until you are 100% conscious of every bite that goes into your mouth you will never reach your desired weight. I can't tel you how many people have said to me "I eat right and I exercise but the scale isn't budging!" Maybe because they didn't think that donut at work counted just because someone offered it on a whim or the three forkfulls of someone elses entree they shoveled in their mouth at the new restaurant last night after they finished their own counted either. Hmmmm

Afraid to Commit?

Hey y'all, okay I know I haven't updated in a while but I'm back! Ready to roll! So I was watching Oprah the other day and I still wonder how a billionaire can be fat. She could pay somebody to slap the cookie out of her hand, to pick her up out of the bed for morning workouts and to make the most delicious low-calorie foods her money can buy. Well unfortunately for us we don't have her money but we do have the same resources available to us as she does. The information is there, that's all you see is the weight loss video adds and the low calorie food adds and this program and that program. Guess what? They all work! Unfortunately there are so many and this is such a multi-million dollar business because people want them to work over night, give up and move to the next fad. Well it simply doesn't work like that. You have to be committed to whatever program you choose and stick to it and I guarantee it will work for you. Give it time and don't give up, commit to make a lifestyle change. It's all I preach. Yeah we all have our weaknesses but remember you control your body. The mind part is the hardest of all. Think about how you feel about your body. Take a long look at yourself and set a goal zeroing in on a portion of your body. If your arms are flabby commit to toning those arms, if your thunder thighs are jiggly commit to taking off some inches. The good thing about doing this while you are trying so hard to focus on one area of your body surprising the rest of your body will follow and low and behold you are shedding inches and pounds in areas you hadn't paid any attention to! Sounds like a win-win to me. Now I love Oprah I'm so not knocking her because she has been so successful in the past and maintaining, which is indeed the hardest part of weight loss she just can't seem to manage. She had Bob Greene on recently with his new book something about looking 20 years younger. I felt a chill go down my spine when Oprah said Bob wrote in the book the one thing that you could not skip, with his plan was the exercise! It is such a must in weight loss and an absolute must when trying to maintain. I say that as I'm typing a whopping 7 pounds more than my original goal weight. Okay some of you say okay you are only 7 pounds more than you were when you met your goal over 4 years ago that's nothing but to me it's a big deal because once you get comfortable and say to yourself it's okay your as good as packing 30 pounds on your ass! Don't get comfortable, don't let yourself slack, stay focused always or those bad habits are waiting to seep back into your life. Commit to the thinner, healthier you!