By Bruce Bair
Energy balance is eating exactly enough calories to maintain your weight without gaining or losing. We want to be in energy balance at our ideal weight and body fat percentage. Some of us are and the rest of us want to be. What separates us? Why do some seem to have it so easy? They can eat anything they want, and never gain weight. That is a weight loss fallacy.
If the person eats as much as they want of anything they want and don't gain weight, they either have a disease, an eating disorder or enough activity to keep them in energy balance. Whew, long sentence! Humans gain weight when fed too much and lose it when they don't eat enough for their total energy requirements. There may be a couple of exceptions, but when I investigate closely they are usually myths.
What are the habits we need? They are habits you don't have if you are over weight. They are planning what you eat, never eating more than you plan, eating sitting down, regular exercise, sensible portions, not eating what you do not need, writing down what you eat, weighing yourself at the same time each time and in the same clothes and not starving the day before weigh in. Those are a few.
What attitudes do you need? Better self talk. Encourage yourself, don't be so hard and critical of yourself,. Don't make excuses, quit thinking it is unfair - the only fair is in the State Fair or fair weather . Start pointing out what you do right, don't magnify your flaws and ignore your strengths and accomplishments. Learn to be your best press agent. Don't hype it. Yet, don't denigrate what you do good and correct toward gaining skills, habits and attitudes that keep you in energy balance and your best weight.
| I invite you to learn more skills, habits and attitudes that lead to eating and living in correct energy balance from Bruce L Bair wellness coach and PA. Consider taking the teleseminar - Recipe for Looking Better Naked - in July 2008 taught by Bruce. You can sign up for the seminar and get a special report on his blog Get the Skinney. You will net 3 benefits if you do - First a no cost 12 page report, Second your privacy will be guaranteed, and Third a seminar that will teach you the skills you need to successfully lose excess body fat and keep it off. Option one below is for the seminar, option two for the report. |
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