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| The divine Ines |
Using the Twenty Ideas method, I came up with not twenty, but forty-one pieces of encouragement for when I'm feeling tempted by unnecessary snacking. I still have my moments, but reading through this list helps me enormously.
I thought you might like to read it too. Enjoy!
How can I be slim and
slender and svelte?
1. No sugar!
Also very little pasta, bread, potato.
2. Never go longer than three hours without
eating something, no matter how small.
3. Have protein with every meal.
4. Make sure I ‘get enough of things’ – get
enough water, get enough sleep, get enough protein in my meals, especially
lunch, get enough fresh fruits and vegetables every day, get enough exercise.
5. Keep junk food out of the house – food I
cannot go easy on. It’s easier to say no
at the supermarket than when it’s in the pantry.
6. Eat real food.
7. Avoid processed foods.
8. Drink water often – count ten glasses a
day or fill a two-litre jug with water.
9. Go for 80% goodness on a daily basis.
10. Walk daily.
11. Do housework for exercise.
12. Try workout DVDs.
13. Go to bed early.
14. Think like a thin person, think thin
thoughts, think like I am a person who is naturally slim.
15. Make it fun and be excited to eat in a
healthy manner, love feeling good.
16. Enjoy exercise as part of my daily life.
17. Keep good posture to look slimmer and
encourage good circulation and muscle training.
18. Keep a small and stylish wardrobe that will
encourage me to keep in shape and enjoy looking fabulous in my clothes. Get rid of clothing that doesn’t excite me or
makes me feel frumpy or dowdy.
19. Remember that I want my husband to be
attracted to me: men are visual creatures.
20. Declutter my home which helps declutter my
body. Also tidy and keep our home
clean. This inspires me to do the same
with my body.
21. Remember the more I have the more I want,
of… salads, water, vegetables, fruit.
Then, if I don’t have them I miss them.
I look forward to a salad for lunch now, which wasn’t the case in the
past.
22. Don’t be tempted by cheap junk food on
special at the supermarket. If 99 cents is a
good price for a big packet of Twisties, it isn’t if it makes me fat and feel
revolting. Think about my poor insides
not knowing what to do with junk food.
23. Groom all the time – shaved legs, self-tan,
nice hair and makeup. Look after my
body.
24. Think how quality food will make my skin
glow and how junk food will make it awful.
25. Remember that processed food, even a tiny
bit will load my body with toxins which in turn makes it hold onto fat to
accommodate/store those toxins.
26. Use others as inspiration to be slim – both
those I want to emulate and those I don’t (mean but useful).
27. Factor in treats so I don’t feel deprived.
28. Always remember the reason why I wanted to
lose weight and be slim in the first place, that way nothing can sabotage my
new healthy life.
29. Remember I like to feel hungry before a meal
– the food tastes so much better.
30. French girls spend lots of time in cafes,
but the difference is they never eat – they drink coffee, tea, water, diet
Coke (update: I no longer drink Diet Coke - I replaced it with Lemon or Lime Perrier).
31. My problem times: Afternoon – coffee or tea after lunch,
chewing gum to clean my teeth after lunch, lots of water, cup of tea around 5pm
if I am hungry before dinner. A 4pm
protein shake or a hard-boiled egg works miracles. After work – Diet Coke or sparkling mineral
water in a flute, no snack foods. After
dinner: herbal tea and a treat, i.e. one
perfect chocolate etc.
32. When I feel like nibbling – drink a glass of
water.
33. Food tastes just as good not adding
additional salt and pepper at the table.
You taste the flavours better.
34. When I get all worked up and think ‘I will
never be slim, I will always be beholden to junk foods’, think to myself ‘Just
be normal. I can eat normally like
normal people, just relax and be normal.
Eat normal food’.
35. Stick to the basics – three meals a day with
no snacking in between. It’s a tried and
true way to live that has been around for generations. If I feel hungry in between, drink a big
glass of water.
36. Remember that eating is not a hobby. Mother Nature made eating enjoyable so we
would not die of starvation but that doesn’t mean I can eat all day/eat when I
want something to do/eat to make myself feel better etc.
37. Eat the right foods to fuel and nourish my
body and to feel full of energy.
38. Being in the right frame of mind makes all
the difference. Just by changing my
mind, I can change the way I behave. I
can be positive and happy about the future, focused on home, relationships,
business, family etc and eating when I don’t need to just falls away.
39. Make up a menu plan – like I am advising
someone else.
40. Portion control my chosen snack foods. Gladware containers for potato chips etc.
41. Declutter something. It helps with enjoying real food and not
craving junk.
