Creating Weight loss habbits

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Usagi.Love

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Well,I've been finding it difficult to keep up with good habbits, especially exercizing,so I'm taking a new approach.

On Friday, I bought a real, physical journal for myself. What I'm going to do is every day at 3:30 record today's weight loss progress,and foods eaten, and then at 9pm finish the rest of the day's journal.I'm going to do this everyday. My hopes are that proving to myself I can do this,that I'll be more motivated to create more habbits, when I see a successful one.

What do you guys think?
 
it's been said it takes 28 days to form a habit -s o whatever you decide to do - do it repeatedly for 28 days and that habit will be built.
 
I never get why people who are finding it hard to get into the habit pile more work onto themselves by keeping track of everything on a daily basis:confused: :confused: Work it out before hand, or print off a checklist(I need to do one for vits/sups etc.)
If you're having trouble, it's all in the mind, "This bag of chips or actually getting sex" always worked for me ;)
 
Keeping a journal works for me. The night before, I plan out what I am going to have for each meal and 2 snacks. I find I don't want to spontaneously eat extra snacks cause I don't want to have to write it in the journal. Then at the end of the week I always look back to see where I can squeeze in more veggies or protein if I need it. It has helped me stay on track alot. It's worth a try to see if it's something that helps you out.
 
Tracking all my food and exercise online (FitDay) has really helped me. Since I'm at a computer most of the day, I log everything I eat not long after I eat it. The benefit is that I can see where I am calorie wise at any point in the day and adjust my diet as needed (eat more or less, decide if I am allowed a snack, etc). If I know I'm going to be having a bigger meal, such as going out to eat with co-workers, I just try to eat smart and make my other meals that day smaller. Using FitDay I can estimate the calories even in restaurant meals. This kind of structure may not work for everyone, but if you want to be strict with yourself, logging everything you eat can help you be more realistic.
 
Flylady.net has a food and exercise tracker. It's free to download. It saves from having to fill everything out. I used it for a bit, but now have a dry erase board from a work competition that goes with the food pyramid. I dont use that either, but it's a pretty decoration on my fridge. I used it for a while, and should start to use it again.

But Mal is right, a habit doesn't form overnight. Try it for a month and see how it goes.
 
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