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Throw Away Your Weighing Scales!!
Scales invariably bring us bad news.
They are a sort of nasty, spiteful messenger.
Solution? Shoot them!
Okay, you can't shoot them,
but you can throw them away.
So do it!
Result?
No more bad news.
No more disappointments.
No more hysteria.
A new approach
Forget about what you weigh and instead,
concentrate on improving your eating habits
This isn't as dumb as it sounds.
You see a scales makes you
think SHORT-TERM THOUGHTS
Like - 'how much do I weigh THIS week?'
Whereas, you should be thinking
LONG-TERM THOUGHTS
Like...
'How much am I going to weigh in three months.'
Or...
'I'm going to slowly change my figure and
my life. Even though this may take a while.'
You Need Incentives to Lose Weight!!
Because dieting can be a pain in the butt,
we women need as many incentives as possible.
e.g. fur coat, diamond necklace...
If you can persuade Mr. Man to cough up
the odd diamond all well and good.
If not, you need to generate a
few incentives by yourself.
A good start is to measure yourself all over.
Measure your bust, waist, hips,
thighs and upper arms.
Make a note of these
super-secret statistics,
lock them in your safe,
then have a stiff drink.
(You'll probably need one)
Then, each fortnight or month,
re-measure yourself.
Each ½ inch lost will do wonders
for your motivation.
Stop Feeling Guilty!!
GUILT!
For a woman, it's a lifelong companion.
Our husbands make us feel guilty
Our kids make us feel guilty
Our moms make us feel guilty
Our mothers-in-law make us feel guilty
Just about everyone makes us feel guilty about SOMETHING.
No wonder we reach for the cookies.
No wonder we forget about ourselves.
No wonder we get fat.
Take a new approach
Say No to guilt.
Say Yes to losing weight.
How?
By pretending you're not perfect.
Because the ONLY thing that
makes us feel guilty
is the idea that we must be perfect.
Think about it.
Be Prepared for the First Year of Marriage!
On average, women put on more weight
during their first year of marriage
than at any other time in their adult life.
Why?
They dine out a lot.
They entertain a lot.
They receive lots of dinner invitations.
And so on.
Just married?
Then don't make the same mistake!
Don't let yourself go, too quickly.
There's plenty of time for that.
Instead:
1. Learn how to cook healthy food.
2. Train your partner to do the same.
3. Live shapely, ever after.
To put it simply
Don't ruin the lovely figure you had
on your wedding day.
Because when it goes,
it takes your peace of mind with it!
For an Instant Leaner Body
Wear Black!
Don't wait till someone dies
before you wear black.
Black makes everyone look leaner and slimmer.
If you hate black, or if you're blonde,
choose another dark color
and wear it top and bottom.
You'll look leaner, instantly.
Fat Thighs, Fat Butt
Fact
80% of women aged 25-50,
think their thighs and butt are too big
Fiction
You can reduce the fat on your thighs
by eating certain foods
More fiction
You can reduce the fat on your thighs
by doing certain exercises
Even more fiction
There's a quick way of reducing fat on
your thighs or butt.
The truth
The only way to reduce fat
on your thighs or butt, is:
1. Follow a calorie-controlled diet
(preferably a low fat diet)
2. Take regular exercise.
(aerobic and weight/strength training)
3. Be patient
4. Be nice to cats
No Time to Exercise?
So what DO you have time for...
Making money?
Holding onto your job?
Chasing after your kids?
Painting your nails?
I've got news for you
Ill-health EATS money.
Ill-health gets you sacked.
Ill-health makes it difficult for you to
do anything.
Lack of exercise is a
huge contributor to ill-health
Especially for anyone over 40.
Fact
The LESS time you have for exercise,
the MORE you need it.
Get the message?
Where's That Rope?
No, you don't have to hang yourself.
Not yet anyway.
I meant, where's that SKIPPING rope?
Skipping is a great exercise
It burns lots of calories.
It's great fun.
It's very trendy.
(You can whip your partner
with the rope, afterwards)
20 mins a day will lose you 15 pounds a year.
(Skipping, not whipping)
Make Lurve, Not Fat!!
This is a family web site,
so I'd better watch my language.
What's lurve got to do with losing weight?
Simple.
Lurve is one of the most interesting
forms of exercise.
You can do it indoors.
You can do it while watching TV.
You can do it even if the lights go out.
You can do it in a confined space.
It makes you want to smile afterwards,
instead of guzzling six pints of liquid.
You can even smoke a cigarette afterwards.
Whoops! (Just kidding!)
And top heart-experts recommend it.
Dieting is Simple
And the more overweight you are,
the easier it is.
You don't believe me?
Then take this 4-step test.
1. Work out how overweight you are.
Let's assume you're 35 pounds overweight
2. Fill a large saucepan with water.
3. Place in on your weighing scales.
It'll weigh about 7 pounds.
4. Now divide your surplus weight by 7.
The answer is the number of full saucepans
you're carrying around every day.
If you're 35 pounds overweight
You're carrying around the equivalent
of 5 saucepans filled with water,
every second of every day.
Is it easy carrying around all this
unnecessary weight?
NO.
If anyone asked ME to carry 5 saucepans
around all day,
I'll tell them to go jump in the lake.
The Moral?
By comparison with being fat,
dieting is EASY!
So next time you think that dieting
is difficult...
THINK SAUCEPANS!
Prepare to Change!
In order to lose weight you must swap
your bad eating habits for good ones.
This means changing your eating habits,
and maybe some of your general habits.
The key word is "change".
If you don't want to change,
don't bother trying to lose weight.
Do something else, instead.
Most dieters are not open to change.
They mess about for a month and
then give up.
Result? They feel they've failed.
But the truth is, they haven't failed at all.
They simply weren't in the mood.
to change.
Don't make the same mistake!
Either, be prepared to change
and give it your best shot.
Or, forget about dieting completely
and do something else.
You may not lose weight
but you won't feel a failure.
And frankly, girls, a fat success
outranks a slim failure - any day!
No Willpower to Lose Weight?
You think you don't have any willpower?
Well you're wrong.
You have plenty of willpower.
For example, suppose I offered you
a million dollars.
All you had to do was work really hard
for 2 years.
Would you have the willpower to do it?
I bet you would.
Because you want the million dollars,
don't you?
Well that's your willpower.
Willpower is spelt: I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E.
So go find yourself an incentive to lose weight.
Then you'll have all the willpower you need.
Please Yourself!
Don't lose weight to please other people.
Why not? Because it doesn't work.
The only reason you should lose weight
is to PLEASE YOURSELF.
So find a good SELFISH incentive to get slim.
It makes dieting and weight loss a LOT easier.
Prepare for Bad Days
Every dieter has bad days.
If God went on a diet,
he'd have bad days, too.
But, NO ONE gets fat because of
the occasional bad day.
(Or even the occasional bad week)
So the next time you have a bad day
or bad week,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!
Just wait till it's over and
then return to your diet.
Most dieters panic when
they have a bad day.
They get hysterical and flip out
because they think they've blown it.
Don't make the same mistake
Keep your cool.
And go back on your diet.
See Yourself Slim!
Visualize Your Lean Body!
According to most gurus and
psycho-babble experts,
we find it easier to do something
when we can see it.
Let's take their word for it, shall we?
How to see yourself slim
The next time you've got a spare moment,
let your imagination wander
and try to imagine how you'd feel
if you had a perfect figure.
Imagine getting up in the morning.
Imagine going to work.
Imagine meeting and talking to people.
Imagine how they would react to you.
Imagine returning home and slipping on
a pair of skimpy jeans and sneakers.
Imagine going on a date,
or going out with your partner.
Don't rush this visualization
Take your time.
Imagine how you'd feel in each situation.
Imagine what you'd wear, what you'd say.
Visualize as clearly as you can.
Taste it.
Now ask yourself this question
Booby-trap the Refrigerator!
This is a really corny tip.
But it works, believe me.
Find the fattest photo of yourself
Tape it to the door of the refrigerator.
Once it's on the door
you'll find it MUCH more difficult to raid the refrigerator!
Natural Foods are Best
When you're inside a food store
and everything seems so confusing,
follow this one golden rule.
The more natural the food, the better.
Natural food is not absolutely perfect, or natural
but it is LESS likely to be fattening
and MORE likely to be healthy.
'Natural' foods include:
Fresh fruit
Fresh vegetables, including potatoes.
Fresh fish
Unprocessed muesli
Nuts, seeds
Whole meal or wholegrain bread
Brown rice
Bottled water
Cheeseburgers (Whoops! Just kidding)
I'm not suggesting you live on this diet.
(We all need to eat poisonous rubbish
from time to time)
I'm simply suggesting that
when in doubt eat natural!
Meat & Weight
Rule 1. Choose SMART Meat
There are three types of meat.
1. Stupid meat
This is very fattening
Examples
Burgers, sausages, salami, pate, chops,
regular ground beef
chicken-skin, fatty roasts.
AVOID EATING STUPID MEAT
2. Medium intelligent meat
This can be fattening
Examples
Ground steak, pork chops, bacon,
roast beef/lamb (without fat)
GO EASY ON THE
MEDIUM INTELLIGENT MEAT
3. Smart meat
This is non-fattening
Examples
Turkey breast, chicken breast,
very lean pork, very lean beef steak.
YOU MAY EAT REGULAR AMOUNTS
OF SMART MEAT
(About 4oz/100g maximum, per day)
But fish is even better!!
Eat More Fish!!
If you want to be really smart, eat lots of fish.
(The fresh variety - not the sort with
breadcrumbs or batter attached)
Yes, I know it's smelly.
But it smells a lot better than Intensive Care
which is where a lot of meat-eaters end up.
Benefits
Eating fish helps you lose weight (Trust me.)
It's good for your heart (especially oily fish)
It's easy on your digestion
It helps you swim better (Huh?)
Don't forget
The Japanese eat lots of fish and
live about 100 years longer
than most Americans or Europeans
Eat More Chili!
According to a Canadian study,
eating spicy food increases our after-meal metabolic rate,
thus helping us to burn extra calories.
Don't argue with the Canadians
Get with the program
Eat more chili!
Eating Fiber Helps Weight Loss
Why?
There are two main reasons.
1. Foods that are high in fiber fill us up
WITHOUT making us fat.
2. As fiber passes through our system
it takes some of our undigested fat with it.
Healthy high fiber foods include:
Oat bran, beans, legumes,
Many fruits, including bananas, apples & berries
Raw vegetables
Whole wheat or wholegrain bread
Brown rice.
"Fiber Rap"
[Sing this in the shower every day]
Fiber is cool
Fiber is cute
Fiber's in oat-bran and all kinds of fruit
Fiber is East Coast
Fiber is West
Out on the streets Man, fiber's the best
So eat up yo peas!
Eat up yo beans!
Whether you're 80 or still in your teens
Always Eat Breakfast
Why?
Because an average 8 hours sleep
burns about 450 calories.
So your body NEEDS fuel at breakfast time.
If you don't have breakfast, you risk
getting ravenous by mid-morning.
Result?
You fall into temptation.
Fact
Most surveys show that people who don't
eat breakfast
are more likely to be overweight
You don't have to give up alcohol
when dieting
If you enjoy 2-3 drinks at the weekend, or
if you enjoy a regular glass of wine,
carry on - even if you're dieting.
A few drinks never made anyone overweight.
A huge CDC survey reveals that
women who give up alcohol while dieting
lose LESS weight than those who
drink in moderation.
You learn something new every day.
Scales invariably bring us bad news.
They are a sort of nasty, spiteful messenger.
Solution? Shoot them!
Okay, you can't shoot them,
but you can throw them away.
So do it!
Result?
No more bad news.
No more disappointments.
No more hysteria.
A new approach
Forget about what you weigh and instead,
concentrate on improving your eating habits
This isn't as dumb as it sounds.
You see a scales makes you
think SHORT-TERM THOUGHTS
Like - 'how much do I weigh THIS week?'
Whereas, you should be thinking
LONG-TERM THOUGHTS
Like...
'How much am I going to weigh in three months.'
Or...
'I'm going to slowly change my figure and
my life. Even though this may take a while.'
You Need Incentives to Lose Weight!!
Because dieting can be a pain in the butt,
we women need as many incentives as possible.
e.g. fur coat, diamond necklace...
If you can persuade Mr. Man to cough up
the odd diamond all well and good.
If not, you need to generate a
few incentives by yourself.
A good start is to measure yourself all over.
Measure your bust, waist, hips,
thighs and upper arms.
Make a note of these
super-secret statistics,
lock them in your safe,
then have a stiff drink.
(You'll probably need one)
Then, each fortnight or month,
re-measure yourself.
Each ½ inch lost will do wonders
for your motivation.
Stop Feeling Guilty!!
GUILT!
For a woman, it's a lifelong companion.
Our husbands make us feel guilty
Our kids make us feel guilty
Our moms make us feel guilty
Our mothers-in-law make us feel guilty
Just about everyone makes us feel guilty about SOMETHING.
No wonder we reach for the cookies.
No wonder we forget about ourselves.
No wonder we get fat.
Take a new approach
Say No to guilt.
Say Yes to losing weight.
How?
By pretending you're not perfect.
Because the ONLY thing that
makes us feel guilty
is the idea that we must be perfect.
Think about it.
Be Prepared for the First Year of Marriage!
On average, women put on more weight
during their first year of marriage
than at any other time in their adult life.
Why?
They dine out a lot.
They entertain a lot.
They receive lots of dinner invitations.
And so on.
Just married?
Then don't make the same mistake!
Don't let yourself go, too quickly.
There's plenty of time for that.
Instead:
1. Learn how to cook healthy food.
2. Train your partner to do the same.
3. Live shapely, ever after.
To put it simply
Don't ruin the lovely figure you had
on your wedding day.
Because when it goes,
it takes your peace of mind with it!
For an Instant Leaner Body
Wear Black!
Don't wait till someone dies
before you wear black.
Black makes everyone look leaner and slimmer.
If you hate black, or if you're blonde,
choose another dark color
and wear it top and bottom.
You'll look leaner, instantly.
Fat Thighs, Fat Butt
Fact
80% of women aged 25-50,
think their thighs and butt are too big
Fiction
You can reduce the fat on your thighs
by eating certain foods
More fiction
You can reduce the fat on your thighs
by doing certain exercises
Even more fiction
There's a quick way of reducing fat on
your thighs or butt.
The truth
The only way to reduce fat
on your thighs or butt, is:
1. Follow a calorie-controlled diet
(preferably a low fat diet)
2. Take regular exercise.
(aerobic and weight/strength training)
3. Be patient
4. Be nice to cats
No Time to Exercise?
So what DO you have time for...
Making money?
Holding onto your job?
Chasing after your kids?
Painting your nails?
I've got news for you
Ill-health EATS money.
Ill-health gets you sacked.
Ill-health makes it difficult for you to
do anything.
Lack of exercise is a
huge contributor to ill-health
Especially for anyone over 40.
Fact
The LESS time you have for exercise,
the MORE you need it.
Get the message?
Where's That Rope?
No, you don't have to hang yourself.
Not yet anyway.
I meant, where's that SKIPPING rope?
Skipping is a great exercise
It burns lots of calories.
It's great fun.
It's very trendy.
(You can whip your partner
with the rope, afterwards)
20 mins a day will lose you 15 pounds a year.
(Skipping, not whipping)
Make Lurve, Not Fat!!
This is a family web site,
so I'd better watch my language.
What's lurve got to do with losing weight?
Simple.
Lurve is one of the most interesting
forms of exercise.
You can do it indoors.
You can do it while watching TV.
You can do it even if the lights go out.
You can do it in a confined space.
It makes you want to smile afterwards,
instead of guzzling six pints of liquid.
You can even smoke a cigarette afterwards.
Whoops! (Just kidding!)
And top heart-experts recommend it.
Dieting is Simple
And the more overweight you are,
the easier it is.
You don't believe me?
Then take this 4-step test.
1. Work out how overweight you are.
Let's assume you're 35 pounds overweight
2. Fill a large saucepan with water.
3. Place in on your weighing scales.
It'll weigh about 7 pounds.
4. Now divide your surplus weight by 7.
The answer is the number of full saucepans
you're carrying around every day.
If you're 35 pounds overweight
You're carrying around the equivalent
of 5 saucepans filled with water,
every second of every day.
Is it easy carrying around all this
unnecessary weight?
NO.
If anyone asked ME to carry 5 saucepans
around all day,
I'll tell them to go jump in the lake.
The Moral?
By comparison with being fat,
dieting is EASY!
So next time you think that dieting
is difficult...
THINK SAUCEPANS!
Prepare to Change!
In order to lose weight you must swap
your bad eating habits for good ones.
This means changing your eating habits,
and maybe some of your general habits.
The key word is "change".
If you don't want to change,
don't bother trying to lose weight.
Do something else, instead.
Most dieters are not open to change.
They mess about for a month and
then give up.
Result? They feel they've failed.
But the truth is, they haven't failed at all.
They simply weren't in the mood.
to change.
Don't make the same mistake!
Either, be prepared to change
and give it your best shot.
Or, forget about dieting completely
and do something else.
You may not lose weight
but you won't feel a failure.
And frankly, girls, a fat success
outranks a slim failure - any day!
No Willpower to Lose Weight?
You think you don't have any willpower?
Well you're wrong.
You have plenty of willpower.
For example, suppose I offered you
a million dollars.
All you had to do was work really hard
for 2 years.
Would you have the willpower to do it?
I bet you would.
Because you want the million dollars,
don't you?
Well that's your willpower.
Willpower is spelt: I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E.
So go find yourself an incentive to lose weight.
Then you'll have all the willpower you need.
Please Yourself!
Don't lose weight to please other people.
Why not? Because it doesn't work.
The only reason you should lose weight
is to PLEASE YOURSELF.
So find a good SELFISH incentive to get slim.
It makes dieting and weight loss a LOT easier.
Prepare for Bad Days
Every dieter has bad days.
If God went on a diet,
he'd have bad days, too.
But, NO ONE gets fat because of
the occasional bad day.
(Or even the occasional bad week)
So the next time you have a bad day
or bad week,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!
Just wait till it's over and
then return to your diet.
Most dieters panic when
they have a bad day.
They get hysterical and flip out
because they think they've blown it.
Don't make the same mistake
Keep your cool.
And go back on your diet.
See Yourself Slim!
Visualize Your Lean Body!
According to most gurus and
psycho-babble experts,
we find it easier to do something
when we can see it.
Let's take their word for it, shall we?
How to see yourself slim
The next time you've got a spare moment,
let your imagination wander
and try to imagine how you'd feel
if you had a perfect figure.
Imagine getting up in the morning.
Imagine going to work.
Imagine meeting and talking to people.
Imagine how they would react to you.
Imagine returning home and slipping on
a pair of skimpy jeans and sneakers.
Imagine going on a date,
or going out with your partner.
Don't rush this visualization
Take your time.
Imagine how you'd feel in each situation.
Imagine what you'd wear, what you'd say.
Visualize as clearly as you can.
Taste it.
Now ask yourself this question
Booby-trap the Refrigerator!
This is a really corny tip.
But it works, believe me.
Find the fattest photo of yourself
Tape it to the door of the refrigerator.
Once it's on the door
you'll find it MUCH more difficult to raid the refrigerator!
Natural Foods are Best
When you're inside a food store
and everything seems so confusing,
follow this one golden rule.
The more natural the food, the better.
Natural food is not absolutely perfect, or natural
but it is LESS likely to be fattening
and MORE likely to be healthy.
'Natural' foods include:
Fresh fruit
Fresh vegetables, including potatoes.
Fresh fish
Unprocessed muesli
Nuts, seeds
Whole meal or wholegrain bread
Brown rice
Bottled water
Cheeseburgers (Whoops! Just kidding)
I'm not suggesting you live on this diet.
(We all need to eat poisonous rubbish
from time to time)
I'm simply suggesting that
when in doubt eat natural!
Meat & Weight
Rule 1. Choose SMART Meat
There are three types of meat.
1. Stupid meat
This is very fattening
Examples
Burgers, sausages, salami, pate, chops,
regular ground beef
chicken-skin, fatty roasts.
AVOID EATING STUPID MEAT
2. Medium intelligent meat
This can be fattening
Examples
Ground steak, pork chops, bacon,
roast beef/lamb (without fat)
GO EASY ON THE
MEDIUM INTELLIGENT MEAT
3. Smart meat
This is non-fattening
Examples
Turkey breast, chicken breast,
very lean pork, very lean beef steak.
YOU MAY EAT REGULAR AMOUNTS
OF SMART MEAT
(About 4oz/100g maximum, per day)
But fish is even better!!
Eat More Fish!!
If you want to be really smart, eat lots of fish.
(The fresh variety - not the sort with
breadcrumbs or batter attached)
Yes, I know it's smelly.
But it smells a lot better than Intensive Care
which is where a lot of meat-eaters end up.
Benefits
Eating fish helps you lose weight (Trust me.)
It's good for your heart (especially oily fish)
It's easy on your digestion
It helps you swim better (Huh?)
Don't forget
The Japanese eat lots of fish and
live about 100 years longer
than most Americans or Europeans
Eat More Chili!
According to a Canadian study,
eating spicy food increases our after-meal metabolic rate,
thus helping us to burn extra calories.
Don't argue with the Canadians
Get with the program
Eat more chili!
Eating Fiber Helps Weight Loss
Why?
There are two main reasons.
1. Foods that are high in fiber fill us up
WITHOUT making us fat.
2. As fiber passes through our system
it takes some of our undigested fat with it.
Healthy high fiber foods include:
Oat bran, beans, legumes,
Many fruits, including bananas, apples & berries
Raw vegetables
Whole wheat or wholegrain bread
Brown rice.
"Fiber Rap"
[Sing this in the shower every day]
Fiber is cool
Fiber is cute
Fiber's in oat-bran and all kinds of fruit
Fiber is East Coast
Fiber is West
Out on the streets Man, fiber's the best
So eat up yo peas!
Eat up yo beans!
Whether you're 80 or still in your teens
Always Eat Breakfast
Why?
Because an average 8 hours sleep
burns about 450 calories.
So your body NEEDS fuel at breakfast time.
If you don't have breakfast, you risk
getting ravenous by mid-morning.
Result?
You fall into temptation.
Fact
Most surveys show that people who don't
eat breakfast
are more likely to be overweight
You don't have to give up alcohol
when dieting
If you enjoy 2-3 drinks at the weekend, or
if you enjoy a regular glass of wine,
carry on - even if you're dieting.
A few drinks never made anyone overweight.
A huge CDC survey reveals that
women who give up alcohol while dieting
lose LESS weight than those who
drink in moderation.
You learn something new every day.
