education different sites

There are a few sites I really like. one is http://whfoods.org, Another is sparkpeople.com
Lets really talk about education and how to get it. First you can go to a school. I ask is that going to give you the best? When you want to bild a box do you go to a teacher with a book or go to a box builder that has built hundreds of boxes. I am one of the box builders. When I ask which one is better? I couldn't tell you. I will tell you that there are people that will say you should only go to the teacher. Does this mean that only people with a degree have the ability to help you lose weight. Do I have a very personal opion on this? oh yes. Are there a lot of people out there that just want to take your money for nothing and how can you spot them. First I will tell you that depending on the changes you make it may seam like the pounds are just falling off. One example would be if on a normal day you ate 3000 calories and didn't really do to much and you changed to eating 50% of your calories from fruits and veggies, put your dence carbs in a measuring cup and only eat 1/2 a cup skip desert 6 out of 7 days and start walking 1/2 hour per day. Your going to notice some fast changes. If on the other hand you are trying to lose those last 10 pounds your not going to see it fall off overnight. The first thing I do when I want to know the truth about something I type the word in and with one of the following words; scam or review. One of the things you need to look for is who is posting the site. Is it an ad? Are they trying to sell you something? This is one reason I like sparkpeople because it is a site made up of people like you and me. Always remember websites do need a way of supporting themselfs and banner ads maybe posted on the site for that reason.
Here is on way I look at sites that are selling prepared foods. Think about the concepts of the program. First get a plate the size the prepared food is served on. Eat your main foods off that plate nad you only get 1 serving. That's it your done. If you want something else eat an apple. I would tell you to eat the apple no matter what. You can cut it up on your oats, cut it into chunks and put some nut butter on it remember to limit the nut butter to 2T. Nut butters are higher in calories and need to be limited to 1 serving.
Just becaust a person is thinner doesn't mean they have healthy eating habits. It is all about calories in vs. calories out. I like to eat a verity of foods for max. nutrition. I eat for nutrition because I feel that if you teach a person to eat this way they start to look at food differently. If you look at a bowl of ice cream and ask what good is this going to do for my body? My answer would be it just taste good and then I look at what I ate sofar that day. Do I haev 120-300 calories to spend on this item? There are times I can and do eat 1000 calories worth of this item and then when I look back I don't have to ask why did the scale go up. It went up because I ate more calorie then I used that day. If I would do that one day I would really have to watch the nutrition I eat the next day and only eat high nutrition so I can use those extra calories.
I talk about this in my book about the everyother day way of thinking. I have heard it called the johnson upday down day diet, the 1 day diet, the zig-zag diet. Now my whole book is about the concepts that you may learn about this and other diets.
Noow you may ask how is this working for you? Good. I am holding steedy at 125 pounds and feeling strong.

Is this going to be easy

I hear all kinds of ads that say lose 10-100 pounds without any effort. The weight just falls off or eat what ever you want and you never have to go to the gym.
What I have found is that none of these claims are true. I have never had weight just fall off. I have to work my but off for every pound. The only way I have found to lose weight is to work off more calories then you take in.
One of the things we talk about in class is making a to do list. By making this list you now have a plan as to what you would like to get done if/when you have time. How I like to work this is to set eating times and if you find a time that you want to eat but it isn't time then check the list and get something done that would take about an hour. I call it clearing your life plate. You will find as you clear the life plate you will lessen your life stress. I have found that weight loss covers a lot more than just tight pants.

Portions

I find portions interesting. I have to laugh when I hear people talking about buying those boxes of packs. I hear them say how on the way home they 5 out of 6 of the 100 calorie packs. I think of this as a 500 calorie portion that just takes a little longer to eat because you have to open those packs. I bought some frosted pretzels the other day and ate the whole bag. I think it was like 7 servings at 130 calories per servings. Sense I ate the whole thing, if I were to buy these again I would know that I would have to allow for 910 calories if I wanted 1 because I know that I will not stop eating them until they were all gone.
This is one of the reasons that when someone asks me what should they do with rice, white or brown? I tell them I feel the best you can do is put it in a measuring cup. You should limit the high calorie filler type foods if you are looking to lost weight and you do not have a physical type job.

Adding high nutrition to your diet

How do you start to think in terms of high nutrition? The best I can say it to really look at what is in something. Lets a stir fry that you are making at home. A fast stir fry I would make by stir frying up some type of protein and adding 1-2 bags of frozen stir fry type of veggies and some sauce. I really make sure I don't drown the dish in sauce . If I was to use the create a meal that you add your own meat I would add an extra veggie or cut that chunk of sauce in half. I have also added a pack of the frozen veggies with rice or noodles. The reason I add the extra bag of veggies to the dish is so you add bulk to the meal with out adding lots of calories. To this I would serve some fresh fruit.
When I start to think of what I want to eat most people start thinking about a heavy carb/protein item. To win at the losing game you need to think starting with what veggies can I add to this meal. What fruits can I add. How lean is the protein I want to eat. When you start with nutrition and then use starches as a filler at the end you should do better at controlling calorie intake.. I always put rice, noodles and other starches in a measuring cup. 1/2 a cup is a serving.
For dinner tonight I had stuffed mushrooms and bing cherries. I stuffed the portabella mushrooms with a mix of chopped spinach, onion, shredded cheese and a little cream cheese and then baked it in the oven. This is one of my favorite meals.

Goals

Goals and setting goals. This is a good place to start when looking at weight loss. First look at where you are right now and the reason you want to change. Any one that is saying you will lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks, take the name of their product and do a google with the word review, scam or blog after it and you will get a better idea of what the product really has to offer. Most of these products only offer money loss. Your money to their pocket.
A good start of a goal is not so much to lose 10 pounds but to change a behavior 80% of the time and the weight loss should follow. I am looking at where I am right now and where I fill I am willing to change is with working out. Will I say that I will workout 7 days a week? No it is unrealistic. I am going to set my goals as follows:
1. work out 3 days a week.
2. journal what I eat 6 days a week.
3. stop drinking coffee at noon.
4. Go to bed at night by 11:00
Now, I want to look at what may happen when I achieve these goals.
My wish list we will call it.
This would be the outcome of my behavior changes.
1. lose 2 pounds a week.
If the 2 pounds happen then I look at it as good and keep it up. If not and weight does not go down then I have to look at where I can change things to adjust for the desired outcome.
Goals are not achieved through wishing. It takes a lot of hard work. If you are willing to do the work I know you will meet you weight loss goals.
I am setting up this blog to chat about my goals, your goals.
You can ask me anything about weight loss and I will try to answer it. I have been studying the weight loss industry for 30+ years. I will be referring to areas I talk about in my book.
If you would like a copy of my book by e-mail I would love to send it to you with a $5.00 donation to my cause. Me Lynn and my need to send my daughter to college.
You can e-mail me at lynnb@stitchshoppe.com
I co-own an embroidery store with my husband in Burlington. You can pick up a copy of my book from our store down town Burlington, WI for the same $5.00 donation to the send child to college. Address of the store is 133E chestnut #14, Burlington, WI 53105
I have to do a www.stitchshoppe.com plug for our store. Check out our website.
I am looking forward to chatting the fat.
Topics I want to cover over the next few weeks would be
How to think in terms of high nutrition.
Support groups and web sites
How to make weight loss fun.
What happens when the scale doesn't move.
A pound is a pound
Is the fda looking out for me.
100 calorie packs.
Do you need a degree to lose weight?

Chatthefat

Welcome to chatthefat. This is designed by Lynn in Burlington, WI. As a 40-50 pound loser, I wrote the material that I use for the low cost support group held at the sci-fi cafe on Sundays.