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5 Lessons I Learned From My Former Fat Self

Before1) Sugar won’t kill you

Many dieters choose to ditch real sugar in favor of sugar substitutes such as Sucralose, Splenda, or Nutrasweet.  Research indicates that sugar substitutes can cause cravings and increase appetite.  Whether you indulge in sugar, honey, agave, or stevia, use real sugar instead of processed sugars.

2) Carbs are necessary

Low carb diets are proven to help dieters lose weight…temporarily.  Can you imagine living on meat, dairy, and greens your whole life?  If you can’t do it forever, don’t bother starting!

3) Fat is fantastic

Scientific research agrees that the low-fat diet craze of the 80’s was a spectacular flop!  Our bodies need fat.  Of the three macronutrients (protein, carbs, and fat), this one is the one you can most likely splurge on with no ill effects.

4) Plan your meals ahead

I am guilty of planning my next meal before I even consumed the meal in front of me!  This can be helpful for weight loss if you have already planned out healthy meals with balanced nutrients.

5) Enjoy Eating!

To transition from fat to former fat, you have to make eating pleasurable again.  If you’re too busy counting calories or calculating how many minutes of exercise you need to do to “cancel” out your calories, then you are destined to fail.

7 thoughts on “5 Lessons I Learned From My Former Fat Self

  1. It’s so hard to let go of these “diets” and “weight loss tricks” that we’ve grown up on. I’m learning and trying, though!

  2. We eat all the real stuff in our house – no sugar substitutes, save the diet soda my diabetic husband will have in the morning. I’m in the process of transitioning all of our food to organic where possible, and keeping things as whole as I can. Overall, we’re the healthiest we’ve ever been as a family!

    1. Liza, what inspired you to shift the way your family eats? I feel that many families today are at one extreme or the other- fast and processed foods or organic and locally grown foods. I can’t imagine the growing pains of shifting from one to the other.

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