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CHAPTER 3 Overcoming the First Obstacle to Lose Weight It can be done ... EASILY. What you do now in terms of your daily diet is basically the result of your HABITS. When you try to change your habits, the body and mind don't like it.... they want things to be the way they always were ... predictable. But to Lose Weight requires that you DO change your habits and so the trick is to make it as EASY as possible. 'Easy" is a good thing, even though we were taught that gut-wrenching effort is the way to positive change, it doesn't have to be. ... So How to make it easy: I'm going to assume that you eat at least 3 times in a day. If not then you may develop a disorder called "I'm not losing weight because I never eat and my body thinks I'm starving it so it is slowing my metabolism down making sure I conserve as much fat as possible" Syndrome. That is the real name. Honest! So, you eat 3 times a day cause you don't want that syndrome and now all you have to do is create a SIMPLE plan that YOU will follow. Then do this plan long enough to make it a new habit. (there's more) For example, I eat a quick breakfast every morning. It takes me 5 minutes to prepare and most of that time is spent doing other things Hmmm What about YOU? Well... do the same. Find something that is nutritious and EASY and FAST and believe me, it will be easy to stick to because it doesn't take any effort and when something doesn't take much effort we have no problem following it. Is that IT? NO ... BUT ... it is an important PSYCHOLOGICAL TACTIC - 'if it's easy, well stick to it'. Remember: In order for a Diet to work in the LONG-RUN it MUST satisfy 2 criteria: 1- It must be a diet that is healthy for you. 2- It must be a diet that can be reasonably sustained for the REST of YOUR LIFE! Don't forget this! Do the same for lunch and supper (more detailed examples in the appendices) and you have conquered the first obstacle. Next Obstacle...
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