Weight-loss Tips

TAs a Certified Holistic Health Coach I work with many busy professionals who are seeking weight-loss. They see weight-loss as either the single hurdle they have regarding their health & wellness goals or in tandem with others (acne or bad skin, stress, mood, sleep, IBS, etc). I was typing out a list of ideas that I will be sharing with one of my groups to help them get on track and I thought I would share the basic list with you too. We will be covering this list in detail in my group program, but even as a stand alone list I think it shines a light on areas that you can improve/change/remove in your life.  Let me know what you think.

• Be thankful - give thanks with meals
• Eat seasonal foods
• Find a support network
• Stretch
• Eat at home more
• Set intentions
• Cook for a loved one
• Journal
• Reduce sodium intake
• Meditate - Slow down
• Quality vs. Quantity
• Deconstruct your cravings
• Stop rewarding yourself with food
• Shower after work to renew your energy!
• Eat less
• Give yourself permission to shine!
• Call a friend to check in
• Stop overcommitting yourself!
• Drink water
• Set goals month to month/week to week
• 3 meals a day
• Shorten your list of things to do
• Eat fruits & veggies at every meal
• Substitute some exotic fruit for ice cream or heavy desserts
• Cultivate beneficial relationships
• Ditch draining relationships
• Go play
• Exercise/movement everyday
• Get enough sleep
• Volunteer your time with an organization you believe in
• Ask "What's right for me?"
• Eat healthy fats
• Don't eat something you can't recognize as a whole food
• Reduce portion sizes/don't buy mass quantities
• Convince your body that life is not one BIG emergency
• Avoid 100 calorie packs - they are full of sugar
• Respect and honor yourself
• Eat breakfast
• Determine your triggers
• Breathe deeply
• Keep a food journal
• Avoid refined sugars/High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Keep an exercise journal
• Learn how to cook
• Keep junk out of your house

This entry has been posted as part of Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday hosted by The Kathleen Show