How to Lose Weight

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2. Downsize your kitchenware. The human mind works in mysterious ways. It turns out that using smaller bowls, plates, and containers can subconsciously influence how much you serve yourself. Even nutrition experts are victims of this phenomenon; when 85 of them were given a random mix of small and large bowls and scoops, those who got larger bowls served themselves 31% more ice cream, and added on another 14.5% if they had bigger scoops![1]
   
   
3. Put down the knife. By putting down whatever utensils you're using between every bite, you can significantly slow down your eating time, leaving your stomach a chance to feel full and reducing the likelihood that you'll go for seconds. Another technique that can have a similar effect is to take a sip between each bite. Numerous studies have shown that eating slowly results in eating less.[2][3] There's even a device you can get from a dentist that you wear to make your oral cavity smaller so that you take smaller bites,[2] and a fork that's so awkward to use that you'll get less food per bite![4]
   
   
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6. Limit your spending. Some people have an easier time controlling their wallet than controlling their diet. So go ahead, cut up those credit cards, and build up your emergency fund, if you haven't already (in its own account, and leave the bank card at home). Limit the amount of cash you have in your wallet, especially if you're subject to spontaneous fast food indulgences. When you go grocery shopping, have a list prepared, and bring just enough money to cover those items (this might take a few dry runs). The embarrassment of not having enough money at the register will keep you from throwing a few extra items in the shopping cart. If you don't do the grocery shopping, then offer to take on this monumental role. Your family or roommates might complain about the absence of junk food, but you'll be doing them a favor by stocking the kitchen with healthy stuff. They'll thank you...later. Years later.
   
   
7. Set a digital watch to go off every two hours. Only eat when the watch tells you to. Spontaneous eating sessions (those times when you feel those hunger pangs, those cravings, and you scour the cabinets or the streets in search of satisfaction) are your weakest points. This is why all weight loss books tell you to avoid skipping meals. If you eat every two hours, you won't get so hungry that you gorge yourself when you do eat. You know how it goes: "Oh...I'm so hungry...the brownies are right there...I'd have to walk all the way to the deli to get a sandwich, but my stomach's churning...". [Edited]
   
   
   • This has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism. Extending the time between meals makes your body go into "starvation mode", which means it'll hold onto as many calories as possible and store them as fat. This is why fasting and skipping meals will only make things worse. In addition to having four to six small meals per day[7] eating healthy snacks will also increase your metabolism.[8]
     
     
   • Another useful way to think about this is to use a "hunger scale". Rate your hunger on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being so hungry that you feel weak and 10 being so full that you just want to curl up in bed and digest. Eat when you're at about 3, which is when you're just a little hungry, but not famished.[9]
     
     
8. Trade weight for cash. A 2007 study showed that the more you pay people to lose weight, the more pounds they drop over a 3 month period.[10] If there's someone who keeps nagging you to lose weight, ask them if they'll pay you for every pound you lose. If your employer is self-insured, they might consider enlisting the services of a company that develops reward programs to encourage employees to lose weight.[11] You can also sign a contract that forces you to pay up for every pound you don't lose (or every pound you gain)[12] and whatever money you pay (or gain) can be donated to charity.

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“Between the tens of millions of Americans who are overweight and the many millions more who think they are overweight, all of the other vices just don’t compete,” says Dean Rotbart, founder and editor.  NoDiet-WeightLoss.com estimates that weight loss is on the New Year’s Resolutions list of at least 64% of all Americans and at the top of the list of 42% of all Americans.

Each year in January the various diet promoters use people’s New Year’s resolve to roll out new products, services and systems designed to help people shed the pounds.

“Enough people have tried these diets and dieting systems that we ought to be the trimmest nation on the planet,” says Rotbart.  “The fact that obesity is an epidemic in the United States is strong testament that these diets – which may work marvelously in theory – don’t provide all the necessary elements for people to consistently take and keep the weight off.”

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com argues for changes in lifestyle and self-image to lose weight, rather than restrictive diets.  “Before any of us can have the resolve to permanently reduce our weight, we must first come to peace with our own inner demons,” Rotbart says.

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com believes that rather than focusing so extensively on “How” to lose weight, the diet industry should instead focus on “Why” we gain weight in the first place.  The equation, NoDiet-WeightLoss.com says, is far more nuanced than “we eat more calories than we burn.”

People who are serious about permanent weight loss must evaluate the stresses in their lives that cause them to turn to food for enjoyment and comfort.  “When you address the true causes of obesity,” says Rotbart, “the symptoms – aka extra pounds – will slowly and permanently melt away.”

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is free to everyone who is sick and tired of dieting.  The site offers a comfortable community forum to share workable suggests for taking off pounds without diet depravation. 

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com advises those trying to watch their weight over the holidays to ignore conventional dieting wisdom. Rather than obsessing about food and intake, NoDiet-WeightLoss.com advises individuals to use the period to count their blessings and reinforce their self-images. All the focus on what people consume only goes to the symptoms of weight gain, not the causes.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2007 -- The holiday grinches are working overtime to try and get overweight people to moderate their consumption of food and drink during New Year's celebrations. But NoDiet-WeightLoss.com, a blog dedicated to helping people lose weight without dieting, says "ho, ho, ho" to the well-meaning advice.

"Asking people to obsess about their holiday consumption as a means of getting them to reduce their holiday consumption is akin to asking smokers to spend the holidays thinking about smoking cessation," says Dean Rotbart, founder and editor of NoDiet-WeightLoss.com.

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com believes that the vast majority of diet and exercise advice addresses the symptoms of overeating, not the cause. "Most people don't overeat because they are slobs or lack willpower. They overeat because they find pleasure and comfort in food that they don't find elsewhere," Rotbart says.

Holidays, Rotbart says, are particularly stressful because "they tend to magnify all the disappointments and losses we've accumulated during the year."

"It is a wonderful life and those who are overweight need to embrace the fact more than others," Rotbart believes. "Rather than focus on what you eat -- or don't eat -- holiday revelers should practice counting their many blessings and learning to again feel good about themselves just as they are."

Because NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is a new site, those who want to post their own experiences and suggestions will have to do so in one of two ways. 1.) Comment directly on existing posts. 2.) Or, email Rotbart at dean@youherenow.com and permit him to post for you.

Email me at dean@youherenow.com with your suggestions or posts.  I'll see that they are listed on this site.

-- Dean Rotbart
Founder & Editor 

Don’t think we haven’t tried or can’t distinguish a carrot from a chocolate cake.

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is a new blog that promises not to preach and not to teach dieting.  Rather, it will offer a comfortable community forum to share workable suggestions for taking off pounds without diet depravation.

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is founded and edited by Dean Rotbart, a lifelong dieter who previously published LowCarbiz.com, a newsletter focused on the low carb business world.

Rotbart, himself, has lost many hundreds of pound, only to regain the vast majority of them.  He has personally come to conclude that diets don’t work and that successful weight-loss involves non-dietary lifestyle changes.

“The real villains for overweight people are stress, illness, unhappiness, loneliness and poor self image,” Rotbart says.  “Those who push us to eat less and exercise more are only addressing our symptoms, not the cause.”

Because NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is a new site, those who want to post their own experiences and suggestions will have to do so in one of two ways.  1.) Comment directly on existing posts.  2.)  Or, email Rotbart at dean@youherenow.com and permit him to post for you.

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