I am not sure where I first heard this but the three hour diet works. The premise is pretty simple, eat something every 3 hours, keep yourself full, increase your metabolism and lose weight.
Here are the tips listed on a very informative website = http://www.eateverythree.com.
Think of it as a lifestyle
The word “diet” has a negative connotation. No one likes to be on a diet. Diet to me means being deprived and restricted in the things you eat. I am finding that the key to a healthy lifestyle and losing weight, is making better choices. It is no longer, “I can’t have that”, it more like “is that worth eating”. Working out and exercising is hard! Why would I want to toss away hours of sore muscles and sweat away on a fatting cheeseburger. I try to always remind myself, that I didn’t get fat overnight and I can’t expect to get healthy over night.
EatEveryThree.com suggests that you think about this strategy as a lifestyle. Make eating 5-6 meals a day a habit that you can’t see yourself doing without.
Start with achievable short term goals.
All to often when people start looking at losing weight and using the evil word “Diet” and we want it ALL, NOW. This is a society issue. Americans have became accustomed to instance gratification. In health, weight and all other aspects of life, anything that comes easy usually isn’t worth it. Slow and steady is the key.
It is a good idea to set short term ACHIEVABLE goals. The realistic short term goals allow you to succeed and experience the positive feelings of success. Set goals that with hard work, you can easily achieve. Then set the next goal. The key is not stopping and keeping it moving! In the words of a great band “DON’T STOP BELIEVING”.
Give it TIME to create a habit.
Who has time for 6 meals a day? This is the question that I get when I mention eating every 3 hours. My response is usually, with the proper planning, EVERYONE has the time. If you think about your day, look at how much time you waste. The long shower, setting in front of the tv staring blankly, relaxing on the porch swing, all of these are time wasted. If you would just cut a few minutes off all your sedentary activities, you would have plenty of time to prepare meals. It is a good idea to prepare / freeze multiple meals to be used for a meal variety during the week.
Habits while difficult to form, however they become easier and easier as the time passes.
Routine, Routine, Routine
Routines make us the people that we are. Some people think they are against any type of routine, but if you really examine you life, we all have routines. Maybe it’s how you get out of bed in the morning, how you make your breakfast or how we deal with our drive to work, we all have routines. After all it’s human nature. We also have food routines. Normally we are victims to our surroundings in regards to our food routine. We do however HAVE the ability to change and choose a better, healthier routine. Establishing a new healthier routine is essential to transitioning to better, healthier you.
Those you that know me can attest that I am very suck in my ways. I a very routine driven person. When I am forced to stray from my routine, I can become quite anxious. Some of my routines are the un-healthy kind. Those routines would at times steer me down the wrong path, and allow me to make poor food choices. The un-healthy routines are the one’s that I am changing. Time to re-train the brain and make good choices.
Be flexible, Sh$$ happens
Things happen. Life, birthdays, special occasion and at times cravings. I am a firm believer that you should never deprive yourself. If you have a craving for a piece of pizza or a cheeseburger, while those are not the best choices, have at it. If you consistently deprive yourself, there will come a day when you snap and take out an entire pizza. If you make an educated informed choice and still choose to have the bad food, then you need to be prepared to live with the consequences. Moderation is the key!
Don’t listen to the naysayers.
There are hundreds of companies out there trying to make a quick buck on a society of FAT people. They will try to sell you every new fad diet and diet pill under the promise of making you skinny and healthy in no time flat. These “FAD DIETS” do not work. I have found that the formula is pretty simple. Eat less then you burn. Move more than you set. There is no “magic” pill or food that will make the fat melt off.
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