Hunger Scale

The hunger scale can help you learn to listen to your body and its messages. The body know what it needs to be healthy we just need to listen and not be distracted. The hunger scale is a great way to start listening to your body.

You can listen to the audio above or read the transcript on our website.

If you like what you hear you can listen to many more weight loss audio file on our SoundCloud page.

It's Not a Diet

This quote seems to wrap up an overall theme for this week and that is being healthy and seeing food as a fuel, your body as a machine and to put the best fuel in your body to operate and live as long as possible. I guess it is also called a healthier lifestyle which has the side effect of weight loss.

I hope this has helped and if you want more information on how to gain a healthier lifestyle why not checkout the 'Best Weight Loss Tip Ever' post we did a little while back.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Clean Eating

So what is clean eating?
A lifestyle centered around eating mainly unprocessed foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and wholes grains.

So what should you eat?
All fresh fruits and vegetables, organic lean meats (like Beef, turkey, chicken, salmon etc.), nuts, natural nut butters, greek yoghurt, whole wheat bread, tortillas and pasta, whole grains(quinoa, brown and wild rice, etc.), rolled oats, hummus, omega-3, enriched eggs, almond or soya milk, coffee, tea, water.

What should you avoid?
Soda and other sugary drinks, fast food, fried foods, white bread, pasta and rice, foods with added preservatives, dried fruits, choose fresh fruits and vegetables over canned ones, products labeled 'reduced fat' or 'low fat', chips, juice, candy bars and cereal.

The 80/20 Rule
Eat healthy, whole and minimally processed foods 80% of the time, indulge 20% of the time!

This advice comes from healthy-craving but is quite a comprehensive list to help you shoul you want to follow the best weight loss tip ever from David Wolfe which is to add healthy foods into your diet and gradually sideline the unhealthy foods.

If you would like to learn why we should avoid the foods in the list you can checkout our review of the documentary 'Hungry for Change'

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

Food is Fuel

I have just found this Fuel is Food metaphor to help you lose weight and I really had to share it with you!

"You wouldn't starve your car of fuel and expect it to run efficiently would you?

Successful weight loss is not about starving, it about fueling your body with the healthy, low calorie food it needs to help you lose weight."

This fits in with what we at Mind Body Weight Loss feel is the best weight loss tip ever!

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

Weight Loss Motivation - Change

This is quote helps demonstrate the point that most people take action and decide that their weight loss has to happen, with Desire, Belief and Expectancy as mentioned by Jose Silva, when the pain of not changing is greater than any pain perceived in the actual change itself.

''Change happens when the pain of staying the same is great than the pain of change."

 It really made me think and I can actually say any bug changes I have got to that point and just gone for it! It has always paid off too.

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

Hunger and Emotions - Eating When You Are hungry

Because hunger and emotions are experienced in the stomach area of the body sometime it can be hard to tell the difference. The importance of Eating when You are Hungry is highlighted because if you eat because of your emotions you are much more likely to put weight on. What this post is aim to to is share a few of pointers of how you recognise your hunger and act upon it.

1. Eat regular healthy meals this way you won't have extreme feelings of hunger
2. Use a hunger scale, this helps set in a conscious way exactly how hungry you are, this is great way to tell the difference between emotions and hunger
3. Consciously eat being fully aware of the tastes, textures, smells and the messages your body is sending. One great way to experience eating consciously is to try the 'Eating a Raisin Experiment'
4. Be kind to yourself and make your life easier, for example checking your hunger scale to see if it above 5 prior to any food shopping trip.

I hope you have found this post helpful and remember to ask yourself next time you think you are hungry. How hungry am I on the hunger scale.

Take care and happy weight loss.

Mind Body Weight Loss Tips

Always stop eating while you’re still a little hungry to make sure you don’t stuff yourself.

Learn to tell physical hunger from emotional hunger to help you eat only when you’re really hungry.

Don’t compare yourself to other people. Some people lose weight faster than others. Your only competition is with yourself.

Don’t starve yourself as this can have a bad effect on your metabolism.

Don’t eat in front of the TV. This is mindless eating and you will never be aware of how much you really eat.

Don’t eat when you’re stressed out or bored. It can lead to overeating.

Eat fresh food, not processed or pre-made dishes.

Exercise the Hara Hachi Bu principle and never eat until you’re totally full. Always eat until you’re about 80% full.

This list, are in our opinion at Mind Body Weight Loss, the best from along list of 70 other weight loss tips but as you can see above we do believe that getting your mind in shape is the best way to get your body in shape too. So please explore the links within the list above to learn more.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

Hungry For Change - Weight Loss Documentary

This amazing weight loss documentary will, like it did with me, change your relationship with food forever and help you not only lose weight and keep it off.

We reviewed the Hungry for Change documentary a little while back and it is truly quite an amazing documentary, it is a bit like 'The Secret' but the Weight Loss and Healthy eating version.

It has lots of really interesting facts and fantastic expert speakers including Jon Gabriel who lost over 200lb and kept it off.

Please check this DVD out and let us know your views and comments.

Speak soon

Mindful Mark