Great Advice From Weight Loss Experts

Why not read some Great Advice From Weight Loss Experts their advice seems to make alot of sense to me.

“Never starving, never stuffed.”
Danielle Omar, MS, RD

Great advice there from Danielle because it mean listening to your body and its messages.

“It doesn’t take willpower to lose weight for good, it takes good planning!”
Amy McCallister, RD

I always remember being taught the 5 Ps - Proper Planning Prevent Poor Performance.

“Those who don’t TAKE time to eat healthy now, may have to MAKE time for an illness later.”
Janelle Dietze RD CSG LD

This to me is quite profound, there is always cause and effect, you are trading how long you live on this planet by the type of food you put in your body. This concept really moves me and makes me realise that our time on earth is short.

“Foods are not fattening.They may be high in calories but they are not fattening.Excess calories, above your daily maintenance requirements, are fattening.”
Lisa Stollman-Smouha, MA, RD, CDE, CDN

Interesting view, I guess what Lisa is saying is that a big mac is not unhealthy if you only have one small bite it is the excess above our daily requirement that makes us unhealthy.

“Habits not diets.”
Sheryl Lozicki, RD, MBA

Changing a thought and a behaviour can change our habits and if it is a good habit our results will be good too.

“Seek food rather than avoid it.”
Rebecca Wright, MS, RD, LD

By avoiding food we come to desire it so it is better to have food we like but in small quantities and to add more and more good foods to our diet until they overtake the bad foods.

“Face your stuff, don’t stuff your face.”
Andrea Chernus, MS, RD, CDE

Address any emotional issues you may have and other issues, like weight loss, can take care of themselves.

“Hunger is not an emergency.”
Kathleen Searles, RD

This is a clever point, why not scales your hunger from 1 - 10 anything above six or seven may require action.

“Your next meal is the best time to make a better choice.”
Danielle Omar, MS, RD

The power is always in the present moment so choose now what you think is the best option for you at your next meal.

“Your body is your house and if you don’t take care of it, you have to leave.”
Tracy Owens, MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN

Leave due to ill health or death, use the power of now to change how long you are going to live. It is your choice.

“What’s going to happen if you don’t change?”
Nikki Ver Steeg, RD

What a fantastic question to ask yourself about your current position in life.

“Eat food that expires.”
Tina Marinaccio, MS, RD, CPT

I have touched upon this in a previous post, we should attempt to fill our shopping trolly with fresh food or food that do not have labels as this is the clue to eating healthy.

“We don’t need to live to eat, but learn that we eat to live.”
David Talley, MS, RD, LDN

A great paradigm shift in mentality which can make a huge different to our life.

“There are no good and bad foods, only good and bad habits.”
Jennifer DeLuca MS, RD, LD

Change your habits and you will change who you are.

Think about what you’re putting into your body and how your body will use it.”
Julie Brake, MS, RD
Source foodconfidence.com

Think about the consequences of this food, will it mean that you will see less of your family because you will die younger or will this food make you healthier and more like likely to live longer? Eat to Live not Live to Eat!

I know this post is quite heavy however I have come to the realisation that we have the power to control a little part of how long we will live.

Take care.

Mindful Mark