Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and along with many others you are probably thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions. There’s something about a change in a calendar year that inspires us to make some positive changes. If finally gaining control over your weight issues is your inspiration this year, this blog will be dedicated over the next week to helping you hone in on the diet mindset. Most people fail to adopt a diet plan that works for them. If you don’t have a solid road map, you really don’t know where you’re going. We will begin by discussing the best diet plans, plans that are simple to understand and execute, so that a lack of a road map is no longer an issue. We will also be focusing on diet tips and strategies that have proven to work, including strategies that we ourselves employ. I have kept the weight off now for six years, including going through two pregnancies during that time. If I can do it, I have no doubt you will succeed in making your resolutions a reality in 2010!
Archive for December, 2009
New Year’s Resolutions Begin By Choosing the Best Diet Plans
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Time to Change My Diet Mindset
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009It happens every year; it’s predictable, and I use it to my advantage. Beginning on Christmas Eve, I loosen up my eating standards. This year it began at lunch time as the Christmas cookies my husband and kids had made the night before were sitting on the counter. I ate two cookies after lunch, and it was all a blur after that! For the next four days, there were cookies, pies, cinnamon rolls, Christmas dinner, Christmas left-overs, and yummy Christmas drinks. I gained 4 lbs. (mostly water weight, because refined carbohydrates require a lot of water to digest). Today I sit here in my loose sweat pants, laughing at the idea of fitting into my regular jeans. But I’m glad I slipped. It’s an annual event that reminds me that I feel absolutely rotten when I don’t make healthy choices. I am tired, sluggish, and bloated. And I am SO READY to go back to my healthy way of eating. The extra 4 lbs. should be gone in a couple of days, and life as usual will resume. With the diet mindset, it’s kind of exciting to be able to crave the healthy lifestyle that we have so carefully cultivated. Happy New Year!
Diabetic Diet Plan Made Easy
Monday, December 28th, 2009If you are dealing with the uncertainty of diabetes, a complicated eating plan just adds to your worries. A good diabetic diet plan is one that takes the guesswork out of whether or not your choices will impact your blood sugars negatively or positively. The American Diabetes Association recommends a diet with carbohydrate choices low on the glycemic index. This is a fancy way of stating that the types of carbs you choose matters to your health. Some carbohydrates can cause a dramatic spike in blood sugars which requires immediate management in order to prevent long-term complications. Additionally, it’s important to have the right balance of fats and proteins along with the carbohydrates in order to keep blood sugar levels stable.
Diet plans are just one of the many tools to help you manage your diabetes. Check out our tips on exercise and habits to maximize your health.
Convenience Through Medifast Meal Delivery
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009The world we live in today is one which demands most of our time to take care of responsibilities to family and work. The issue of healthy eating ends up being pushed down low on the priority list because of time constraints. That’s where the Medifast meal delivery program can help! When time is at a premium, simply grab one of the delicious meals and know that you have made a good choice in your quest for health and weight loss. You can stock up on all of your favorite items so that you are not tempted to grab fast food or some other unhealthy choice. Losing weight is hard enough without adding tasks such as shopping for long grocery lists and preparing time-consuming recipes to your already busy day.
Significant savings are available with Medifast coupons as well. Medifast continues to be a diet trusted by physicians as an effective weight loss system.
Your Holiday Gift to Yourself — Finding the Best Diet Plans
Monday, December 21st, 2009The holidays are almost upon us; what can you do to give yourself the gift of health and a great self esteem? How about researching the best diet plans available to meet your goals? And while you are finding the right plan to fit your needs, we can help you with developing the right mindset to succeed. Diets are not just about making good dietary choices; success means reprogramming your mind to embrace an entirely new lifestyle. Issues such as exercise, developing a balanced approach to food and wellness, ditching bad habits that sabotage your efforts while learning new healthier habits — all of these things are paramount to the diet mindset.
So put yourself on your holiday gift list this year. The gift of health is one that keeps giving to you and your family over and over. Our website, www.thedietmindset.com, is dedicated to helping you make 2010 the best year ever!
Fiber — The Miracle Appetite Controller
Thursday, December 17th, 2009The role of fiber is crucial for appetite control in any good diet plan. The benefits of fiber are numerous, but for now we will look at how it regulates the glucose that enters the bloodstream. When highly-processed, refined (low fiber) carbohydrates are consumed, they cause a rapid rise in blood sugar. This necessitates a surge of insulin to deal with the high sugar levels. Insulin is a fat-storage hormone, so if the food consumed causes a rapid sugar spike, insulin will do its job, and you will add body fat to your frame. To make things worse, once the insulin deals with the sugar and stores it as fat, the end result is you wind up hungry, even if you have consumed too many calories. Of course, the diet mindset goal is to reduce body fat, and that’s where fiber can help. Fiber slows down the digestion of carbohydrates, which causes glucose to enter the bloodstream more slowly. This keeps blood sugar levels stable, which in turn regulates insulin levels and keeps appetite signals under control. Ultimately, it is portion and calorie control that enables weight loss, and fiber is a strong ally in this area.