Week 2 of the diet

Week 2

Rule number 1

Myths/Untrue statements

• I should eat a hearty breakfast. It will start the day off right. (You’ve been sleeping all night-not exercising or burning many calories-are you really hungry?)
• I should eat three meals a day (are you hungry three times a day?)
• I should eat well-balanced meals (when you listen to your body’s needs you will eat what you need for nutrition. You don’t have to get all the nutrients at each meal.)
• I should clean my plate. There are starving children in China!! LOL…I probably told you this one. Just put on your plate what you really want to eat and that won’t be a problem.
• I should save the best for last. Eat what you really are hungry for first.
• Sweets give you quick energy. Yes, but you’ll crash later and sweets are one thing that can trigger overeating.
• I shouldn’t skip meals. You should not skip a meal if you are really hungry!
• I’ll get sick if I don’t eat regularly. Listen to your body’s needs.

Rule number 2

Beware of flirt foods. These are foods that arouse your appetite. You aren’t really hungry but you smell the cookies, the popcorn, you see the doughnuts and you want one. Just walk away because out of sight and smell and you’ll soon forget the flirt foods.

Rule number 3

Become more selective in your food combinations. Eat food combinations because you really want them. For instance, do you really like guacamole but always have it with chips-can you do without the chips and enjoy as much? How about just eating the hot dog and not the bun? Eat the part of the food you really want!

Rule number 4

Find out if you are a crunchy or soft food eater. What sorts of foods do you crave at every meal-something crunchy or soft? Make sure that is at your meal.

Rule number 5

Use a save your hunger when you need to adapt to other’s eating schedules.

Say you are at level 3 hunger but you and hubby are going out to eat in an hour. You don’t want to get to level 4 hunger which will make you overeat so what you can do is get either 1 tsp of creamy peanut which you very slowly lick and eat or 6 peanuts eaten very slowly or ½ oz of cheese which you eat slowly and let melt in your mouth. It will