Bloggy Health!

If you have tried every so-called healthy diet plan on the
planet and every exercise program from the latest fitness guru
and repeatedly failed to achieve your weight loss goals, you
probably need a “healthy diet check up…from the neck up.”

There’s no such thing as a healthy, fast, weight loss diet plan.
Successful weight loss doesn’t just happen. It took more than a
few days to reach the point where you are at right now. Give
yourself a break and expect it to take awhile before you see
measurable results. Take a leap of faith and follow some basic
principles in your diet plan.

Begin with your “self talk.” This is the conversation that runs
through your brain continuously. What kind of conversation do
you have with your self talk? What type of negative self talk
has kept you from reaching your weight loss goals in the past?

If you had a chance to do it over again, would you change the
dialogue? That’s a no-brainer isn’t it? Well, the good news is
that you can turn the tide of negative self talk beginning right
now. It’s never too late to begin and you start by reprogramming
your self talk and beginning a whole new weight loss diet plan.

A good starting point is to begin with positive affirmations.
Positive affirmations, spoken aloud with authority and belief,
positively affect your attitude, focuses your thinking and lead
to a course of action that will help you become the person you
want to be and have the things that you want to have.

Begin by writing your weight loss affirmations on paper. You can
begin with something like, “I want to lose 25 pounds before
Christmas.” That’s a worthy goal and attainable, but we need to
put some work into structuring the affirmation.

First of all, “I want” gives the impression that what you desire
is always in the future. In order to re-program your self talk,
you need to trick your mind into believing that you have already
achieved weight loss success. This is how your subconscious mind
functions.

Your subconscious mind has no capacity for understanding the
concept of time. Everything is in the moment. . .here and now.
When you tell your subconscious mind that you “want”, that is
exactly what you will get. . .want. . .without ever achieving
fulfillment. Unless you change your mental tape recorder, you
will achieve exactly what you are telling your subconscious,
that you “want to lose 25 pounds.” You will “want to lose 25
pounds” for the rest of your days unless you change your self
talk.

If your weight is 150 pounds and you desire is to weight 125
pounds, then you need to “be” 125 pounds from the moment you
make the decision to change your self talk. What if you write
your affirmation to read something like this: “I am healthy and
fit, weighing 125 pounds.”

It is extremely important that your affirmation is crystal clear
because what you affirm is exactly what your subconscious mind
will bring you.

You needn’t limit yourself to one affirmation either. Write
another one that reflects your new exercise program. “I enjoy my
healthy new diet plan,” or, “I love the healthy foods I eat.”

Write and rewrite until you are absolutely certain that you have
written your weight loss goals “in the here and now” AND
represent precisely what you desire. Only then do you begin to
speak it aloud and do so several times a day.

Remember to use the present tense. “I acknowledge achievement in
all my weight loss goals.” “I have the skill and talent to
exercise every day.” “I am a winner.” “I am grateful for all of
my accomplishments no matter how small.”

At first you will feel awkward and uncomfortable and you may not
feel or believe what you are saying. It doesn’t matter, continue
to speak them aloud with as much conviction as you can muster.
It’s taken a long time to train your subconscious to use
negative self talk. If you will persevere with speaking your
affirmations aloud, firmly and confidently, you will be amazed
at how quickly you can turn your thoughts around.

You didn’t hop on a bicycle the first time and just take off
down the street. It took practice to train your body to balance
on those two wheels. This will take some practice as well.
Continue to repeat your affirmations aloud, several times a day
for the next 30 days and you will be amazed at how much you
change your thinking and attitude.

Above all, take action. Do nothing and nothing gets done. Do
something and many things are placed in motion.

Regardless of what you are doing in life, you need to take
action. Do something every day to put your plan into motion.

The size zero debate – where we have seen celebrities starve themselves down to what they consider is an attractive weight – is a hot topic at the moment. Appalling images of stick-thin celebrities and other figures in the public eye has sparked off a huge debate as to whether you can be a size zero and still follow a healthy diet.

Many of these famous actresses and models etc insist that they eat “just like anyone else” and reel off a list of their daily diet that includes chicken, pasta, potatoes, salad and even the odd ‘naughty’ treat such as bar of chocolate, pizza or a glass of wine

And while undoubtedly there really are a small – a very small – minority of women who are naturally stick thin no matter what they eat, for the ‘lollipop’ (ie big head on a tiny body) ladies we see in the media, they really aren’t following a healthy diet.

Starving themselves in order to ‘look good’ down to the size of a seven year old boy can have dramatic health consequences. Fasting or not eating enough food can cause periods to stop, bad skin and hair and whole list of horrifying symptoms – including death.

In September 2006, the 22 year old model Luisel Ramos died days after appearing on the catwalk. Newspapers reported how she was told that if she lost a “significant amount” of weight (she was 5ft 9in tall and weighed 7 stone when she died according to the Daily Mail newspaper) she would succeed as a model.

You don’t have to be stick thin in order to be fashionable. A grown woman with a body that has been starved in order to resemble that of a young boy is not attractive and is not healthy.

In fact, it’s more important to put the right food inside your body by following a wholesome, healthy diet and nature will do the rest and you’ll find your ideal size.

And if you are overweight or your clothes are starting to feel a bit tighter, then there are sensible diets that you can follow in order to get to your ideal weight. Missing meals or fasting are not an option.

Similarly, for the naturally thin ladies among us, by following a nutritious, healthy diet, you can ensure that you keep yourself in the optimum of health.

If you wish to get into shape or retain your shape you need to have a healthy diet. At the onset you should schedule an appointment with your doctor. Talk to him about your fitness levels. Go for a check up. Seek his guidance in drawing a suitable exercise routine. He will also tell you about the kind of diet you need to have.

A diet can be called healthy if it includes raw foods such as vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, and legumes. All these food contain easily digestible enzymes. This facilitates digestion and helps in maintaining good health.

Enzymes present in food get inactive when they are cooked over 118 degrees Fahrenheit. So after you eat cooked meal, your body has to produce more enzymes to aid in the digestion process. This explains why one feels tied after eating a cooked meal. So the bulk of your food has to be raw or less boiled.

However, at the onset, you may find it difficult to adjust to healthy diet. But once you change your eating habits and feel the health benefits it provides, you will feel encouraged to eat healthy food. You will even begin to grow a dislike for junk food. You have to put up with the change in taste till your new habits set in.

One good way to start is to break your goals into achievable portions. Changing your diet overnight can be bit hard. Instead you should begin by eating just one healthy meal a week. After a couple of weeks increase it to 2 meals, then 3. Slowly the new habit will fit into your system.

Once you get used to raw foods, you can soon feel the benefits. Your energy levels will pick up considerably. You won’t get fatigued soon. Moreover you will feel buoyant and active all day long. And with these basic things taken care of, you can rest assured of a disease free living.

Other healthy diet tips provided by doctors include:

• Drink plenty of water.
• Eat smaller meals throughout the day. Avoid large meals.
• Eat slowly.
• Eat vegetable soups.
• If you break your diet, get back to it soon.
• Always cook healthy recipes

In order to achieve your goals, you need to have good health. For maintaining good health, healthy diet is absolutely necessary. Changing to raw food diet will be a turning point in your life.