It's like riding a bike.
Do you wish you never learned to ride a bike?
Or learned to swim?
Or learned to use a computer, or play a guitar or drive a car????
Of course not.
You persisted.
You learned, and now you would need a bl88dy great wollop on the head to make you forget how to do any of these tasks. You learned, you practiced and pretty soon you mastered it and now you don't even need to think about it.
Think back - when you were learning to drive a car, you were nervous, panicky. You had to learn how to multi-task. Drive, turn the wheel, use the accelerator, change gears, watch for traffic, watch the speedometer, check mirrors, use the brake - FAR OUT! How did you manage it all???
Fast-forward to today and you probably read maps, talk on the phone, put on make-up or shave, eat, drink, chew gum, and no doubt there are other unmentionable things people do...
Point is:
If you mastered driving a car and now do it without thinking, imagine just how life changing it would be for you to master the very simple act of Kilojoule (calorie) counting. You could soon be just mentally ticking off the kJ content of every day foods and knowing in an instant how many kJs you're getting in your diet. You could be seconds - minutes - away from saving your life and losing weight.
YOU could save your own life - or that of your spouse, your children and other loved ones. You could start to lose weight sooner than later, and feel better.
Just by learning the easiest known method of diet management for weight loss.
Here are some easy steps to follow for getting on top of your diet and losing weight and keeping it off.
1. Get a Kilojoule - calorie counting book. One that includes store bought foods, take away and regular grocery foods. They are available on line and also in good book stores.
2. Keep a diary of what you eat. Make it simple, just write down in a note book what you eat for a day's diet, and do this for a week - 7 days of your diet eating habits is a good cross section. Note how much (1 cup, 3 slices, 2 nibbles, half a pizza, 3 burgers, 2 potatoes). You're not aiming to weigh and be precise at this stage. Just a good estimate of your diet.
3. Start matching your normal diet against foods in the kJ counting book. For example, if you are a big fan of spaghetti bolognese and the book doesn't have it - think "cooked spaghetti-mince-tomato paste/puree-cheese" - get the general idea first. Do this for all foods in your diet across the week.
It is pretty much as simple as that.
The point is, once you educate yourself on how many kilojoules you are eating per week, you will begin to work out whether your diet is too rich in kJs and whether your eating habits lead you toward foods that are heavy in fats and processed carbs. You can also begin to see through the use of the food diary just how healthy your diet is, whether you count kJs or not.
Find out from a nutritionist (online, a book) what your kJ count should be for your healthy height and weight range. For example, Jane Doe is 40, 5'5", and athletic body frame, and ideally has a weight range from 7&1/2 -- 9 stone (105-126 pound - or - 47 -- 57kilograms).
Her ideal kJ count for weight maintenance is 6000-6,500kJ.
It takes 32,000kJ to make 1 kilogram 2.2 pounds.
So, every time you consume excess kJs, you will gain 1 kg or 2.2 pounds each time you consume an excess that tallies 32,000kJ. This means that your body has already used the ideal functioning amount as daily fuel, and now the excess (the food you ate that your body didn't need) is stored as fat.
And remember:
It takes a lot longer to burn it off than to put it on
Start kJ counting - and get advice on the best nutritional diet for your needs - make it a good mix of fresh fruit and vegetables, high quality wholegrain carbohydrates, low fat high quality proteins, some good vegetable oils, and drink lots of water - up to 8 glasses a day.
Be overweight, miserable and unhealthy - and at risk of hospitalization for illnesses you can avoid OR take responsibility and start managing your weight and your diet and eating habits and give your body a chance to recover, lose weight and become healthy.
Count kJs, and you could easily save your life.
