Everyone is
wondering “why” on my Cooking Channels and Blog that I show how I lost 35 Kilos
by eating my Diets soups that I called my “Magic Soup Diet” series, then cook
some really fatty foods that are not geared to a healthy Lifestyle.
It is a well know
“fact” that eating fatty and fast food, makes individuals have higher weight
gains, so you may be wondering how eating other high calories foods can
actually help and keep you on losing weight and maintaining it. Since I have
lost the weight, I have allowed myself to indulge in having a “one Meal” of my
choice once a week. All in all, I can have anything I want provided that it is
only one meal of choice and in only one sitting.
It is so hard to be
on a diet day after day, while you eat soup and low GI foods is a really
limited choice of things to eat can drive you to getting off your diet or make
you give up. So I found out for me, by eating anything I want once-a-week
actually helps me to lose weight, how?, by helping me control my urges of
certain foods. For example, I love fried chicken, now who doesn't now am I expected to never eat a piece of
fried chicken leg again, there is no way I can do this, being on a diet or
not. Being on a strict diet all week
long is boring and no matter how much I try, I cannot control my cravings for
other foods, so I allow myself a “one
meal” of any thing I want once a week. That glorious day, I look forward to it
and plan what I want to have, like my favourites chicken wings with all the
fattening spice sauces. I have to say that it is absolutely heavenly when I get
to eat what I want, with this it
controls my cravings, keeps it under control and helps me get back on track. Of course in about a few days I will again
want to eat something fattening, but I know I will again have that meal that I
so crave much, I know it sounds like a yo-yo effect, but it works.
Now it’s important
to realize and understand that a diet is just that a “diet” and you have to
control what you consume. By eating everything you want is just not going to do
it for you, but understanding that being too strict on yourself will increase
the changes of you getting off your diet
or just giving up. It is better to give in a little then to loss all.
Myself, I choose
what I want to have on my “once a meal” per week, I always plan when I can have it, usually
during Mid-day in order to still be able
to move around and help digest it, let’s say that I ate it at night, then it
would grind in me as I sleep, so keep the time in mind. Also I have it all in
one sitting, I can eat all I want to remove the
food cravings from my system. Knowing and expecting, that the next fatty
meal is in a few days, actually makes it easier to be on my diet. Charged with the fact that I will be on track eating
healthy foods again, and this
makes me
a lot stronger. It makes my life easier to stay in line with my foods
and will increase my will power to stay strong and true to my Diet.
As I continued on
this eating course, I found out that as time went by my cravings were less and
less. For I found that my Body was actually, slowly rejecting the fatty foods,
as I started to eat less and less of my once per week choices. I can say without a second thought that I
believe that when you customize your
body to eating right with only healthy food, that it actually lets you know
that it does not like what you’re eating, by giving you signs of an upset
feeling, or/and a bit of an upset
stomach. With this I found that I still enjoy my once a week serving of my so
called “Junk Food”, but in lesser and lesser portions. As a result of this I
have divided my once a week into a twice per week on anything I want to eat for
since my portions are now a lot smaller, I can have it more often, but no more
than twice and not to go off this lifestyle that I have trained my Body to
accept. Just the knowledge that you can have a fast food “treat” at the end of
the week may be enough to motivate you to eat according to plan.
It has now been
about a year since I lost my weight and I ‘am happy to say that I still am
maintaining my weight and have actually
had to punch two more holes in my belt because
my belly is still contracting, and with time most of the old drooping
skin will disappear. I can say that by
eating my “once-a-week” meal and a moderate exorcise program has helped me stay
on my diet and has worked wonders for me.
I hope and wish all
the best towards your weight loss.
Anthony
Cookingforfit
