Maria's Last Diet

Your Mindless Eating: Are You Facing It?

by Maria's Last Diet

Dear Maria...

Everything I don't want to feel or think about or face - it all pops up when I stop my incessant mindless eating. That's why it's so hard for me to go on a weight-loss diet.

And the very thing that I need to do is acknowledge all of that. It's what I've been avoiding. My overeating shuts it all up and hides it away from me. But I don't want to live a half-life. And I don't want to be afraid. And I really don't want to be a fat woman any more.

How to face what I need to face? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I need to get professional help. In fact, I'm certain I do.

The "Find Your Issue" section on your website is helping me a lot.

     - Gorgia

Using a Weight Loss Solution that Fits

by Maria's Last Diet

Completely transform your understanding of your weight problem.

Here's how.

Look at overeating as a complicated behavioral problem. Because it is a complex matter, there is absolutely no one right answer. In fact, if you depend on just one technique or strategy, you can't possibly fix a dilemma that is multi-faceted.

You need to gather a variety of methods to apply to your weight problem. There are food considerations, emotional considerations, habits to deal with, thoughts and beliefs to face, even relationships have to do with it.

Don't try to find an easy way out. There is none.

Weight Loss Plan Buster

by Maria's Last Diet

Hi donut.

Hi.

Boy, are you plump and stuffed with sugar and bursting at the seams!

Thank you, and may I return the compliment.

Twas the Weight Loss Challenge for Christmas

by Maria's Last Diet

Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house
the goodies were calling
like a trap for a mouse

The candies and sweet cakes
such treasures to see
knew just what my name was
and called out to me

Don't be so rigid
come take just one bite
we're more than delicious
they sang through the night

But this Christmas eve I was
more in the know
I sensed that those sweet treats
would leave me too low

As I wrapped some last presents
I talked to myself
and I left all those goodies
alone on the shelf

Next morning at Christmas
my heart felt so light
because I stuck to it
on Christmas eve night

Holiday Eating Habits - A Quiz

by Maria's Last Diet

The holidays are almost here and you've probably made your plans. Are you doing the cooking this year or are you going out? In either case, it would be helpful to consider the following:

During the holidays, how unpleasant would it be for you...

  to have only one holiday treat
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

  to not eat all you want
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

  to stay on your diet
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

  to miss out on seconds
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

  to tell people you're trying to lose weight
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

  to limit your drinking so you can stay in control
     not at all   slightly   moderately   very

Testing Your Weight Loss Diet Plan During the Holidays

by Maria's Last Diet

When it comes to the holidays, can you be more supportive of your weight-loss goal?

What if you had to choose between giving up holiday food and drink in favor of diet food? Could you do it?

Knowing that this choice is coming up soon, what might you do to increase the likelihood that you'll stick to your long-term weight-loss goal rather than fall for the holiday temptations?

One thing you could do is make the temptations be a test of your commitment to weight loss. Then you could put yourself to the test. There could be three levels of test difficulty. Level one would be eating less but not sticking to your diet plan. Level two would be sticking to your diet plan with a few lapses expected. Level three would be sticking to your diet plan with no lapses allowed and with increased weight loss expected.

Then, what if you made it so you had to pay a penalty to someone close to you if you didn't pass the test? Let's say you had two hundred dollars in penalty money. Which level of the test - one, two, or three - would you pay the highest penalty for failing to reach?

Try it, and let us know what happens.

This Weight Loss Success Story is About the Mind-Body Coalition

by Maria's Last Diet

Being a weight-loss success is never just a matter of your body. It is always the result of a mind-body coalition. What you do regarding your body is crucial, yes. What you eat, how much you eat, how much you exercise, all of it counts.

But the true driving force behind the ability to stick to your weight-loss diet plan and lose the weight is how you think.

You have the potential to follow your weight-loss diet plan right through to your very special weight-loss goal. Your mind has tremendous power. Put it to work for you.

You'll need to

• set your ultimate weight-loss goal
• set your intermediate weight-loss goals
• build a self confident belief in yourself
• make a weight-loss plan for the inevitable obstacles
• accept the mistakes you make along the way
• remember past dieting and weight-loss successes
• concentrate on learning how rather than focusing only on the outcome

You don't need to chase after weight-loss schemes. You don't need to continually change your diet plan. You need to change your mind. Go to it.