Do We Have To Give Up Our Favorite Foods Permanently To Lose Weight and Get Fit?

No way!  Who would do it?  If you stop and think about it, who actually wants to be thin and fit by staying away from all of the foods they love permanently?  Certainly not me or anyone I know.

But if we are not happy about being overweight or if we find ourselves struggling to maintain our weight, we may wish to form a new relationship with our not so healthy favorites.

Realistically, I think most of us would agree that we simply cannot eat cupcakes, ice cream, creamed sauces or most high fat or sugary foods on a daily basis.  It's common sense or we will struggle every day to lose unwanted pounds or maintain our desired weight.

In our minds we need to realize that our bodies only require a certain amount of calories each day.  We need to know that number.  Many experts state the approximate number of calories an average woman needs each day is in the area of 1,800.  Of course, this may be different for pregnant or nursing women or women who have a more active or less active lifestyles.  Always check with your Dr. when in doubt.

For the most part, if we wish to maintain our goal weight, we would need to stick to that number on a daily basis.  The problem of gaining weight occurs when we continually go beyond our everyday suggested intake.  This is where the pounds come on and stay on over the course of time.

So, we do not have to give up our favorite foods permanently but common sense tells us that we certainly don't need them hanging around the house while we are in weight loss mode.   We also don't need to have them within our eyesight on a daily basis if we know that we should not be eating them on a daily or weekly basis.  There are many healthy new favorites we can add to our daily pattern of eating which can replace these not so healthy favorites.

Many people have had to form new healthy relationships with their favorite foods in order to shed extra pounds or maintain their desired weight once reached.  This is one of the single most important goals to accomplish in order to lose excess weight and to maintain it for life.  I have had to form this new relationship with many of my not so healthy favorite foods.  I have also formed a healthy relationship with the great foods that I eat on a daily and weekly basis.  I now realize that I don't have to banish my not so healthy favorite foods from my life permanently; I can choose to eat them in a moderate fashion on special occasions or events in my life.  Trust me, there is always a special occasion or event right around the corner!

To sum it up, we can still enjoy our high fat and high sugared favorites.  We simply have to make sure we limit them for special occasions or events in our lives and eat them in a moderate fashion. 

Anyone can do it!