Losing weight is tough. I finally got to counting calories and realizing what those incessant snacks even of healthy foods were doing.
A technique that helps me is the Concept of One (my own invention). I limit myself to ONE of several things I used to consume carelessly, e.g., graham cracker, Hershey kiss, popsicle, glass of wine, and NONE of bad stuff like ice cream, potato chips, candy bars, beer.
Usually have light healthy breakfast focused on oatmeal and bran, meal of day by 3 p.m., and no food after 8 p.m. Mainly vegetables, some chicken, one modest (i.e., no larger than hand size) portion and sometimes a second. Low fat yogurt for dessert (one container, 100 calories).
Over the years food had become recreation instead of sustenance. Not good.
Rarely eat at restaurants any more, but when I do, just small carefully selected portions.
Good doctor finally made me see the light. Diet and exercise vs. prescriptions and increasingly expensive medical treatment.
He said we need water every day but can go FORTY days without food. I don't intend to test that theory to the limit, but excellent point well made.
I'm down 40 pounds from worst weight and 20 pounds from a perpetual retirement weight gained from carelessness and indulgence. 10 more to go to finally return to optimum.
Good news is that weight savings from consumption savings equals financial savings too.
