FergieTCat
I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2000
Dr. Phil's program yesterday was about keeping New Year's Resolutions -- giving up smoking, losing weight, etc. Here's some of his advice that I found intriguing:
1. You need to make a reasonable goal, BUT your goal shouldn't be to lose a specific number of pounds by a specific time because you don't have any control over how much weight your body ultimately loses. Think of it, haven't you thought you were wonderful over the week, and then get on the scale to discover you haven't lost any weight? Your goals should be, for example, to excercise 20 minutes a day, or replace junk food with fruit.
2. You need to replace a bad habit with a good habit. If you don't learn a good habit to replace the bad one, you will fall back to your bad habit.
3. You need to be held accountable for your actions. This means you should make someone else aware of how much weight you lose or gain.
Here's a link:
http://www.drphil.com/advice/advice...tions_1103_010603.xml§ion=Life Strategies
(You'll probably have to retype it to make sure the whole thing is in your browser).
1. You need to make a reasonable goal, BUT your goal shouldn't be to lose a specific number of pounds by a specific time because you don't have any control over how much weight your body ultimately loses. Think of it, haven't you thought you were wonderful over the week, and then get on the scale to discover you haven't lost any weight? Your goals should be, for example, to excercise 20 minutes a day, or replace junk food with fruit.
2. You need to replace a bad habit with a good habit. If you don't learn a good habit to replace the bad one, you will fall back to your bad habit.
3. You need to be held accountable for your actions. This means you should make someone else aware of how much weight you lose or gain.
Here's a link:
http://www.drphil.com/advice/advice...tions_1103_010603.xml§ion=Life Strategies
(You'll probably have to retype it to make sure the whole thing is in your browser).