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Don't starve yourself and don't limit yourself to an unrelasitic diet. Make a lifestyle change.

- Submitted by KIMT803 1/23/2011 in Weight Loss | 1 Comments

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JWOODS3367 1/23/2011 11:32:00 PM

I tend to be unrealistic in thinking I won't eat too much after supper!

Thanks to your suggestion I remembered the only time I starved myself I was 17 years old and a relative gave me the motivating goal of a ten-speed bicycle! So OK, time to get motivated again - though the need to be realistic is great cause I'm not invincible like when (I thought) I was at 17!

I am wiser and have managed to lose more than 70 pounds due in part to sparkpeople.com so what do I want that I know I can get...

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Put your fork down!

It's slows the time it takes to eat something.

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In between bites, put your fork or spoon down until you are completely done chewing your food.
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This gives you time to enjoy your food, and your brain/stomach to process your limit.

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Put the fork (or spoon) down

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