If you don't have the appetite (excuse the pun) to count calories the next alternative is to work out a way of gradually reducing your food intake by manipulating portion sizes. For example how many spoons of pasta did you eat? How many slices of toast? If you have been consistently eating ten spoons of pasta and two slices of toast you can reduce your food intake by eating eight spoons of pasta and one slice of toast. This approach is trial and error; it will take a little bit longer for you to achieve your goal.
I'm going to use the task of writing as an example in this case but it could be any task that involves the risk counting Rent scales for inventory earning money writing words making phone calls creating sales appointments losing weight etc..
To stop yourself being distracted by counting, measuring and analyzing focus always on the success that your task will bring. See, hear, feel and SMELL what that success will be like for you. This will have a powerful pull on you and drive your actions accordingly.
Physics Waagenverleih is simple. We measure food energy ingested and match it to the energy we use everyday. This energy is measured in calories. Physics says calories in should equal calories out to maintain the same weight. This is roughly 1,500 calories a day. If we ingest more calories than we use, our weight increases. Conversely, a diet is ingesting fewer calories than we use so that our weight decreases. To take off 2 pounds a week, ingesting 200 to 300 calories less than what we use is needed. The laws of physics as we understand them work. Unlike The Law that is subject to moral relativism, the Laws of Physics are not open to interpretation. So ingesting fewer calories than we use daily over time results in losing weight.
Taking the exercise route on its own is no guarantee to success, any exercise programme that incorporates both diet and exercise will guarantee success. The action plans you set out is a work Rent transit scale in progress and should be used periodically to review your progress. If you are not achieving your goals then you are either eating too much or not moving more, something has to change. "If you continue to do the same things day in day out, you will get the same results" If you want a different result something has to change.
In other words, learn to eat only when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full. Try keeping a food diary, noting down when you are hungry, exactly what you ate and how you felt before and afterwards. This will help you become more aware of your appetite cues and untangle any unhelpful food messages you received as a child.
I read an article yesterday about a local hair salon owner here in Minneapolis. He has decided 2009 will still be a year of business growth in spite of a "reported" slow economy. You'd think an upscale hair salon would be bracing for the pinch with people looking for ways to save money. After a few adjustments to his pricing, products and services, the owner announced an increase in sales for January '09 over the same period last year. Why? Because he's giving his clients some cost breaks and he's being rewarded for it. More people are coming in and word is getting out. You may think giving-to-get is ludicrous but it's actually a principle that rewards the giver every time. Learn to give and it will be given back to you, many times over.