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Just a little motivational episode for the new year. The holiday are over and so should be our bad diet. Let's get fit and drop the weight we gained the last couple months. 

Talking about keto and wine and how both worlds don't mix. Or do they?

Chatting about carbs. Let's face it, carbs and our overconsumption of them is a problem. Why, well because it's not that hard to eat a whole pizza by yourself. Or eat 5 slices of bread with your pasta. Carbs are delish and at the same time we have to try to stay off them. It's not easy, but it's possible. 

Everyone overeats during the holidays. Let's stop that. 

The whole 30 diet is a great way for a short term way of losing some weight.    I had tried it recently and it worked like magic. A lot of people don't believe this is a sustainable way to eat but it's surprisingly easier than a lot of other diets.    You can definitely stay on it for longer if you choose. But even a week a month is a great way to control your weight.  Give it a try and see how it goes. 

You don't lose weight at the gym. You get strong at the gym. But you lose weight from what you eat, or what you don't eat.    How do I know? Well, there are so many overweight people who exercise every day. If the gym was mostly responsible for it, that would have showed.    Most diet shows when they have contestants on they show them exercising all day which all good. But they also have them on very strict diets. Which is key.    Fix your diet, because the gym is for overall health. Don't assume your workout burned too many calories. 

How do you get to your new healthy comfort zone, without freaking out and stopping?

Why must we learn to count calories? We don't want to do it and it is horrible. But necessary. 

If you use the 80/20 rule of diet you should have no problem eating your favorite foods often enough and still keep on the leaner side. That is the trick to the whole thing really.  Finding a process that works for you long term. What is the point of losing weight and going thru the struggle if you are only going to put it back on.  And then what? Do it all over again? Hardly seems like the thing to do. But I think most of us are stuck in that loop.  That is why i like the 80/20 rule.  The only detail people seem to forget is that they actually have to keep a healthy diet that 80% of the time. 

The amount of sugar we take in from beverages every day is enormous. We only need 30-50 grams of sugar a day, but we are consuming at least three times that. If we cut sugar, a lot of our weight and health problems would disappear.   The problem is that not a lot of people have done the math on how much sugar their diets consist of. The more you know the statistics of your diet, the better decisions you would be able to make when it comes to food.   It is not hard to start making changes, but you have to start. Even if the changes are small, the important thing is to start. And you have to be mindful of what you eat. All the time. This is important and we have to pay attention to it every day. And be honest with ourselves about what we take in and not make excuses as of why we are eating bad.

If you want to lose weight you have to change something about your daily routine.   You can't expect to lose the pounds you want to look better and feel more confident if you don't change what you do. You can't try to run a marathon but chose to never practice. You will never finish.   If you want to see positive changes in your life, your actions need to reflect that.   This doesn't apply only to your diet, but to anything we want to achieve in life.   Small adjustments equal a big change.

There is one thing that we all dislike and that is counting calories. It is a confusing and uncomfortable process that we have to do multiple times a day. We want an easier way. And there is.  And that is to actually learn to count calories. Why? We need to learn how to do the calorie math if we are going to be able to solve problems involving calories. Yes, our weight problems.  There are some things in life that we don't want to do, but the fact is that if we do learn them, it would only ease our life. Counting calories is one of them. A short term pain, for long term benefit.  The more you know the better decisions you will be able to make.