Donna Sonkin HHC,AADP’s Top 5 weight loss tips

1. DON’T DIET!

Seriously, when you “go ON a diet” you are bound to “go OFF a diet” right???

2. SPOIL YOUR APPETITE!

When you wait too long between meals and are faced with too many options and choices you kind of go nuts and eat everything in site. When you show up to a party or dinner hungry but not ravenous you are less likely to stuff yourself, my recommendation is to have a small amount of fat/ protein / vegetables, so, fry an egg or have some steamed broccoli with pastured butter. You will enjoy yourself a lot more and be more in the moment with the other attendees instead of wondering what you are going to eat!

3. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY NOT MAIN STREAM MEDIA!

This is good advice, I cannot tell you how many times I have read some women’s magazine with some “bikini ready- in – 4 weeks” diet plan only to think “ how can they tell YOU what YOU need in your body!?!?!” makes no sense, some people need more food to lose weight, some people are really satiated by grains, some people get bloated when they eat grains, some folks can eat dairy, some become sluggish on dairy, some people feel really great and energized when they eat meat, some people become constipated. There are those who can eat tropical fruit and some who break out when they do. See what I mean? Listen to your body, see how you feel after you eat something, that will guide you… not some “diet” in the back of some magazine!

4. SLEEP!

When you sleep your body reduces its production of the stress hormone cortizol for more wonders of sleep please read my article in Green Beauty Team this month.

http://greenbeautyteam.com/self-care/137-why-beauty-sleep-is-the-fountain-of-youth.html

5. LOVE YOURSELF NOW!

Loving yourself and finding what is good and beautiful about YOU as you are NOW will send a message to the universe that you are sitting in love and gratitude and are ready for beauty (see post below)