i get so jealous when i see skinny girls who can wear cute dresses and look amazing ... or just anyone pretty in general. i know i'd be a ton prettier if i lost weight, but how can i be patient and motivate myself to stay with my diet? any tips to not crave junk?
loveyou123 answered Wednesday May 16 2007, 1:21 am: i think the jealousy you have can be converted into motivation. if you can imagine what you'd look like without the extra weight, then when youre about to give up, picture that. i have self-motivation problems as well, and it always helps when i have a specific goal like that. [ loveyou123's advice column | Ask loveyou123 A Question ]
easilyfixed answered Tuesday May 15 2007, 3:03 pm: Being patient to loose weight is a pain, beleive me, i know. But really all you need to do is just eat healthier. If you can't limit you're intake on junkfood, eat one a day, and make sure its a serving size. to avoid eating more try:
1. Chewing on Ice.
2. Brushing Your teeth and Gargle Mouth Wash.
3. Find something else to do, take a walk, bubble bath, paint your nails, etc.
Some tips on how to motivate yourself to stick with your diet:
1. Try leaving messages on your phone saying you're proud.
2. Ask your mom if you can make space in a cabinent for YOUR food.
3. Put a sign on you're refridgerator to remind you to eat healthy.
Try working out if you feel unmotivated. Usually that helps me.
katie_babey answered Tuesday May 15 2007, 5:37 am: i just hav one thing to say to you. Everyone is pretty in their own way. Noone is ugly. What makes a person ugly i think is the way they act not by wat they look like or how much they weigh. Im sure your pretty and by losing weight wont make you any prettier. Your pretty already. ITs good to lose weight but dont think that your not pretty the way you are.
Ok well dont buy junk food to begin with. That will stop you from eating it. Once you get started with the diet your body gets used to that so after awhile you wont want any junk food. I made a daily chart for myself that told me wat to eat each day for each meal and how much. drink lots of water that helps because i knwo wen i drank lots of water i lost weight and i didn crave junk food because i wasnt hungry. Your supposed to drink the percent of body fat you have in water. Tell your mom or i dont know how old you are but who ever you live with tell them to buy the foods your allowed to eat and tell them not to buy junk try to get other people involved. this way everyone is doing it and that will motivate you. I know wen me and my mom were n a diet we helped eachother and she kept me on task with the diet foods and working out. Once the diet starts to work you wont want to eat junk because on how good your doing and everything. After awhile i could sit a party and not eat the junk that was sitting in front of me and the same with restaurants. here and there its nice to eat a little bit of something like cake but only a little bit because if you take that completely out then you will want it more. So after awhile in my diet i started to eat a little junk here and there but not alot. Well i hope i helped out and if you need anymore help yopu can write me in my inbox.
Goodluck with the diet! Hope it works out!
-katelyn [ katie_babey's advice column | Ask katie_babey A Question ]
MillyRose answered Tuesday May 15 2007, 4:00 am: first you need to realize that beauty is only skin deep. you need to love yourself for who you are not by what your hair or whatever looks like. now with that said lol i would suggest like walking. like i live a mile away from walgreens and i walk there using my ipod so i have music to listen to make the walk seem faster. then when i get there i grab something healthy to eat or drink on the way back. walking burns alot more calories then running does. you can also walk to different places. i suggest getting some comfortable walking shoes too. what i did was to not crave junk food i quit cold turkey. im telling you know its gonna be really hard like your first two weeks but if you can like replace what you eat with something healthy it will get easier. like i first started out with like one healthy thing a day and built myself up. also, if you want to have something thats like junkfood or candy or whatever just walk afterwards. so you will burn the sugar and calories off. oh and when you still have a craving chew gum i always carry gum with me and whenever i crave something i just pop it into my mouth lol. hope i helped and good luck:) [ MillyRose's advice column | Ask MillyRose A Question ]
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