Restaurant Portions And Weight Loss
Restaurant portions are getting bigger and bigger every day. And why? Because that’s what people like. The restaurants just give the customers what they want.
When people eat out, they like the big portions, so they feel that they are getting their money’s worth. If you are about to say “It’s not true”, just imagine that you go to a restaurant and are served a relatively small plate of food, that’s just enough to feel full but not stuffed. I bet you’ll get this “let down” feeling, like something is amiss.
We are so conditioned to feel stuffed at restaurants, that we don’t want to settle for less. Even though in theory we know that eating too much makes us fat, but in our heart we like the stable comfort of huge plates - the restaurant experience that we come to know and love.
In reality, most restaurant portions are more than enough for 2 meals. You can eat half of your restaurant meal and feel full. Listen to that feeling.
Just take the other half of your meal home. You can eat it the next day for lunch! There are many benefits:
- You will not sabotage your weight loss
- You will save time by not having to buy or make lunch for the next day
- You will save money on lunch the next day
Think about it. If you agree, from now on make an effort to take part of your restaurant meal home. Remember, you don’t have to eat all the food that’s in front of you!
Here’s To Your Successful Weight Loss,
Melanie Mendelson
Author of Foolproof 30 Day Diet Plan For Fast Weight Loss
October 30, 2005
Walking Is As Good As Jogging For Heart Health
A study by Duke University Medical Centre showed that brisk walking is as good for your heart as jogging.
The study included 133 middle-aged overweight and obese people who did not exercise. They were separated into groups, and one of the groups was told to walk briskly 12 miles per week and another to jog 12 miles per week.
At the end of the study, researchers measured the fitness level - the peak oxygen consumption. People who consume oxygen more efficienly have lower risk of heart disease.
All people in the study who exercised showed improvement on the oxygen consumption test. There was no difference in the improvement between those who walked 12 miles a week and those who jogged 12 miles a week. Walkers and joggers got the same heart benefits.
Melanie Mendelson
Foolproof 30 Day Diet Plan
October 29, 2005
Walk The Dog And Lose Weight
A new study by the University of Missouri-Columbia proved that walking the dog helps people lose weight. People in the study group who walked the dog 20 minutes per day 5 days per week for 50 weeks lost on average 14 lbs.
These people did not have the dogs before the study. The dogs were loaned to the study participants by the The Pet Assisted Love and Support (PALS) Program
Now, that’s an interesting way to force yourself to go walking 
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
How To Lose Weight Fast
October 28, 2005
Weight Loss Success Story From Emma
I love receiving weight loss success stories from people! Here’s one I got yesterday:
“Congratulations, Melanie! And thank you for still remembering and including me in your mailing list. I appreciate it very much.
Much has happened too since I stopped receiving your e-letters. When I used to get your newsletters I was not into losing weight yet. I just read them and put them away at the back of my mind.
However, January 1 2005 I started my own weight loss program. I was determined, and motivated. I re-read most of your e-mails and read anything I can find in the library about weight loss and fitness.
Now, after 10 months I have lost a total of 45 lbs and 7 inches around my waist! I still have parts of me I want to tone and I still want to lose a few more lbs but then, having gone this far is victory already.
I will be visiting your site often and look forward to your e-mails/e-letters.
Regards,
Emma”
Congratulations, Emma! GREAT JOB!
Do YOU have a weight loss success story to tell? Please e-mail it to me!
Here’s to YOUR success,
Melanie Mendelson
Author of Foolproof 30 Day Diet
October 27, 2005
Do You Usually Eat All The Halloween Candy?
Don’t set back your weight loss by stuffing yourself with the Halloween candy!
I hope you are not trying to fool yourself thinking that you’ll have this candy sitting there and you won’t touch it. Yeah, right! We all know that you’ll “sample” it, so to minimize the damage, wait until the last minute to buy the candy. Don’t buy any Halloween candy until the actual day of the Halloween.
And give away ALL the candies to the kids - don’t leave any for yourself! As I wrote before, out of sight, out of mind.
Now, if you have your own children who bring home the candy after trick-or-treating, it makes it more difficult. In this case, eat only your favorite candies that you’ll really enjoy. The other candies that you don’t like as much are not worth it. Ask yourself: are these candies worth getting fat for?
Trick Or Treat! 
Melanie Mendelson
Foolproof 30 Day Diet Plan For Fast Weight Loss
October 26, 2005
Which Diet Is Best?
The answer is:
The One That You Can Follow
Any diet will help you lose weight if you stick to it. So you just have to find the one that you can follow.
For some people, it’s easier to stick to low-carb. For others, to low-fat. Some do best with counting calories, “points”, etc., others like a more structured plan that tells them exactly what to eat.
At the end, any diet will work. The hard part is staying on a diet. To lose weight successfully, you need to find a diet plan that works for YOU.
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
Author of The Foolproof 30 Day Diet - The Fastest Way To Lose Fat!
October 25, 2005
‘No Pain No Gain’ Strategy is Not Always A Good Idea
When people jump on the exercise bandwagon, some exercise way too much and too hard too soon. They go from one extreme to another - from being a couch potato to running on a treadmill for hours like a crazy horse!
Not only it is likely to lead to a fast burnout and going back to the “couch potato” ways, but it can also result in sports injuries. According to this article on Yahoo, “the highest numbers of sports-related injuries came from bicycling, basketball, baseball and running… The most common injuries come from overuse and affect knees, ankles, lower back and shoulders. ”
Like with everything in life, moderation is important - even when it comes to exercising.
Melanie Mendelson
Fast Weight Loss Plan
October 24, 2005
Healthy Eating On Autopilot
The longer you eat healthy, the easier it becomes. After a while, you will start making healthy choices automatically, without even thinking about it.
Also, many people find that when they start eating more fresh foods made from scratch, their palate evolves to dislike processed foods. Laura Moncur from Startling Fitness blog describes how it happened to her in great detail. In particular, how she started hating packaged frozen dinners, and I absolutely second that. There is something about frozen dinners that just makes me cringe… they all taste the same to me! They all have that “packaged frozen food” taste, whatever it is. I can’t believe that years ago I used to eat them every day for lunch!
Here’s To Eating Healthy,
Melanie Mendelson
Healthy Diet Plan
Music Can Help You Lose Weight
As reported by WebMD, a new study shows that people who listened to music while exercising lost more weight than those who exercised without music. Also, those who exercised with the music were more likely to stick with the exercise program and not drop out of the study.
I think there are 2 reasons for this phenomenon:
1. Cardio exercise is boring for most people. Listening to the music while exercising can ease the boredom and make the time go faster, making it easier to stick with the exercise.
2. Listening to the fast music makes you go faster. More intense exercise burns more calories.
So here’s another reason to get an iPod if you haven’t already
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
Lose Weight Fast
October 23, 2005
Skipping Meals Is Not A Good Idea
Many dieters skip meals because they believe that they’ll end up eating less this way and lose weight. But most of the time, this trick doesn’t work. A common sense explanation is:
When you skip a meal, you get way too hungry.
When you are too hungry, you won’t be able to control yourself at the next meal. As a result, you’ll often end up eating more than 2 meals’ worth of calories.
Another scientific explanation why skipping meals can make you fatter, not skinnier is the fact that eating a huge meal creates a large insuline spike, so more fat gets deposited as a result.
Many studies have found that people who skip meals are much more likely to be obese than those who don’t. In particular, a study conducted by University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2003 found that people who skip breakfast altogether are 4.5 times more likely to be obese.
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
Easy Diet Plan
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