TIP OF THE DAY - THURSDAY

MAKE GRADUAL CHANGES. Do not overload yourself and try to implement all these new ideas at once. This will make weight loss seem overwhelming and impossible. Instead try to implement one new aspect of weight loss every week or two. If it is a big change, maybe just one a month. Start slow. If you are not used to doing a lot of exercising running a marathon might not be a good choice for this weekend. Start with a nice walk around the block or call on a sister or friend to go to a mall and walk. Do some window shopping about what you are going to wear when you lose the weight and reach you goal weight. If you are not used to drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day, start with 4-5 a day. It won't take long till you are drinking all 10. NEVER get cranky about those plateaus you will reach. I just learned that the plateaus are just a resting stop for your body so it can catch up with the changes you are making in your eating and exercise habits. Plateaus are great signs of where you have been. They are still hard to handle for some of us but they are good signs of improvements.