Lose Weight and Keep it Off

I say it all the time to my Weight Watchers members: you need to eat to lose weight. It’s so true. Trust me when I say I’ve tried eating less to lose more weight. I’ve tried exercising more and not eating extra to see a bigger weight loss. Both times I’ve failed. Either I’ve hardly lost anything, or I’ve gained weight. The simple trust is, your body needs food. It needs energy to get through a day, and that energy comes in the form of calories. That doesn’t mean you need to overeat. To lose more weight you still need to create a calorie deficit. We’re all in agreement there! You can still do that when you eat more. What Happens When You Don’t Eat Enough? I’m sure many of you are doubting my logic here. Eating less will mean you lose more weight, right? I mean, anorexics don’t have a problem being overweight. Well, this is the difference. I’m talking about short term goals. Anorexia is an eating disorder that I’m not going to get into—I’m not qualified for tha...

At Weight Watchers, we have a wee saying: if you eat it, track it. It doesn’t matter what you eat, as long as you write it down and it is within your propoints allowance. While not everyone follows Weight Watchers, it is still important to track what you eat if you want to lose weight. You could follow Slimming World, Scottish Slimmers or even have a calorie-controlled diet. Whatever it is, you need to create a calorie deficit. Did you know that by not tracking, you’re more likely to eat 30%-50% more than you should? That’s the problem with not tracking. You eat too much. You Don’t Remember the Little Things If you don’t track everything you eat, it’s easy to forget. But it was just one biscuit, I hear you say. Well, what about if it was two biscuits, or one biscuit every day? That’s still extra calories/propoints that you’re eating. Do you really have the allowance for that extra biscuit or two that went untracked? Image: Pixabay You’re not p...