MUST remember this everyday

reasonstobefit:

submitted by runforfit

wannabefitnotfat:

shreddingtheexcess:

preparedforchange:

deliciousfreedom:

surfnrunnr:

Get in touch with your body by rating your hunger! Before you eat, while you are eating, and after your meal, think of a number from 1-10.

• are you ravenous at level 2? 
• when do you reach a full and comfortable at 6? 
• completely stuffed at 9?! 

This will help you listen to your body and break the habit of mindless eating. For the most part, you’ll find that you are never THAT hungry and you are more full than you would have thought.

Personally, I’ve just started running longer distances so my appetite and eating patterns have been haywire. However, I try and rate my hunger levels before meals, figure out when I’m at 5 or 6, and put the fork down! It can be kind of fun to think to yourself…”hmm I guess I’m about a 4 right now since I could eat, but not that hungry.” or “I’m feeling perfectly balanced at 6! =)” haha hopefully this will help me get in tune with my new workout schedule. 

Learning to listen to & trust your body is soooo important! But it definitely takes practice.

I really need to learn to listen to my body. I think if i eat slowly I’ll be able to recognize when I’m full and shouldn’t have any more. I also need to stop focusing on clearing my plate - I can always have left overs. 

I NEED to eat slower! I eat so fast, even my boyfriend pointed it out! It’s horrible! When I go out to eat I try to copy people around me and only take a bite when they do but idk it has become like a habit now and it’s hard not to eat so fast and so much! I normally stop eating at a 7 (rarely), 8 (most often) or 9 (rarely but more than a 7) :/

I don’t agree about what it says in the bottum: to lose weight: put fork down at 5 and to maintain weight: stop eating at 6.
You should not stop at 5 even if you’re trying to lose weight, stop at 6 anyways!

Yeah i need to eat slower too! When i finish eating what i made and i’m like ”i want more” then when i finish making some more food i’m usually not even hungry anymore but then i’m like ”well i can’t waste it!” so i eat it anyways -.-” 

healthystuff:

this’ll hit the arms, chest, quads, butt— everything. i like to do it after i go on a run, when i feel like doing just a little extra.

no weights are required but if you wanna make things a little more difficult, go ahead and add some in! and if you want even more of a challenge (and more soreness tomorrow), repeat some of the exercises! have fun with it :)

health-heaven:

11 Foods to Avoid for a Flat Stomach

If you want to make sure you are burning stomach fat — make sure you are staying away from these 11 foods. Instead of making your waist smaller — these foods will only expand your waistline even further.

Candy

For most of us this one can be hard to avoid — but snacking on candy won’t help you get a flat stomach. They taste delicious and can give you a quick pick me up — but you will just as quickly crash and burn while you add more inches to your waist.

White flour

White flour is highly processed — which means lacking in nutritional value. This type of flour – also known as enriched wheat flour – has lost any nutritional value during processing and can actually cause more health problems if too readily consumed.

Soda

Yes soda is tasty and it quenches your thirst — however its full of sugar and dies that aren’t any good for you. Cutting out soda from your daily liquid intake can save you TONS of calories, making a flat stomach even MORE possible.

Potato chips

Oh who doesn’t love chips!? But the only reason chips are tasty is because they are covered in unhealthy oils and fats — not to mention WAY too much sugar than any one person needs to eat.

Cheese

Adding cheese to a sandwich or a salad can make it taste THAT much better. However, adding that flavor to your meal is also adding fat to your diet. Cheese is full of fat that will help you gain weight instead of gain a flat stomach.

Cookies

This one might be a no brainer — but it might not be — there are cookies out there that say they have low calories — however these cookies are still filled with lots of sugar (to make them taste good).

Fatty meats

When trying to lose weight quickly its important to stay away from cuts of meat that are high in saturated fats. Avoid various cuts of meat such as beef, bologna, and pork that are high in fat and calories.

Whole milk

Drinking milk high in fat when trying to lose weight won’t help you lose any weight as it adds more fat to your diet as you are trying to lose fat.

Alcohol

Alcohol is full of empty calories. A 12 oz beer has 150 calories — calories that do nothing for you except send you to treadmill for a longer workout.

Chocolate

Yes, some forms of dark chocolate are good for your health (in moderation of course) however, if you are trying to lose stomach fat quickly chocolate should not be a part of your diet. Eating chocolate only adds additional calories and sugar that your body will turn into fat – requiring you to spend more time in the gym to burn it off.

Fried foods

When trying to lose weight its important to stay away from fried foods. Fried foods are full of saturated fats — some are made up of more than 50% fat! Avoiding fried foods – no matter how convenient they may be will help you reach your weight loss goals faster.

pictureperfectbodywerkit:

true but depressing haha

soon2befit:

me-ow.