Weight Loss Challenges

Sweets

When I was in the weight loss phase before in my life, I learned that it’s best for me not to have any sweets in the house at all . First of all, I can’t control myself (!) and secondly, not having sweets on hand will prevent binging.

Learn to recognize that point where snacking comes close to transitioning to a binge. Recognize your binge triggers, and never ever have that food in the house. It is much easier to lose weight if you don’t have access to processed sweets!

Fried food     

My way of dealing with fried food is never to make it at home, never to order it in the restaurant, and eat it only when it’s served somewhere else (for example, at a party or birthday). Making these rules for myself means that I will only eat a few bites once or twice a month somewhere. That is enough for me! Occasionally, I ate some fried food (chicken, fish) as a celebratory meal, in the beginning of my diet, but I started to avoid it more and more in favor of grilled food. If you have to eat fried food, eat only occasionally, and eat it as a celebratory meal with a large fiber-loaded salad. Alternatively, you can take any meat that you wanted to grill, put it in an egg mixture, then coat with flax meal and bake it in the oven. Taste-wise, it will be the closest thing to fried food and it will be much, much healthier.