{"id":3912,"date":"2012-07-26T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2012-07-26T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T17:36:08","slug":"want-to-lose-weight-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/07\/want-to-lose-weight-heres-how.html","title":{"rendered":"Want to lose weight? Then &#8230; a tip that works !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/files\/2012\/07\/AD-fat-is-folly.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3914\" title=\"AD fat is folly\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/2012\/07\/AD-fat-is-folly-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a>New research from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, indicates that women who faithfully keep a food journal (operative word here &#8230; faithfully), who avoid skipping meals and limit eating in restaurants, lose more weight than those who do not follow those three simple guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, their research showed that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women who kept food journals <strong>consistently lost about 6 pounds more<\/strong> than those who did not<\/li>\n<li>Women who reported skipping meals lost <strong>almost 8 fewer pounds<\/strong> than women who did not<\/li>\n<li>Women who ate out for lunch at least weekly <strong>lost on average 5 fewer pounds<\/strong> than those who ate out less frequently (eating out often at all meal times was associated with less weight loss, but the strongest association was observed with lunch)\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhcrc.org\/en\/news\/releases\/2012\/07\/want-to-lose-weight--keep-a-food-journal--don-t-skip-meals-and-a.html\">Source: FHCRC.Org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People tell me that they are overwhelmed, and understandably want to know &#8220;Where to begin?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why not begin by tracking your food!\u00a0 Get yourself a little notebook to write in, download any one of the many food tracking aps onto your smart phone; or, if keeping the traditional journal is just not your thing, have you considered being a foto-food journalist?\u00a0 Check out OLofWL&#8217;s BlogPost &#8220;<a href=\"Snap Your Weigh Thin: Be A Foto Food Journalist  Read more: http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/snap-your-weigh-thin-be-a-foto.html#ixzz21kabxCLo\">SNAP YOUR WEIGH THIN!<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keeping a food journal creates an opportunity for you to pay close attention to what you are eating; it helps you to stay honest, to be accountable, and to learn about your food habits, likes, dislikes and eating styles!\u00a0 (Curious <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/07\/eating-styles-what-does-your-style-say-about-you.html\">what your eating style says about you<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p>Let us know how it goes!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a> is with you every ounce of the weigh!<\/p>\n<p>Spread the word \u2026 not the icing!<\/p>\n<p>Janice<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Life &amp; Wellness Coach<br \/>\nSelf-Help \/ Weight Loss Artist<br \/>\nwise * fun * utterly useful<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\"><br \/>\nFEED YOUR SOUL: Change Your WEIGHT!!! workshop \u2013 extraordinary opportunity!<br \/>\nSeptember 16 \u2013 19, 212<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY at HOLLYHOCK<\/strong>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\" target=\"_blank\"> SIGN UP NOW!!!!<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/\"><br \/>\nOur Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><br \/>\njoin the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Tushkateer!<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickinthetushclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tushkateer*<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter<\/a> with all the news that \u2018fit\u2019 to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!\u00a0 How cool is that? 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