Making the most of the diet by
Ingredients
If you’re going to really thrive on this diet, then you’ll first want to read everything in the regular tips and tricks section.
So since you're already eating less of what you want, you might as well consider making the most of the diet by treating it as a fitness and fat loss plan, which can help you to stay motivated! Here are my tips:
Instructions
1. Pick a form of exercise that you’ll actually do and create a routine
Tip: Go to Chat GPT, tell it your fitness goals, ideally something that you can do easily from your home such as weight lifting which already has so many benefits on its own and is what I did. Tell the AI what are your limitations physically, your goals, and your time frame and it will give you something perfectly tailored to your needs. For example, here’s what my mornings looked like:
30 min of manageable weight lifting with 20 lb, 1-4 reps. Then whatever extra time I had left before work, 10-20 min, I throw on a backpack with some weights in it and go for a weighted walk. To distract myself, I enjoyed practicing learning a new language for my upcoming vacation. That was fun, gave me something to work towards, and distracted me so I didn’t even notice that I was exercising.
2. Walk more often. Set a steps goals and find time to get in steps, like a few 10 minute walks throughout the day. Walking is great for digestion, exercise, and mental health
3. Find some foods that you’ll actually be excited about eating on this diet. For me, that was sweet potatoes, kale chips in the oven, and muffins.
4. Keep disciplined. You might be tempted to cut corners or have a little bite of something. You might even think about having a taste and spitting it out after so that it ‘doesn’t count.’ I can tell you from first hand experience that this is a slippery slope. It’s easier to have clear boundaries with yourself about what you can and cannot have, do not blur the lines.
5. If your life is busy, you will think about food less. You need to keep busy to be distracted from snacking, binge eating, or having a sweet tooth. Take it from me as someone who was a fiend for dopamine and boredom snacking, it gets 10 billion percent easier when you keep busy.
Tip: Go to Chat GPT, tell it your fitness goals, ideally something that you can do easily from your home such as weight lifting which already has so many benefits on its own and is what I did. Tell the AI what are your limitations physically, your goals, and your time frame and it will give you something perfectly tailored to your needs. For example, here’s what my mornings looked like:
30 min of manageable weight lifting with 20 lb, 1-4 reps. Then whatever extra time I had left before work, 10-20 min, I throw on a backpack with some weights in it and go for a weighted walk. To distract myself, I enjoyed practicing learning a new language for my upcoming vacation. That was fun, gave me something to work towards, and distracted me so I didn’t even notice that I was exercising.
2. Walk more often. Set a steps goals and find time to get in steps, like a few 10 minute walks throughout the day. Walking is great for digestion, exercise, and mental health
3. Find some foods that you’ll actually be excited about eating on this diet. For me, that was sweet potatoes, kale chips in the oven, and muffins.
4. Keep disciplined. You might be tempted to cut corners or have a little bite of something. You might even think about having a taste and spitting it out after so that it ‘doesn’t count.’ I can tell you from first hand experience that this is a slippery slope. It’s easier to have clear boundaries with yourself about what you can and cannot have, do not blur the lines.
5. If your life is busy, you will think about food less. You need to keep busy to be distracted from snacking, binge eating, or having a sweet tooth. Take it from me as someone who was a fiend for dopamine and boredom snacking, it gets 10 billion percent easier when you keep busy.