Well, one reason you may be seeing grannies and young mothers at the group is that you're going at lunchtime! There's probably going to be an evening or weekend group that'll have a better balance of young professionals in it-- people who have to work all day and can't get to meetings, but who are more in their 20s and 30s and trying to drop the pounds they've had for years. Maybe that cuts into your friends or family time, but if it's a priority, you can make the time.
You can carry a small notebook, write everything down, and then enter it later on. Sometimes just having to write it down can deter you from snacking on crappy stuff.
Set a goal of eating healthy snacks-- more fruits and veggies during the day between meals-- so that you aren't as hungry at the meals.
With bigger meals, cut it in half and set half aside right away as leftovers. That way you aren't tempted to go back for one more spoonful or to try to clean a really big plate.
Ooh! And exercise. 40 minutes a day is best (that way you get your warmup and cooldown with about 20-30 mins of aerobic exercise), but if you can't do that, just do *anything*. Get used to a 15-minute walk around the block or a local building. Do the stairs a couple of times. Do a small number of situps every morning, and add more as you get used to doing them. Start tiny, set patterns, and build from there.
Those are some of the things that have worked for me in the past, and which I'm trying to do now.
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Date: July 5th, 2007 01:13 pm (UTC)From:You can carry a small notebook, write everything down, and then enter it later on. Sometimes just having to write it down can deter you from snacking on crappy stuff.
Set a goal of eating healthy snacks-- more fruits and veggies during the day between meals-- so that you aren't as hungry at the meals.
With bigger meals, cut it in half and set half aside right away as leftovers. That way you aren't tempted to go back for one more spoonful or to try to clean a really big plate.
Ooh! And exercise. 40 minutes a day is best (that way you get your warmup and cooldown with about 20-30 mins of aerobic exercise), but if you can't do that, just do *anything*. Get used to a 15-minute walk around the block or a local building. Do the stairs a couple of times. Do a small number of situps every morning, and add more as you get used to doing them. Start tiny, set patterns, and build from there.
Those are some of the things that have worked for me in the past, and which I'm trying to do now.