By Keith Quackenbush Every time I decide to go on a diet I go into overdrive with the "need" to eat more. I feel as if since I am going to go on a diet I have to eat as much as I can because soon I am going to be deprived of food. This is a mindset that has set me up for failure too many times. I have tried so many diets. I bet you have too. The problem has been that when I decided to try...say the the Atkins diet I felt that I was being deprived of the things that I love to eat. I love to eat bread and cereal and when I could not have them (and other foods) I just wanted them more and felt as if I was being cheated out of food. After trying (and failing) at numerous fads or diets I have decided that in order for me to lose weight I have to have a fundamental change of lifestyle. I cannot and will not lose weight by the latest fad or the latest pill. In order for me to be a success I need to change from a diet to a "live it". This may sound corny but it is the truth. A person cannot have long term success with a diet if the diet is outside of your lifestyle. You need to embrace your diet from within and not make it something that you have to deprive yourself. I have come to grips with the fact that I love to eat cookies and ice cream. I just will not eat the entire pack or gallon. I still eat the things that I like but now I try to exercise portion control. I find it easy to eat one or two tacos and am not sad I won't eat taco three four and five. I find it easier to eat a one scoop ice cream cone instead of a triple ooper duper with syrup. I have learned that by exercising portion control I have stopped gaining weight. Not gaining weight is only half of the battle with the other half being the part where I lose the weight. It is sort of like stopping a sinking ship. You know the ship is sinking and before you can get it to keep floating you have to stop the water from coming in. Only after you stop the leak is when you can concentrate on bailing out the water. Well, through portion control I have learned I have stopped the leak, the ship is safe from sinking. In my next article I will discuss how to get some of that water (weight) out of the ship (your body). A diet...no.. it will be a "live it". I like the food I eat and I am sorry it took me so long to realize that I would not be a happy person, on the inside, if I can't eat the foods I like. I have changed my mind set. I now eat to live and not live to eat. Portion control with some self control has helped my ship from sinking. The next article will be how to lose some fat when you hate to exercise. http://www.IChooseThin.com Keith Quackenbush is a graduate of St. John's University, New York. He has spent considerable amount of time traveling throughout the world for the United States Government as a Marine Officer. He has spent considerable amount of time being educated in life through his very existence. Currently spends too many hours per week in big box retail management. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Keith_Quackenbush http://EzineArticles.com/?I-Cant-Diet-Because-I-Am-Hungry&id=569303 re ambien vs xanax
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