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[quote=Anonymous]I'm reading an amazing book right now called Mindless Eating that is written by a university-level food research lab director, and it has REALLY fascinating information about habits that we form that results in weight gain over time.  And, in the opposite direction, simple habits we can change or shed that will result in weight loss without making us feel deprived.

One thing that has really stuck with me so far is the general concept that any caloric increase or deficit that you do on a daily basis will, roughly, equate to 1/10 of the amount of daily calories as a pound at the end of the year.  I'm not phrasing that well, but essentially, let's say you start eating a new snack at work that's 100 calories a day.  By the end of the week that's 700 extra calories.  In 5 weeks you will have gained a pound from that.  By the end of the year, it will equal 10 pounds of extra weight, just from that one small snack.

Similarly, if you walked for a mile after dinner every day, burning 200 extra calories, by the end of the week you'd have burned 1400 extra calories.  By the end of the year, you'll have lost 20 pounds just from that one new habit.

So you don't have to go on a drastic new diet.  Just change a lifestyle habit.  Maybe you go for a walk after dinner.  Don't expect dramatic results right away.  Think about something you want to change for life, something that will make your life better.  Do it.  By the end of the year, you will see results.

Lots of other great tips in the book about how to find those small things in the "mindless margin" that really add up to pounds at the end of a year.[/quote]

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