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[quote=Anonymous]Don't try to do everything at once.  It's too much.  Take one thing at a time.

It takes about 3 weeks to break a habit and form a new one.  Your habits are deep conditioned.  Take one at a time.

Quitting soda should be the first one.  After 3 weeks off soda, you shouldn't want it anymore.  You'll see some results already.

Then tackle the next thing--whether it's cutting alcohol, switching from white bread to whole grain, adding a 30 minute walk (start with 3 days a week, work up to 6 days a week), cutting cheese and fatty red meat, adding lean protein, adding vegetables, what have you--just pick one, and stick to that one for 3 weeks.  (And don't go back on the earlier one either.)

One habit at a time, 3 weeks at a time, and you're going to find you feel more energy, and you'll find you don't crave those bad things anymore.

By the way I'm taking this advice myself, and so far I'm down from 291 to 278 in six weeks.  The first habit for me was getting back to a healthy breakfast.  (I didn't have to break the soda habit, I don't drink it.)  Oatmeal, fake veggie sausages and fruit now, not McDonald's drive through or bagels.  The second habit, and biggest one, has been a salad for lunch every day.  I HATE salad.  And I eat my lunch out every day.  But I found a couple of salads I like, with protein on them, pre-tossed with a moderate amount of low-fat dressing.  I switch them around--chicken most days, tofu sometimes, steak once every other week.  I really don't crave the sandwiches or fries anymore.  And I found that by the way I've cut my alcohol to almost nothing without even really thinking about it.

My new cravings are healthy foods, and I don't crave snacks like I used to.  I have more energy, and I'm down 3 belt notches.  I'm even feeling like I WANT to exercise, which I used to hate even more than salad.  [/quote]

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