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[quote=Anonymous]For me the following are important:

1) Portion control--I realized that a lot of the time I just want the taste of something and don't need any more than that. I allow myself one square of a chocolate bar at a time where I used to eat the whole bar at once. It takes me a whole day now to eat less than one bar instead of maybe eating two a day.

2) Find healthy snacks that you really like a lot. For me, it's apples and cashews and pistachios and cheese. It's easy to make these things a habit that will replace a cookie or ice cream or whatever habit. Again, I use portion control, never bringing an entire bag to the place where I'm sitting. I'll cut one or two slices of cheese, or count out 10 cashews.

3) Find simple recipes and cook dishes using only very basic ingredients that you like the taste of. Learn to use spices to make vegetables taste more interesting to you. No precooked meals with 20 ingredients, half of which you don't know what they are.

I've made these changes over the past decade or two and am in much better shape.

I would also add that I always walk anywhere I can get to that's within a mile or two instead of driving. And I bike wherever I can go within 4-5 miles. Having a destination in mind makes doing exercise much easier, and it saves money plus impact on the environment. It gets a lot easier the more you do it. [/quote]

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