2023.12.09 The CarefulGiving Diet

Here's an interesting take on losing weight that is a total mind body approach. It teaches self-discipline, awareness of good food and a reawakening of listening to our hunger instincts. The best part is it does not engender fear or guilt. The plan relies on our natural ability to problem solve.

How it works. Get a routine where you weigh yourself with certain clothes. Get a piece of paper that will become part of this routine.

Weigh yourself. On the piece of paper write the date; next to the date write the amount you weigh MINUS 1 pound.

That number is now the most important number in the world to you. No matter how high your weight goes that number is the only number you are concerned with. The diet is the result of the careful giving of attention to only one detail. The loss of that 1 pound.

Results: you cannot mess the diet up. You are trusting your mind, your brain to figure out what food intake will get you to that one magic number. As time goes on, your commitment to the one number will increase your understanding of your hunger, your enjoyment of food, what foods are good for you, all of this and more become easier to manage. You are in charge of what and when you eat.

It may take a month or more between the weigh in and the loss of that one pound. You will find no guilt involved, but you will find an increase in the desire to exercise.

The weight gain did not happen overnight, so too, the weight loss will happen gradually and be maintained naturally. If there are no medical reasons for the weight gain and no medical reasons for a quicker weight loss, the CarefulGiving diet will bring the results you have been looking for these many years.

If there are any doubts about weight gain or loss, be reasonable and consult your physician. The CarefulGiving diet is about using our attention and problem solving in a structured way to enjoy our bodies, enjoy the way our clothes fit, and to improve the energy in our lives.

When that one-pound-less number is achieved, subtract one pound from the scale weight, put the date down and the magic number that is now the most important number in the world to you. Keep trusting your mind. This is you as you become more in charge of your life.

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