Weight Loss Behavior Goals

Weight loss Behavior goals are important to losing weight. We have to change the behaviors towards how we feel about ourselves, what we are eating, our attitude about exercising, how we dress, and take care of our bodies in order to lose weight and become the healthy person we desire to be.

I love when I used to read Ann Landers, or other advice articles in the newspaper. I would read some story as to how someone was suffering, and the answer was all too often that the person “get counseling”. I am not suggesting that counseling is a waste of time, I was just always amazed that it was expected that everyone had counseling available to them.

I was never able to afford counseling for myself, and the one time I participated in state provided counseling for an adolescent, it developed into nothing more than legalized guessing at what pills to prescribe, and hope for the best.

My thoughts have always been of sympathy for those seeking help, and could not afford to run to some treatment center, and pay thousands upon thousands of dollars for the services that were being offered. Maybe that is why many are becoming obese?

I am a man who is trying to change his goal in weight loss, and adapt to a healthy lifestyle. At the time of this writing, I have not obtained my PHD in human behavior, and I do not pretend I am even on track to get one.

One thing I do know is that I am overweight and this is because I eat too much, and I have done so for too long. That is my excuse, what is your excuse? If you are healthy, then you are like me, you are just overweight because your mouth moves too much, and you love food.

I shy away from cameras because I am embarrassed of the way I look because of my obesity. When future generations look back on the thousands of family pictures we have they will think there was no father around. This is because I choose to hog the camera, and not be in the photographs. I chose to hide behind the camera instead of being visible in the photographs.

At the time of this writing I have been living a different lifestyle for 62 days and I have lost a total of 19 pounds. I was only able to do this after I realized I had to quit the dieting, leave the fad diets, and the diet pills on the store shelves. It was not until I realized it was my behavior that made me gain the weight, and the only way to lose the weight was for me to choose to be thin. I needed to modify my behavior of eating.

Behavior Modification in the Kitchen

I am only on my journey of weight loss, so do not look to me as a guru. I decided that the fad diets were a failure, when everyone else kept making money from me. I would lose a bit of weight, and then grow tired of eating only meat, or only having a selection of preprogrammed meals available to me.

I love to be in the kitchen, and tinker, and prepare meals. Cooking has always been a passion for me even when I used to sneak cooking grill cheese sandwiches in my youth on those rare occasions I was left alone. I was not, and I am not ready to give up my love for food.

It is a battle, and it is one I have lost over, and over for the last twenty years. It was not until recent that I discovered I was not a failure at weight loss, it was the diets that were a failure. I have learned that I can still tinker in the kitchen, and have fun.

I have learned that the choices of what I cook with have changed, and that my food still tastes great! Without going into recipes, I want to mention that I have always loved french fries. I could get a whole pile, and just sit and eat them as a meal. Instead now I putter around in the kitchen making a family favorite we have come to call “healthy fries”.

Let us look at the difference in changing our behavior, and reaching for different items that are just as satisfying. Look at how a simple change in selection is so health improving.

McDonalds’ large fries consist of 570 calories, 270 fat calories, 30 grams of total fat, 8 grams of Trans fat (The really bad stuff), 220mg. of sodium, and 70 grams of carbs. This is only for a 6 ounce portion.

Now let’s look at my healthy fries. I eat about 15 ounces, not the measly 6 as in the fries above. I slice the potatoes in 3/8” pieces and lightly spray a cookie sheet with pure virgin olive oil. I place the slices flat on the sheet and lightly spray the slices with the same oil.

I then season with a low salt, low calorie seasoning of choice. I love McCormick brand Salad Supreme and also Parmesan Herb as two of my favorite choices sprinkled over the potatoes together. I then bake for 20 – 25 minutes at 350 degrees, longer if crunchy is desired. Eating a portion size that is 2.5 times larger let us look at the impact to your body. 210 calories, 0 fat calories, 0 grams of total fat, 0 grams of Trans fat, 230 mg of sodium, and 50 grams of carbs.

Healthy fries win hands down, and you can eat them as often as you desire! The carb content may be a bit high, but I live in the real world and not some TV show ranch. I know that the choices I make are better than what I used to make and that change is working for me. After you taste them and perfect your own flavorful recipe of seasonings you will love them yourself. Just do not choose a seasoning with salt as one of the first two ingredients listed on the bottle.

The passion for this article is simple. You need to change your behavior to lose weight. You are now overweight, and the first thing you should do is look at yourself, and start to decide what your main issue is. I love to drink Pepsi. I did have to give that up, (No diet Pepsi either) but it was not the end of the world. Dying is the end of the world, and I would rather modify my behavior towards food than to die an early age.

also love to drink no-fat milk, or eat low fat cheese or low/ no fat sour cream. All of these items are substituted in my kitchen, and the taste has become something I love, and the low/no fat issue is no longer relevant.

I do not know about you, but I will continue on my weight loss journey because I Choose Thin, and I have decided that I want to live a bit longer. I am learning how to change my behavior towards weight loss and making healthier goals for myself.

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