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Weight Control Simplified
How on earth can Dr. Davis make losing weight fun? Well, it is fun if you have a plan and you do your plan, and you experience the weight falling off. It is even more fun if you know the weight won't be sneaking back on board later.
Weight Control Simplified
Yes, Davis even has something to say about losing weight and maintaining weight control.
This is a pretty popular subject. Just look around. Most everybody these days needs to drop pounds. And keeping them off is important, too. After all, what's the point in going to the bother of losing weight just to watch the pounds slowly, inexorably, come back?
Most adults over the age of thirty struggle with weight control. When I look back, I see my weight issues began right after college, right after I got married. In fact, I was probably my fattest at the age of 25. See, my wife can cook (boy, can she!), and I had been used to feeding myself TV dinners, cereal, and ramen. Suddenly it was fried chicken and mashed potatoes every night.
I took up long distance running and got skinny again. Then the years began to pile up and the mileage went down and the weight crept back on. Over the years I had gradually given up most unhealthy foods including alcoholic beverages, meat, and anything with sugar in it.
Still, I found it very frustrating losing ten pounds and gaining ten pounds, losing ten pounds and gaining ten pounds. I needed a sure-fire system that would help me lose weight fast and then help me keep it off. I recognized this as a two part project--lose weight and keep it off--and I wanted a clear path to follow on both parts.
In July 2006 I developed a system that has worked great for me. Not only did I lose weight fast, but two years later I am still using the system. My weight is 165 and there is no danger of it sneaking up to 170 and beyond. I have exactly what I wanted, a weight control system that doesn't cost anything, that is easy to follow, and that works!
Here's what to do:
1. Create a Weight Control Chart. My chart consists of a few words of guidance at the top of the page, and a table of squares 12 x 16. This table is easy to create using Microsoft Word. Below is the entire chart.
Weight Control Chart
Build momentum by doing the plan one day, then the next day, then every day!
1. Eat three meals, no snacks
2. Exercise aerobically 20 + minutes
3. Go light on carb foods-potatoes, grits, bread, spaghetti, rice, etc.
4. No junk food, i.e. anything with sugar!
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If you are modifying this chart for your use, feel free to change the wording or even the content of the information at the top of the chart. You know what your weight control challenges are; I suspect you also know exactly what it takes to lose weight. Create a list of things to do or not to do that you believe will lead quickly to weight loss. If you don't know what to do, just do the four things on my chart.
2. Do the chart one day at a time. In order to do the chart, record your weight in the space underneath the date of today.
(Obviously, if you begin the program January through June, you will need a chart for those months.
I have two charts, Jan - June and July-Dec. I print them up on 65 lb card stock, which allows me to keep my charts attached to a clipboard on my desk.)
Then, every day you successfully complete the items at the top of your chart, circle the date. Every day you do not successfully complete the items on your chart, draw a line through the date.
That is all there is to do. Remember, if you can do your chart one day, you can do it again and again and again. If you can't do your chart one day . . . then you need more help than I can provide.
The weight I wrote down for July 22, 2006 was 171.5. Every so often, I would get on the scales again and record my weight. July 25--169. August 2--167.5. August 7--166.5. By August 23 I had achieved my target weight of 165. I notice that the first few weeks I did my program religiously and all dates were circled. Then I notice a few lines drawn through dates which were wake up calls--“better pay attention Davis or you'll get fat again!”
Even with a few mishaps my weight the rest of the year was controlled very nicely. The most I weighed August 23 to December 31 was 166, the least 163.5. Since I am still at 165 two years later, obviously the checklist has worked.
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