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Diet Hacks: For the Basic Woman

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Diet Hacks for the basic women.

Me, that is me. I am a basic women and this list is what has worked for me when it comes to sticking to a weight loss diet.

I confess, I am a serial dieter. Or should I say cereal dieter to make a punny?

Both work in my case 🙂

I like a good challenge every now and again. There is something about the 12-week, 8-week, 4-week, and even 10 day diet and exercise challenges out there. I like to partake and see if the ‘transformation’ claims are true.

It’s not like these challenges have some secret combination of special foods and workout combo that unleashes a new kind of fat loss or what have you. They simply get me moving and being more conscious of what I eat. THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE SECRET COMBO! Eat well and move!!

Have you ever tried focusing on eating what your body needs **achemm**Vegetables/protein**achemm**, you’ve felt amazing, right? It is the best, but something about our need for self-sabotage, or gluttonous nature make us tell ourselves that we need that double fudge sundae with extra whip (or insert your vice here) to get to the over full feeling of double-chin regret.

Tips:
Diet Hack #1:
🚫Don’t get caught up in the numbers. Counting macros/calories can be daunting, but what is even more frustrating is trying to be perfect at it. Don’t worry too much about hitting your macro target a bullseye everyday, +/- 15g will do just fine.

Diet Hack #2:


🚫 Dont use MFP to log activity. Well, you can, but personally I think this perpetuates bad behavioral habits. Like binging and then trying to run it off later. Its scientifically correct as far as energy balance, but no way to live IMO. This is why I use BMR and then any activity creates a calorie deficit/energy imbalance.
Diet Hack #3:


👍 Do pre-plan your meals. You can meal prep or just log what you will most likely eat for the day. Winging it has most definitely proved to be a recipe for disaster. If you are serious about fat loss then this should be a priority to set up a well balanced diet and execute accordingly. Trust me, It gets kind of fun once you get the hang of it. Sometimes I play around to see how I can hit my macros by including some ice cream.
🍦Concentrate on getting your protein FIRST! READ—->Basically, Get enough protein.
Diet Hack #4:


👍 Do eat lots of colorful vegetables (less starchy). Especially when fighting hunger. These are low calorie, high nutrient foods that you really don’t have to weigh and measure! Eat your heart out on these.
Diet Hack #5:


👍 If you are unsure if you can fight your behavioral habits and relationship with food, try a 24 hour fast. Sounds extreme but sometimes a hard reset like this is necessary to begin change. Drink lots of water, black coffee is ok and so are other no calorie drinks. You won’t die of hunger over 24 hours, and maybe you’ll realize there is more to life than food
😉 (or at least become very aware to how many times you would have mindlessly ate)
Diet Hack #6:


🚫 DO NOT EXPECT WEIGHT LOSS TO BE LINEAR!!! The human body is so complicated with a million things happening at once, and we as women have a million × 1,000 due to this special circumstance called menstruation
😫. No need to get frustrated with a non moving scale or even if it ticks up a few pounds one week. Guaranteed, you will get results over an 8 weeks period with overall fat loss with consistent calorie reporting.
📉

I hope everyone joining me on this adventure is enjoying the process and working out the kinks when it comes to tracking macros themselves! I’d love to hear from you and how its going!

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    Jude Wagner

    Hi great readingg your post

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