Be The Weight You Want | Weight Loss Journey

Wow – that is a big subject, isn’t it.  This being hopefully the end of the flu season, but going into allergy season, we all have a few days when we aren’t filling well.

First thing, when we are sick, we, or at least I, don’t care about my diet or anything else.  Especially if I can’t keep anything down.  So, when we are sick, or getting over it remember:

1.  When you don’t eat your amount of calories per day, your body goes into starvation mode.  That means when you do start to eat, it will start storing food.

2.  If you eat a lot of high carb foods, such as 7-Up or jello, or pudding, or if you eat high fat foods – maybe a good chicken soup, your insulin level will rise which will also tell your body to store food.

So – what can we do?

Remember – the best thing for you in every sickness I can think of is water – pure water.  And you can eat your starches, sugars and fats in moderation.   Do not quit eating, but don’t eat all the junk type food either.  Try to eat as healthy as possible and try to eat your full daily calorie intake.  If you can’t stay on the diet – don’t worry about it and don’t beat yourself up.  Just get well.

After you are feeling better, you need to stick to your diet faithfully for several days.  Make sure you do your daily activity/exercise.  You may find you lost weight during your illness.  To keep it off, or to keep from gaining it back and more, you need to be very faithful to your diet plan.

The main thing is:  Don’t let your sickness throw you off course.  Don’t give up on your goal.  Just keep your goal in mind and keep moving towards it.  You do deserve to reach your goal weight and your physical health level.  Just shake it off and move on.