by VK Freelance

Created on: June 24, 2009   Last Updated: June 26, 2009

Weight loss without dieting.

Let's face it, diets are a short term solution to a long term problem, they may work for a few weeks or months, but they don't address the REAL problem, the underlying problem of WHY you eat. And after you stop, you'll go right back to eating badly. But there are other solutions to this problem, and they don't involve any kind of fad diet, counting calories, or limiting what you eat!

Using simple psychological and therapeutic tools, any one can start to lose weight simply, safely and without any restrictions, making simple small changes that will one day mean a total overhaul of the way you view food.

Eat what you want

I did just ask you to eat what you want, but it's more like eat what you feel like. If you feel like something, eat it, feel like a cookie, eat it, ice cream enjoy. Wait though; before you go and buy a pizza, read on, there is a catch.

Think about hunger

Food is supposed to satisfy hunger, except in our world of plenty, it's used to satisfy much more, such as emotional need, greed, wish fulfillment, and indeed it fills the gaps in our lives where other things are lacking. So we are going to start with the basic think about your hunger. Right now, if you had to rate your hunger from 1 to 10 1 being very full, and 10 being starving; where would you place it? Now, simply enough, I want you to do that every time you are about to eat; then I want you to decide I wont eat unless I am at least a 7 or 8 you decide on which, and stick to it. I'm not asking you to eat only healthy things, remember you can eat whatever you feel like, but before you eat, write down in a little book or on some paper, your hunger rating. If it's a 7 or 8, you eat, if it's not, wait a bit longer.

Write down the food

Now you've decided you are actually hungry, before you eat, write down what the food is. Nothing complicated, just sandwich or Cookie. This will make you think about what you are eating, and how much.

How do you feel?

Finally before you eat that food, just make a quick note next to the food how you feel, has something just happened? Are you feeling bored, angry, tired, and sad? Why are you eating? This will help you think about distinguishing hunger from emotional eating, and you can look back and see patterns based on how you felt and what you ate.

Think about food

So, you're eating what YOU want, not what you think is good for you, eating only when you are actually hungry (7 or 8 remember) and thinking about how you

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