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Source: Wheat Food Council and Washington State Dairy Council.

The National Weight Control Registry is a study that included 4,000 people who had lost a significant amount of weight and have kept it off for an average of 5 years. Here are four common habits registry members do to keep the weight off:

Eat Breakfast. – Eating breakfast helps curb later in the day and keeps your metabolism going. Follow a balanced diet. This means including adequate amounts of fat, carbohydrates and protein. No food eliminating or restricting! Self-monitor. Most members keep a food journal. Exercise. 91% do regular physical activity, typically an hour a day.

Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1997, 66 239-246

This year try to make peace with food once and for all without rigidly counting calories or fat grams, and yet still honor health. Here are some more tips to get you started: ⇒ Throw out the guilt and not the food. ⇒ Eat what you really want or you will be on the prowl ⇒ Don’t push away your feelings with food ⇒ Equate feeling good with exercise, instead of ⇒ Fat free is not automatically good nutrition ⇒ Stop body-bashing ⇒ Discover your fullness threshold ⇒ Say good-bye to forever ⇒ Adjust your food attitude.

Adapted from Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

For more information, contact Jessica Pellicciotta, MA, RD, LDN ext. 9-5963