Dietary Control
If you are trying to lose weight, then half of the battle is simply dietary control. You must teach yourself how to have control over your diet so that you have control over your weight loss. This does not mean starve yourself. Quite the opposite, actually. Studies show that people who starve themselves are more likely to continue gaining weight, even on a low fat or low calorie diet because they have trained their bodies how to store fat. Your hunger is your body's way of telling you that it needs nutrition. If you don't give your body the nutrition is needs, your metabolism will slow down significantly, which increases the chances that any food you eat will be stored as fat.
Dietary control means being aware of what you are eating and why. For instance, you would not want to eat a doughnut because what would be the reason behind it? Do you need it for fuel? No. Do you need it for nutrition? No. All a doughnut has is empty calories. When eating, you should always be asking yourself those questions. This will help you become more aware of what you're eating and why.
The most important dietary control meal of the day is breakfast. When you eat breakfast, you kick start your metabolism and you are more likely to burn calories throughout the day, even if you're sedentary. Your appetite will also be curbed and you will be less likely to binge on sweets or high fat foods because your body is satisfied. In the end, the key to losing weight is being aware of your habits enough to be able to change them. Gaining weight is easy because it happens over the course of a long time. You can gain a pound a year for 20 years and all of a sudden you are 20 pounds over weight. Losing weight, on the other hand, takes structure and diligence. Be smart and think healthy!!