May 5, 2008 by admin.

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the “Sensing” preference knows how to stay in the here-and-now.  In contrast, the “iNtuitive” preference is interested in “what might be” and so has a harder time staying in the present moment.  Yet, behaviors that help you lose weight must take place in the “now”.  Every time you postpone doing something now, let’s say exercising, the likelihood of it taking place later is slim.  Be honest with yourself.  How many times have you promised yourself I’ll get to it later and it never happens.

 If you have Sensing in your personality type, you have a better chance of doing something now than later.  Making eating decisions is a “now” experience.  How many times have you heard someone say “I’ll start my diet on Monday morning.”  You were probably talking with someone who has iNtuition in their type name.  It’s putting off until tomorrow what you know you should do today.

Maybe the best thing you can do for yourself is find out what your type is, what its strengths are and how it can challenge you.  Visit my website at www.advantagediets.com and check out what personality typing is all about.  You’ll find it fascinating and you’ll probably find, after determining your own type, how you start trying to guess what the type is of your friends and family.  Personality type is great for understanding people better.

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March 1, 2007 by admin.

There are thousands of members of the National Weight Registry, a group that was created to track who had successfully lost weight and kept it off and what method they used to be successful.  There were two major things these people did that they say helped them lose weight.  One was exercise.  They found it wasn’t enough to just decrease their calorie intake.  They needed to do some sort of exercise to burn off some calories, as well.  The second thing they did was keep a food diary.

Let’s face it.  When you have to write down everything you eat, you become much more aware of what you’re eating.  Keeping track of your food intake acts like your conscience.  If you’re really being honest with yourself and diligently tracking your food intake, you learn so much more about your eating patterns.

That’s why I created Drawing the Line on Calories, Carbs, and Fat.  As I say to users of it, “if you can connect the dots, you can draw the line.”  Visit my website at www.advantagediets.com to see what I’m talking about.  Most food diaries require you to write down the name of the food and then add and subtract calories and grams to know what you have left to spend for the day after eating.  Drawing the Line doesn’t require any of that.  With just a stroke of the pen, drawing a line between dots, you can keep track of what you’re eating and how much you have to spend for the remainder of the day.  The system does all the math for you.

 But what it really comes down to is whether you have the personality type that will enjoy keeping a food diary.  If you’re the organized, structured type, you’ll buy into the idea easily.  Have you ever taken the MBTI questionnaire to determine your type?  If not, you might want to find out more about personality typing at my website, www.advantagediets.com.  On the right hand side of the page is a link called “About personality typing.”  I’d love to hear what you think your type might be and whether you think you could keep a diary.  But I always say that to keep doing something, it better be fun and from many users of Drawing the Line, it is fun.

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