Steps For Life
Step 4
Keeping your pace as you Lighten towards your goal

Once you begin your diet, you need a good rhythm to make
it become an engrained part of your life.

You need to make weight painless and comfortable.  Once
you set the right pace (not too fast), you'll find it much more
enjoyable.  You'll realize that eating can still be a joy,
instead of a source of guilt or hunger.  You can't, I repeat,
can't go hungry.  
Runners don't sprint from a cold start.  They warm up.  They stetch.  They prepare themselves
mentally for the big race.  In fact, this not the 100 yard dash.  This is more like a marathon.  So
don't sprint--ever.  Start slowly, don't worry if you're at the end of the pack.  Just be there, and
enjoy it.  

Don't start your diet starving.  Never starve yourself.  It's ineffective and dangerous, and will
psychologically damage your attitude towards diet and health in general.  

My message is this: unless your doctor tells you otherwise, lose weightslowly.  You know the
story of the tortoise and the hare.  Don't rush it, but keep your pace.  If you lose 1% of your
weight every two weeks, in just six months you'll lose 20% of your weight. For a 180 lb female,
that means about 40 pounds.  Talk to your doctor, he'll probably agree that that's a safe pace.  A
pound and a half a week translates into two things: about a half an hour of light to moderate
exercise, and about 600 calories less a day.   

How do you cut out 600 calories a day and not feel hungry?  Is there a way to cut 600 calories
without counting calories with every meal?
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