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    I’m a weight loss coach — you’ll stick to your diet with this simple trick

    By Reda Wigle,

    1 day ago

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    This easy weight loss trick is no sweat.

    Jenna Rizzo , a Georgia-based fitness coach who specializes in women’s weight loss, is offering a simple psychological tip to combat yo-yo dieting.

    “Take out a pen and paper, and I want you to start writing all the things you can add to your current diet: more protein, more fruit, more vegetables, more fiber,” Rizzo said in an 83-second clip this week. “Go into detail … Greek yogurt, chicken breast, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries , the more detailed, the better.”

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    Weight loss coach Jenna Rizzo admits she’s tried every diet under the sun. TikTok/jennaaaamariee

    She shared her own experiences with inconsistent eating habits to support her reasoning for this health hack.

    “I have tried every single diet under the sun — keto , intermittent fasting , counting calories, you name it, I’ve probably done it,” she revealed.

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    She notes that she was usually able to maintain her healthy eating during the workweek, but when Friday came around, it was a free-for-all.

    “I would have one cheat meal, and it would turn into a full-blown cheat weekend,” she explained. “I’m talking eating to the point of literally being in so much physical pain — and kept going.”

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    Before thinking up her mind hack, Rizzo would binge eat unhealthy foods on the weekends. Vadym – stock.adobe.com

    Rizzo explains that her binge eating, which once led her to order two brunch entrees, eat an entire pizza, and polish the day off with a pint of ice cream, was due to a mindset that correlated unhealthy foods with restriction.

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    “My brain was telling me that these foods are limited, and I need to eat as much as I could when I could,” she said.

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    Writing an additive list rather than an inventory of food that’s off-limits is a positive brain exercise. deagreez – stock.adobe.com

    Rizzo urges those with similar tendencies to adopt her abundance mindset, which she has used to help clients throughout her career.

    She says that making a list reduces feelings of deprivation.

    “When you start focusing your mind on all the foods you can eat, you’re creating an abundance mindset around food rather than a scarcity mindset,” she reasoned.

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    Rizzo uses this hack to help her clients lose and maintain weight. TikTok/jennaaaamariee

    Rizzo insists that this shift in perspective lends itself to consistency, clarity and long-term weight loss.

    “Over time, you’ll start to feel a little bit more safe with food … this is going to help a lot with consistency, and we know we need to be consistent if want to lose weight,” she said.

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    Consistency is the key to healthy eating. Monkey Business – stock.adobe.com

    Rizzo’s advice comes as the American Heart Association warns that obesity rates are expected to climb from 43.1% to 60.6% of the US population by 2050, with unhealthy diets largely to blame.

    Obesity has been linked to a higher risk of more than a dozen cancers .

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