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End emotion-driven eating: she's dressed for weight-loss success END EMOTION-DRIVEN EATING: SHE'S DRESSED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SUCCESS
Julie Portner has a special fondness for french fries, chocolate, and cookies. But she knows that eating too much of these foods isn't good for her figure. So when she's tempted to overindulge, she reminds herself about her wardrobe. In an instant, the temptation passes.
It was her wardrobe that first gave Julie the incentive to slim down. "Winter was coming on, and none of my winter clothes fit me anymore," explains the 38-year-old Ra'anana, Israel, resident. "I wouldn't be able to wing it as I had done through the summer by wearing loose-fitting shirts and elastic-waist shorts. But I wasn't about to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe, two sizes larger."
At 5 foot 2 and 138 pounds, Julie wasn't obese, but she wasn't happy with how she looked or felt, either. "Some people asked if I was pregnant, because the weight came on so fast—about 17 pounds in 5 months," she says. "I was heavy and unfit, and I felt unattractive."
Determined to begin losing the extra weight before winter arrived, Julie signed up for Weight Watchers in the fall of 1996. The program taught Julie how to make healthy food choices and control her portion sizes. It also persuaded her to exercise, inspiring her to walk for 40 minutes on an almost daily basis.
But what really made a difference, she says, was the program's monthly weigh-ins. "They gave me incentive to continue eating healthfully and exercising regularly," she explains.
Within 6 months, Julie lost 20 pounds. She looked trimmer, and she felt better. But the real payoff came when her too-small winter clothes fit comfortably again. "Actually, I reached my goal weight in April 1997, after winter was over," she says. "I made do that season by covering buttons and zippers that wouldn't close with baggy tops and sweaters. It was just good to know that my wardrobe would fit the next time that winter came around."
In the years since she shed the extra pounds, Julie has maintained her weight at 118 pounds. She continues to eat healthfully and exercise regularly, though occasionally she finds herself tempted by french fries, chocolate, or cookies. In those situations, she reminds herself about how hard she worked to slim down and how nicely her wardrobe fits. Usually, that's enough to convince her to walk away.
"I've reached a point where my desire to continue fitting into my clothing is stronger than my desire to overeat," she says.
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Let your clothes help you overcome a craving. You spy a pint-size container of your favorite premium ice cream, and you feel your willpower weakening. What to do? Try conjuring an image of your favorite dress or pair of jeans. Think about how nicely it fits and how good it makes you look, or about how close you've come to being able to wear the garment after years of hanging it in the back of your closet. Now, is that ice cream worth it? Probably not.
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