Forget the surgery and treat your body well.

Here are some of the mistakes that are made in an effort to lose weight:

1. Try to diet. Diets do not work. Everyone who tries them is depriving themselves of food – food is essential to life. In the end, you will bounce around from diet to diet. That is why the diet industry is so big. None of the diets work, but they promise a lot.
2. Try to miss a meal, in order ot decrease calories. Another big mistake. If you miss a meal, you are more hungry and when you finally eat, you eat more calories then if you had two reasonable meals.
3. Avoid breakfast. Another no-no. When you wake up, you are in starvation mode, your metabolism is slow. You need to get out of starvation mode as soon as possible to allow your metabolism to rev up.

Sensible eating habits include:

1. Eat every meal and have a snack 3 and 1/2 hours after the last meal.
2. Eat protein for breakfast. It helps get out of starvation mode, revs up your metabolism and won’t be converted to fat.
3. Avoid processed, bleached or white foods.
4. Eat hot soup for meals. It slows down the eating process. It takes time for the signal of satiety to reach your brain from your stomach. Eating fast always leads to overeating. Hot soup slows down the eating process. Eat with friends and talk a lot.
5. Replace all butter and margarine with olive oil.