Weight loss coach reveals a simple trick to stop yo-yo dieting

This easy weight loss trick is no sweat.

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

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

She shared her experiences with unsustainable eating habits to back up her reasoning for this health hack.

“I’ve tried every diet under the sun — keto, intermittent fasting, calorie counting, I sure did,” she revealed.

She notes that she was usually able to keep her food healthy during the work week, but when Friday came around, it was a free-for-all.

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

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

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

Rizzo urges like-minded people to adopt her abundance mindset, which she has used to help clients throughout her career.

She says 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 instead of a scarcity mindset,” she reasoned.

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

“Over time, you’ll start to feel a little more confident with food … that will help a lot with consistency, and we know we have to be consistent if we want to lose weight,” she said.

Rizzo’s advice comes as the American Heart Association warns that obesity rates are expected to rise 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.