The biggest fear of today’s women is becoming fat! Most televisions shows and magazines present perfect models that is slim, sexy, tall, acne free, etc. Thus, many teenagers and young adults (and might be you too) want to be as sexy and slim as them! We try many ways to be slim, either by eating less or eating nothing at all. This is very bad for our health. Continue reading “Losing Your Weight Healthily”
Sep 21 2011
Losing Your Weight Healthily
Aug 31 2011
Chaotic Eating
The chaotic eater runs at full throttle day in and day out. She may juggle a full-time job with family and community responsibilities and often works long hours, stealing time from exercise and/or sleep to please as many people as possible. The chaotic eater frequently uses convenience foods and rarely sits down at a table to eat. Continue reading “Chaotic Eating”
Aug 27 2011
Restrained Eating
The restrained eater often appears to be the picture of health. He may work out religiously, scrutinize his food choices, and keep close tabs on his body weight. Below the surface, however, the restrained eater agonizes over food choices and may miss out on social events due to erratic eating and exercise patterns. He spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about food, planning what to eat or avoid, and/or exercising to “make up” for indulgences. The restrained eater may look like the textbook definition of health, but he is far from achieving a balanced lifestyle or peacemof mind.
Many dieters fall into this category when they religiously count calories, points, or grams of carbohydrate, fat, or protein. For some restrained eaters, food is the one thing over which they exert full control, so eating becomes their method of coping with an otherwise unpredictable life.
Aug 15 2011
What Is a Healthy Weight?
Although this is a book designed to help you improve your habits, many of you are also curious about what constitutes a healthy body weight. First and foremost, it’s important to remember that weight is simply a number. As you learned, “The Stages of Change—What to Expect,” focusing on body weight as a goal can be counterproductive for a number of reasons, but because we live in a weightobsessed age, this topic merits further discussion. Continue reading “What Is a Healthy Weight?”
Aug 11 2011
Is Diet Really Work On Me?
To succeed at changing your health habits, you must be willing to learn new attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, physical activity, and life balance. It is absolutely critical to examine your current lifestyle to determine which factors are perpetuating unhealthy behaviors. It may be
- A sedentary work environment
- A lack of social support
- Increased reliance on convenience foods
- Unmanaged stress Continue reading “Is Diet Really Work On Me?”
Aug 07 2011
Why Do Diets Fail You?
Diets are destined to fail you because
- Diets do not address all the factors related to food choices.
- Diets focus on the scale instead of behavior changes.
- Diets do not often include, encourage, or promote physical activity.
- Diets do not require a lifestyle change.
- Diets have a beginning and an end.
- Diets create a parent/child relationship with food (being “good” or “bad” when you eat, or avoid, certain foods) that frequently leads to rebellious eating.
- Diets do not require you to change the way you think about food.
- Your body desires weight stability and will go to great lengths to maintain your current weight.
Aug 03 2011
Natural Eating Is Not a Diet
The end goal of every diet is weight loss, and in theory weight loss is simple—you have to consistently burn more calories (energy) than you consume. Unfortunately, this “simple” matter of energy balance is difficult to navigate behaviorally. Genetics, culture, social habits, motivation, and countless other factors affect whether you can lose weight and maintain the loss. Continue reading “Natural Eating Is Not a Diet”
Jul 30 2011
Natural Eating Occurs Independently of Body Weight
Becoming a natural eater is not a guarantee that you will change your body weight. People who maintain unnaturally thin physiques will probably gain weight as they begin to respect their bodies again. People who are maintaining excess weight due to environmental, emotional, or other conditions will probably lose weight as they incorporate the principles of natural eating. Continue reading “Natural Eating Occurs Independently of Body Weight”