Posts Tagged ‘eating habits’

Obesity Epidemic – The Problem With Ignoring Excess Weight

Everyone has heard about the problem of obesity. And some think it is a new problem. But this is far from true. Over a decade ago the Surgeon General of that time, Dr. David Satcher, expressed concern about an obesity epidemic in America. And as with many things it has been passed on from one generation to the next. So we now find that childhood obesity is a major problem.

This is not hard to understand when you look closer to see the cause of the problem. Obesity stems from our eating habits. We as Americans like to do everything bigger and better than everyone else. We do the same with our food. Go in to any restaurant and the value of the meal is usually associated with the size of the portions. We also like rich and great tasting food. Many people think of foods high in fat, salt, and sweets as the most desirable. It stands to reason if the parents are eating this food so are the children. So we are passing the obesity problem on to our children.

Here are some scary facts. One third of all Americans are over weight. Another third are obese. And what is worse, one third of the children in America are obese. These statistics should be impossible to ignore. Read more…

When to Cheat on Your Diet! (If You Aren't Cheating, You Might Not Succeed!)

One of the factors about diets that many people don’t seem to realize is the real nature of a diet – people have come to accept that a ‘diet’ is a temporary thing – and that as soon as you lose the weight, you can go back to eating sugar, cake, donuts, breads, and so on. (I hail from a firm belief that low-carb is the natural diet of mankind)

But if you want to lose weight – you have to change the habits of a lifetime that put that weight on – and then you must remain with your new habits for the rest of your life. So forget the idea that you can simply jump on a diet for a few weeks or a month or two, then go back to your old eating (and exercising!) habits. All that will happen is that you’ll gain your weight back.

So what allows someone to stay on a diet for the rest of their life? One trick is to allow yourself to cheat from time to time. I eat low-carb – but that doesn’t mean I don’t eat bread, for example. I simply limit my bread to a few slices of toast on a Saturday breakfast. I’ve made a rule for myself that during the yearly family reunion, I’ll eat whatever I want. Then when I go back home, it’s back to my normal (low-carb) eating habits. Read more…

Break Free From Emotional Eating

Do you avoid confrontation for weeks on end only to blow up in one huge fight? Do you jump from one thing to the next so quickly you barely can keep track of your days anymore?

How we eat often reflects the way we live our life. You may find yourself eating a snack only to be thinking of the next treat you are going to have. Others may follow a strict diet for weeks on end, then binge eat when willpower just isn’t enough.

If you eat fast, slow, mindful, or mindless; I encourage you to take a moment to think about your eating habits and how they mirror your day to day living. Read more…