"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy
Managing our Eating Habits
What does eating means to you?
Is it a comfort? Is it a necessity?
Is it a kind of punishment?
Is it a pleasure, something you enjoy with all your senses?
Does it imply happy times, friends or family gathering?
Is it simply re-connecting with your household everyday?
Feeding your body as healthily as possible?
Why do you eat?
Do you eat because you are hungry?
Do you eat to socialize?
Do you eat to feel good?
Do you eat to be busy?
Do you eat as a response to certain emotions?
Do you eat to reward yourself?
Do you eat to nourish your body?
Do you eat because you have seen something that looks tasty?
Do you eat because you do not want to waste the food?
Do you eat because you are used to eat at the same time everyday?
What do you eat?
Do you eat fast food?
Do you eat anything you can put your hand on?
Do you eat anything available?
Do you choose carefully your food?
Do you eat what is best for your health?
Do you eat organic food?
Do you eat a nutritious meal?
Do you prepare your meals?
Do you eat home cooked meals?
Do you eat mostly take-away?
Are the composition and the content of your plate important?
How do you eat?
Do you it has fast as possible?
Do you eat on the go?
Are you sitting or standing?
Do you eat just for the sake of eating, without paying attention to what you are eating?
Do you take the time to enjoy your food?
Do you take the time to enjoy and share the food?
Do you chew your food or do you swallow it?
Habits
To manage our habits, we need to be aware of them.
Our eating habits are probably as old as we are.
As a child we acquire the eating habits of our parents.
The question is: "are those habits helping us to manage our weight"?
Do our eating habits nourish our body or our cravings?
We can enjoy almost any kind of food, depending on our habits and our taste buds.
As we grow up, we learn to enjoy spicy foods, ethnic food; food from around the world.
Re-train your taste buds, gain new eating habits
There is no reason why we cannot enjoy healthy food, food that will nourish our body and get rid of the unhealthy extra weight.
We need to train our taste buds to:
Appreciate raw fruit and vegetables.
To enjoy whole foods.
To enjoy natural pure water.
To appreciate grilled fish and lean meat.
To appreciate more natural food, unprocessed food.
To have a kind of distaste for processed foods.
When our meals are nutritious we feel satisfied by the food eaten. We have no cravings.
Managing our eating habits
We may have to get rid of some eating habits and acquire new healthy eating habits; habits that will help us enjoy our food and trim the extra weight at the same time.
Managing our eating habits is not as difficult as it sounds.
It requires a little attention every time we eat, to ask ourselves the proper questions:
Do I need to eat this?
Will it nourish my body as well as manage my weight?
Will I be satisfied with a smaller portion?
After a while it becomes second nature.
Enjoy your food!
Isabelle Epstein, Dedicated to healthy nutrition and a healthy life style
"3 Easy Steps to Healthy Weight Loss and Healthy Weight management"
http://www.HealthyNutriMania.com
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