Diet Survivors: October 2008 Archives
What does it mean to "go on a diet"? Strangely, in our country it seems that it often means one of these two irrational plans:
1. Figure out a way to eat the exact same amount of food I've been eating before but reduce the total number of calories in it by removing some of the fat and/or sugar. No thoughts on how I'll tolerate such awful tasting food, but I must have willpower. No plan for what to do after the weight is gone.
2. Remove all carbohydrates so that my body goes into ketosis and burns off the food as fuel instead of storing it as fat. No thoughts on how I'll tolerate not eating bread or potatoes or nuts or beans or rice or pasta, but I must have willpower. No plan for what I'll do after the weight is gone.
Moreover, both of these plans fail to take into account why the extra weight was there to begin with, and they both assume it's okay for the diet to be in charge.
Both the above plans contain some odd assumptions: it's okay to eat something other than what your body craves, it's okay to unbalance your food, and you must go on eating large portions, otherwise you won't be satisfied. Convinced that diets are irrational?
The tried and true method is to learn how to wait until you're hungry, and stop when you're eighty percent full. Eat delicious, fat-laden, carb-laden foods, and be sure and get a little sugar every day (barring any medical restrictions). It really works!
Did you know that people have inner food wisdom? Find yours. It's time to trust yourself, and your ability to find reasonableness.
Changing our habits involves changing the words we use.
If you're an extremist with your diets, or you're a black and white thinker, meditate on the word reasonableness today. Try even using it once or twice in conversation, and see how it makes you feel.
You can get your arms around this idea, and you can regain your control. And don't let anybody convince you otherwise.
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