Every good diet starts with not depriving yourself of anything.
One of my favorite diets is where the dieter can eat anything they want just in portion controlled sizes. Apparently when you crave something then you body is actually craving the nutrients that that one thing has or the effect it produces. For example, when you crave ice cream you either want the ice cream because your body is low on calcium(milk could do that trick) or want a creamy summer trick. Thus as long as you keep all portion sizes down you are still perfectly capable of losing weight, AND eating whatever you want.
It is a win win situation.
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Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Delicious food for those on the go
Every Tuesday and Thursday I find myself in a pickle. I don't have very much time to eat between work and practice and yet would find myself starving. On my quest to lose weight for the wedding and to save money I turn down fast food for an even better option: easy food i can make at home with very little time. I tend to go for fruits and raw vegetables but sometimes I am in such a hurry and really want the taste of a delicious home cooked meal. This is when i discovered lean cuisine.
Lean Cuisine makes a variety of different microwavable options with lower calorie levels and no preservatives. It is wonderful when you are a calorie counter like me and yet want the comfort of a warm home cooked meal without the annoyance of buying the ingredients and actually cooking it. It even tastes restaurant quality but is less expensive! I personally love the glazed chicken and wasn't a fan of the chicken enchilada but had overall good results. I especially liked how the calories in each box are low so you can eat delicious warm food and keep a low calorie diet.
One of my favorite tips for anyone who eats microwavable meals is to make sure you eat them on a plate. Eating these meals on a plate gives it a meal-like quality, which is great for full food enjoyment!
Lean Cuisine makes a variety of different microwavable options with lower calorie levels and no preservatives. It is wonderful when you are a calorie counter like me and yet want the comfort of a warm home cooked meal without the annoyance of buying the ingredients and actually cooking it. It even tastes restaurant quality but is less expensive! I personally love the glazed chicken and wasn't a fan of the chicken enchilada but had overall good results. I especially liked how the calories in each box are low so you can eat delicious warm food and keep a low calorie diet.
One of my favorite tips for anyone who eats microwavable meals is to make sure you eat them on a plate. Eating these meals on a plate gives it a meal-like quality, which is great for full food enjoyment!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Getting to the gym
About two months ago I joined Bally Total Fittness, which has definatly changed my perception on dieting and weightloss.
I recently read the book The Obesity Myth (or The Diet Myth in softcover), which basically says that the fear that all americans are overweight is actually a manufactured socal problem. There is a lot more to this book which goes behind the science and politics of Obesity as a social problem, and I highly recomend it, however one of the most interesting things about the book was that it said that we like to use dieting as a way of control.
I started the summer with a goal to lose weight, and I have used the gym to accomplish that goal, but the minute I set foot in the gym on onto the gym's website I was bombarded with advertisements that told me the same thing : I am fat and thus unhappy, the only way I can be happy is if become skinny and the gym is the way to do this. Sure working out and dieting is a great way to lose weight, it is actually the best and only plan, however is guilt the best way to get people to the gym.
In the begining I fealt like Ballys was my abusive boyfriend. It told me I was fat, that I needed to lose weight and that only they could help me. It gave me recepies and told me what to eat when to eat and how much. Told me when to work out and that the only way for me to be beautiful was if I worked out.
I beleive in working out and healthy living, however I think that guilt triping people that they will be miserable if they do not work out is not the way to go. Nonetheless I kept goign to the gym, and have lost a rediculous amount of weight this summer. Is scarring peopel to the gym the best way to get them there?
I recently read the book The Obesity Myth (or The Diet Myth in softcover), which basically says that the fear that all americans are overweight is actually a manufactured socal problem. There is a lot more to this book which goes behind the science and politics of Obesity as a social problem, and I highly recomend it, however one of the most interesting things about the book was that it said that we like to use dieting as a way of control.
I started the summer with a goal to lose weight, and I have used the gym to accomplish that goal, but the minute I set foot in the gym on onto the gym's website I was bombarded with advertisements that told me the same thing : I am fat and thus unhappy, the only way I can be happy is if become skinny and the gym is the way to do this. Sure working out and dieting is a great way to lose weight, it is actually the best and only plan, however is guilt the best way to get people to the gym.
In the begining I fealt like Ballys was my abusive boyfriend. It told me I was fat, that I needed to lose weight and that only they could help me. It gave me recepies and told me what to eat when to eat and how much. Told me when to work out and that the only way for me to be beautiful was if I worked out.
I beleive in working out and healthy living, however I think that guilt triping people that they will be miserable if they do not work out is not the way to go. Nonetheless I kept goign to the gym, and have lost a rediculous amount of weight this summer. Is scarring peopel to the gym the best way to get them there?
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