Funny but true

Statistics show that people who eat tend to live longer.


Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Health Fair: Portion Sizes

On Wednesday, I helped teach at a Health Fair in Costco.  We were teaching about how we as Americans need more fruits and Vegetables
                    "Fruits and Vegetables.....More Matters"

This was our motto of the day.  We were encouraging everyone to also get a variety of colors.
Anyways, there was this lady who was in charge of putting candy on people's tables to try to bribe people to visit the different displays, but for some reason she skipped ours.  When asked why she said, "I don't dare put candy at the nutritionist's table."

Why do people think that nutritionists aren't normal?  We love candy too! The difference is that we have developed the skill of eating healthy portions. Like I said in the last post, I encourage planning in sweets into the diet.  Just make sure they are healthy portion sizes.

Part IV Write it Down

Try writing down what you eat every day for a week (What you ate, the basic ingredients, and how much).  When a person knows that they are going to be writing down everything that they eat, they are more aware/ self conscious of what they are eating.  They will think twice about taking a second serving of pie.

This practice will also help you get an idea of what you need to improve on, and will help you when you decide what small changes to make when you are ready.  Don't get me wrong, I think it is very important to plan dessert into your diet, but it's like a steak....you probably don't want or even need (physiologically) to eat one every day.

One who tries to restrict themselves from sweets completely, will most likely last a couple weeks to a month before they binge.  Before they know it, they are eating nothing but sweets for the next couple of days. (You may have already done this yourself.)

Part III Eat More Meals

Eating more meals in a day can help you from overeating.  This might seem contradictory, but let me explain.

Eat smaller meals, more often throughout the day.  About 5 or 6 meals should be good.  The goal during this is to never be hungry, but at the same time never really full.  Have a portion of protein and carbohydrate (a portion being about the size of your fist) at each meal, and eat all of the vegetables you want all day. 

People that eat when they are hungry are the ones that tend to overeat.  This is one reason why this works.  After a while of eating like this your stomach will "shrink" because of the small meals, which will make it hard to eat more than you need.