Quit Dieting and Start Living Healthier

As I stated in a previous blog post, the point of this blog is not to teach you how to diet, but how to change your eating habits for the better. I don't want you to fear food. I don't want you to keep away from something you are really craving: like chocolate, or your favorite fast food restaurant. Eating should be about moderation, and loving every bite in your mouth.

A few months ago I picked up a book from Bethany Frankel called Naturally Thin. It has become my new way of looking at healthy eating. Its not that I didn't do some of these things before, but it changed the way I looked at food and my diet and the way I think a lot of people should look at it too. She had 10 rules that she believed were very important. In an effort not to steal all of her work from her, I will give you guys the rules I felt were the most important and my journey along they way. If you want to buy the book, I would be more than happy for you. Its a good read and extremely helpful.

The first thing I'm going to tell you is to quit dieting. Quit keeping the food away that you know you want. Just LIMIT yourself to how much of it you eat. I don't care about the whole "oh I can't stop" or "its just too good" excuse. If you want to learn how to eat right, you actually have to learn how to control yourself a little.

So, the first rule Bethany has, that I really like is: Your Diet is your bank account. You want a hamburger, have it, but don't have a large fry and a large shake with it. Have a small hamburger and a small fry. And do think that because you splurged on a yummy hamburger you should just "start your diet again tomorrow." You wanted it, you ate it, now let it go. Choose better for dinner and your snack, and your meals tomorrow. You should eat what you want, but you also have to learn how to pace yourself so you don't go through the whole kitchen in a night. If you choose to have a hamburger today, its not like the shake wont be there tomorrow. You can get the shake any other day, just not at the same time that you are getting the burger and fries.

I promise, you wont die from not eating something because you want something else, but the nice thing is you DO GET TO CHOOSE. Whatever you want, you can eat it. Just learn to eat in moderation.

More later,

The Health Guru