“I’m so
tired of suffering, am too fat, heavy and overweight, please
Just tell me
what to do, and I’ll do it.”
But
when i encourage them to Eat Right, Eat Differently, Eat only when Hungry, Rest, Exercise and finally give up JUNK food that
has no nutritional
value, their face instantly changes like a deflated balloon.
“I’ll do
anything you want,
but don’t ask me
to give up the food I Love,” they say.
But After a
few weeks, again they’ll say "they’ve been
vigilant about bringing more
awareness to their
eating, that they’ve been making
sure their Tummies
are Rumbling before
they Eat, resting, feeding
their souls and
speaking their truths—all of which
are YES integral to healing process.
But
they often leave
out the food component, and
no one can
leave out the
food component and expect
to heal this
issue.
No one
can continue to
eat the same foods,
not monitor portion
size, or eat
when they’re not
hungry and expect to
achieve and maintain
a natural, healthy
body size.
Sure, it’s nice
to imagine that
you can take
off the weight and
eat whatever you
want, but it
doesn’t work
that way.
I’m not saying
that you can’t ever
treat yourself with
food. You don’t have
to be perfect.
I’m far
from perfect, but
it doesn’t
impact my health
or weight, so
I don’t worry
about it.
That being
said, it took
a few years
of strictly following
the principles of good
eating before I
felt comfortable getting looser. Until
you reach that
point of normalizing
your relationship with food,
and are no
longer romanticizing it, it’s
best to be strict
with yourself.
Trying to be
moderate about eating
just doesn’t work
for people with a
history of food-related
issues. And the
food industry certainly isn’t interested
in helping.
It’s well
known in the industry
that creating foods
with the right
balance of fat, sugar
and salt makes
them hard to
resist.
A chocolate
chip cookie is a
perfect example. Such
foods are designed
to be irresistible. The
food conglomerates’ profits
depend on making you
believe that their
products are the
earthly equivalent to heaven
in your mouth. If we
all woke up
tomorrow morning and
decided to consume calories
from whole foods
(edibles that are
grown rather than made),
food manufacturers would
be in big
trouble.
Even with their
state-of-the-art labs and
legions of food scientists, they
haven’t been
able to figure
out how to
make bananas or broccoli
or brown rice.
Consequently, to create products that
they can charge
a premium for,
they have to process
real food and turn it
into something else: Junk. Think about it;
Food companies are
in business to
make money, not to keep
us healthy. They maximize
profits by:
1. Keeping food
costs low:
To
do this, they
increase crop yields by:
a. Using fertilizers made
from petrochemicals.
b.
Spraying crops with poisonous pesticides.
2. Creating a
market of loyal
customers (preferably
addicts):
The companies
have engineered food
that is irresistible by
adding lots of
sugar, high-fructose corn syrup,
salt and fat.
Consequently, we have
become addicted to these
overblown tastes. There is no
more stable market than a
customer base full
of addicts.
3. Brainwashing
us into buying
nutrient-bereft junk:
With advertising that
stresses taste and low
prices. Taste buds are
creatures of habit.
As our most
malleable body parts, they
can easily be
coaxed into loving
almost anything. But even
though they’ve become
addicted to the overblown
taste of junk,
we can train
them to love
healthy food the same
way we trained
them to love
the junk. Here’s how:
First,
trade in your
junk food habit
for a healthy
food habit by buying
fresh produce, whole
grains and proteins
at the supermarket.
Then,
commit to a
habit of eating
healthy food day after
day. Habits are
formed by repetition.
Before long, healthy food
will start to
taste amazing, better
than the junk ever
did.
Contrary to what
you might believe,
creating a healthy relationship with
food doesn’t mean
sacrificing taste. You don’t eliminate
the pleasure of
eating, you simply
eliminate eating solely for
pleasure, and that’s a
big difference.
Healthy food
has a wholesome,
clean taste that’s satisfying
in a way that junk can never
be.
When you
eat healthy, you
are rewarded with a
more energetic, younger-looking and
better feeling body. You
also get the
pleasure of great
taste and the pride
of knowing that
you are treating
your body (and
the planet) well, and
doing your part
to ensure its
future health and well-being.

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