Stop the Dieting Madness
Sep 15th, 2010
I absolutely do not believe in dieting. I don’t think I have even been on a true ‘diet’ before. What I have done is modify my eating habits to fit my lifestyle. What does that mean? It means when the scale is being particularly nasty to me, I look at what and how much I have been shoveling into my mouth. The usual culprits are too many dinners out or too much vino over the weekend. Two things that are very easy to manage. I don’t have to starve myself or eat only grapefruit for 3 weeks or buy a whole slew of different foods at the grocery store. When I need to drop a couple lbs I just sharpen what I have already been doing for over 10 years now.
By now, you have all read that the best way to feed your body is with 5 to 6 small meals a day. Well, that’s true. It’s interesting because I don’t even remember making a conscious decision to make this my lifestyle. My body led me there because it couldn’t handle the ups and downs of the traditional three meals a day. 5 hours between every meal left my blood sugar low, my mood foul and my stomach growling. You know what would happen next – fat fest. It is really the worst way to eat because your body clings to that food out of fear of being starved again. Definitely not a way to lose weight. Grazing is the healthiest and most natural way to fuel your body. This fact became even more clear when I had my kids. After trying in vein to sit them down for ‘meal-time’ I saw that this was a futile task. They never ate. They eat when they are hungry which surprise, surprise is 5-6 times per day of small meals.
Here is an example of how I eat during the week:
Breakfast: greek yogurt with cup of blueberries or strawberries, 2 cups of coffee and lots of water
Snack: Myoplex Light Carb protein shake (strawberry)
Lunch: half a light carb pita with turkey, 1/2 slice of swiss cheese and tabouli…more water
Snack: banana and mozzarella cheese stick…water, water and more water
Dinner: bunless buffalo burger and mixed green salad with vinaigrette *I never eat past 5:30 pm*
and of course dessert…1 glass of red wine and 2 tiny Famous Amos cookies
On the weekends I allow myself more flexibility because I know I can get everything back on track come Monday. I could write menu after menu so drop me a line if you would like to see more examples.
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