red's world

Just Eat it

Don't restrict your food intake: let your body decide.

I believe this for 2 very important reasons:

1. Who's happy when they feel limited?
2. It's not fun to focus on something as mundane as food intake.

Besides, we all know what we like, so just eat it.

When you have a craving for a certain food it's because that's what your body needs at that time. Trust it. Because if you have a craving and you don't fulfill it, you’ll suck down everything else and still not be satisfied. You know what I'm talking about!

Limiting your food consumption based on some ideas that someone else has about what's the best way to eat can be dangerous. Restricting your consumption often triggers feelings of deprivation which many over compensate for by eating even more.

There are 2 ways we are told to restrict our food intake: by portion or by type of food (e.g."don't eat fat") or both. I find that if we don't restrict what we eat then the portions take care of themselves.

Our bodies tell us what and how much we need. If we hold back on our food intake and don't eat enough sustenance to fuel our body, we'll crave highly caloric items - because our body is still hungry and is afraid it's starving. It's our body's way of taking care or itself. We all know when we are full. So stop eating when you are -- even if there is food left on the plate. Simple.

Or on other point, if we don't eat what we want when we want it, we'll try to satisfy that craving with other foods and find we eat far more that we intended because the body's craving is not satiated.

Having a piece of chocolate is much better for you than eating 15 helpings of fruit (if for no other reason, then you can stop focusing on the food craving and move on with your daily life)

If you pay attention to your body, you'll have the exact physical body you should.

So...just eat it!

Hungry?

Should we eat less fat or less carbs? It all depends on who you listen to and I'm telling you to listen to yourself and trust your own body. Most people I talk to don't to do this, but it's really pretty simple.

You have to admit in our obsessive, overweight American way, there is too much talk about overeating, eating-right and having a healthy diet. From Atkins (who died a very unhappy - fat man) to Super size Me (which blames fast food for our country's fatso's) everyone thinks they know what is the healthiest diet for everybody (or every body).

Who's to say what's good and bad for your body to consume? I think you are.

But people want answers, so they look to the experts instead of within themselves. And many diet "experts" have made millions boxing everyone into one diet plan. They make general statements about what specific foods bad for all, while not looking at each individual's nutritional needs.

In reality, everyone is different and everyone's body processes food differently.

I’m on the high fat, high sodium diet. I eat fast food, fried food, processed food, men and beer, and I weigh 98 lbs. oh, and I always eat dessert first. . . It's what my body needs to be healthy.

When I tell people this they say, get your cholesterol and blood pressure checked. I did and my Dr. said: "It's beautiful, you're clearly eating what you should." I'm a high energy person who is healthy, happy and I'm freakishly strong.

Try my diet plan: eat what you want, when you want.