Post Holiday Nutrition ~ Back on Track
A couple of weeks ago, it was turkey, dressing, candied yams, pumpkin and pecan pie, and all the trimmings. In a couple weeks more, there will be glazed ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, devil's eggs, fruit cake (heaven forbid!), and the all-too-not-low-calorie egg nog! Within a few days after that, mixed drinks, horsdouvres and champagne. Just a few days after that comes the guilt when we get on the scale.
Here's my first suggestion... DON'T GET ON THE SCALE! No, I'm not saying you should go into a state of denial. I'm just saying that an exact figure on what we've added to our figure can be depressing and self-defeating. When we're at a healthy weight and size, we can see it, we can feel it, and we just know. So give your emotions a break while you work on a few of the ideas in this article, and wait until you start to feel a little like your old self, or even better, before you get on the scale.
When I began studying hypnosis and weight loss, my teacher said one thing that was very important to me: DIETS DON'T WORK! There are so many fad diets and other junk out there that lead us down the wrong path when it comes to losing weight. With over 75% of our population falling into the "over weight" category, diet programs in North America have climbed over the $36 million a year mark. Another thing these fad diets and publicity campaigns fail to mention is that some of us who are over weight have a medical reason to be over weight. You and your doctor are the only ones who should choose a proper weight loss program for you.
We've all been taught to read the labels on our food. These labels, however, can be very deceiving. Here are a few ways that the media can mislead us:
What does this tell us? Don't trust everything you read about eating healthy and losing weight. We who are over weight are a target audience for big business! I know that many of us simply stop eating to try to lose excess weight. This is just as bad for us as the fad diet. When our body isn't getting what it needs, our metabolism slows down tremendously. Our body struggles to retain everything we take in because it thinks we are starving. Those who have tried to eat hardly anything at all and have still not lost any weight are familiar with the term "plateau." This is where we stay at the same weight for long periods of time regardless of what we do to lose weight.
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