Food Diet

With the New Year fast approaching, many of us are reflecting upon the successes as well as the failures of the last 365 days. To increase the value of YOUR time, consider this coaching exercise.

Take a sheet of paper and fold it in half long ways. Then draw a heavy line down the fold. On the left side label it: Your Successes This column would contain all that went well for you and the resolutions or goals that you achieved. Then on the right side, label it: Failed Resolutions or Failed Goals. Jot down what didn’t go well and those resolutions that you failed to achieve.

Now ask yourself what qualities or characteristics were present on the left side that weren’t present on the right side? Possibly, there is really just one significant quality necessary to bridge the gap between success and failure? Let me take a few moments to share a quick story that may help you discover that quality.

During a national conference, one of my mentors who was presenting asked the audience if there existed a multi-billion dollar diet industry within the United States. The obvious answer was YES. Then he asked this question:

• “If I would drink 8 glasses a water a day,”
• “If I would walk 30 more minutes a day,”
• “If I would reduce my calorie consumption a day by 10%,”
• “If I would avoid those foods that I know put weight on me,”

“Would I or would I not lose weight through these four simple actions provided I did not suffer from a documented medical condition?” Again the answer was a resounding YES from the audience.

“Well,” he continued, “if losing weight is so simple, then why is there a multi-billion dollar diet industry? Those in the audience looked at each other with very puzzled faces. After a few moments, this wise gentleman answered his question with one single word - “Commitment.”

So as you review your Resolution or Achievement list, maybe the quality that is present on the left side and not present on the right side is commitment. How truly committed are you to those areas where you did not experience success? And why are you more committed to those areas where you had success?

William F. Scolavino said it best: “The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.” What is the depth to your conviction of commitment? Possibly by honestly answering this question and taking the necessary actions, you will achieve even greater success in 2006.

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If you are on a diet, chances are you are struggling with it. You may be growing weary of paying so much money for diet plans, memberships, and packaged food.

Driving to a diet center and talking to counselors who don’t really care, then picking up your cardboard food for the next week could be wearing thin.

If you’ve tried an on-line program, you may not be getting the response you want, especially if you need more personalized attention.

With many diet plans you have to make calorie calculations and compute carbohydrate percentages.

If you just want to eat plain food that tastes better and is more nutritious, try the raw food diet. Also known as the living food diet, there is no cooking because all food is consumed in its natural form as it was grown.

Fruitarians promote consuming fruits, vegetables, and sprouted seeds, as well as the juicing of fruits and vegetables.

Proponents of raw food state that this form of eating is:

1. More nutritious. Heating kills up to 50% of the protein, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes in food. In addition, our bodies digest raw food easier and faster, which moves toxins out of them faster.
2. More flavorful. Living foods have not had the flavor cooked out of them and typically require less seasoning. Fruits, especially, are naturally sweet and flavorful. When cooked, fruits usually end up tasting like the sugary sauce they have been drowned in.
3. Less expensive. Raw food is among the cheapest you can buy, requiring the least packaging and processing.
4. Less complicated. There is no need to follow complicated recipes, observe cooking and baking times, or hover over a hot stove at all.
5. Easier to implement and follow. Cleaning up is much faster. No skillets covered in grease or scorched pans await clean up in your kitchen following a meal. While most people don’t consider cooking as a hazardous activity, consider grease fires, boiling liquids, and 400-degree ovens with the potential dangers they present.
6. Earth friendly. Without the cooking and heating, you are saving lots of electricity. You’ll save money and natural resources.
7. It’s harder to overeat with raw foods. You might be able to consume a whole box of ice cream, but not a whole bag of carrots. You will feel fuller longer, too.

Raw food advocates claim their way of eating is naturally more healthy, resulting in indirect benefits of less expense for doctor visits and medicines. Add to that the time you miss from work or school with illnesses.

They will also point to the fact that even though everyone cooks their food, everyone is sick, has cavities, gets colds, and has poor vision. It’s hard to argue with that.

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Do you have that sinking feeling about needing to lose weight and being forced to go hungry and eat nothing but dull diet food?

There’s no need to be gloomy - you can eat deliciously and have more than enough food to stop you from being hungry all the time and still lose weight.

1. Divert your Food Budget

Whatever money you save by not eating out, buying take-aways or splurging on chocolate and snacks, spend on special healthy foods from the delicatessen such as exotic fruits, smoked meats or lobster. Delight your taste buds with the finest foods instead of bombarding them with sweet or salty fattening snacks and meals.

2. Try New Recipes

Avoid boredom by eating a variety of foods and not going for the same old safe diet options. Try new foods and recipes. Actively seek out light dishes you’d like to try and experiment a bit. Look for new ways to serve everyday foods you like and you’ll end up eating more delicious meals than you ever did before.

Vary your lunches as well as dinners. Replaces the boring old sandwiches you usually buy at the local shop with home-made healthy mixed salads including lean protein and whole grains.

3. Choose Filling Food

It’s important that you don’t get too hungry while you lose weight. Raging hunger and no healthy food on hand is a situation guaranteed to have you reaching for the nearest fattening snack. Make sure your meals are filling enough to last until your next meal or snack without overloading on calories.

Typical dietary advice is to fill up with vegetables or salad but that’s difficult if you’re not a fan. If you don’t like vegetables, get a healthy filling quota anyway by adding them to soups and stews (in pureed form if they’re really not for you).

Also eat the whole grain varieties of carbohydrate foods so that you get the advantage of a slower release of energy along with the bulk they add to your diet. For snacks choose fruit and a little lean protein to provide a balanced slow-release of energy to keep you going to your next meal.

4. Make every Meal an Occasion

When you’re trying to lose weight it helps to focus on the food you’re eating, to eat it slowly and enjoy every mouthful. You have to register that you are eating. We often fail to do that when we mindlessly pop food into our mouths standing at the fridge - we feel unfed and still hungry in our minds.

Always sit down to eat and avoid distractions like reading, TV and answering your email during your meal. Set the table every evening, use your prettiest china and glassware and make your meals something to look forward to - an occasion rather than just an opportunity to wolf down whatever is available and quieten hunger pangs as fast as you possibly can.

5. Plan to Succeed

Before you go food shopping plan ahead for the next few days so that you know exactly what you need to buy. Don’t let yourself get diverted from your list. It’s a lot easier to avoid the temptations of buy-one-get-one-free pizza if you have a range of delicious, nourishing and filling foods to look forward to by sticking to your list.

Include at least one emergency meal on your list for those occasions when you find you get home unexpectedly late and are too tired to cook the one you’d planned. If you always keep eggs in your fridge and whole meal bread in your freezer you can whip up an omelette on toast. Or choose some of the better ready-made meals that keeps well in the fridge or freezer such as the quality chilled soups or pasta sauces now available in the shops.

Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

Janice Elizabeth is a weight loss coach, slimming club owner and author of “The Diet Exit Plan”, an 8 week coaching program for automatic permanent weight loss. Request her FREE 15 page report “How to lose weight without dieting - 7 secrets the diet industry doesn’t want you to know” at http://www.SimplySlimming.com TODAY!

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