| Thousands of people suffer with some sort of | | | | and then to gorge themselves at supper - the |
| eating disorder, and the majority of them are | | | | worst meal of the day to overeat because the |
| using food as a way of coping with life. Even | | | | inactivity overnight won't work off any of the |
| those with anorexia and bulimia are often using | | | | calories. If this sounds familiar, look for some |
| their eating habits as a way to deal with the | | | | ways to spread out your food consumption during |
| problems they see themselves facing. So how do | | | | the day. Don't like breakfast food? It doesn't |
| you go about coping without going overboard? | | | | matter. A salad is a perfectly acceptable |
| Start by evaluating your eating habits and goals. | | | | breakfast, as is a donut as long as you're not |
| People tend to eat too much. That's the bottom | | | | overeating! |
| line and the focus on those people is one reason | | | | Pay attention to the myriad of dieting tips that |
| other people tend to eat too little. If you're in one | | | | make sense. |
| category or the other, start by putting a number | | | | * Drink water instead of soft drinks - not only will |
| on your eating habits. It's a lot of work but it will | | | | this help keep your weight under control, it's |
| give you a very solid starting place. | | | | excellent for keeping skin toned. * Talk to your |
| Count calories for a week. Log everything you | | | | doctor before you make dramatic changes in |
| eat, but the key to establishing this starting point | | | | your diet. * Remember that diet alone won't solve |
| is to eat as you normally would. Don't scrimp on | | | | nearly as much as diet combined with an exercise |
| meals just because you know you're counting the | | | | regimen. * Start by cutting the junk food and |
| calories. Start your diet next week. For the first | | | | those less-than-healthy snacks. * Before you |
| seven days, simply keep a log of everything you | | | | drastically alter your diet, remember that your |
| eat. | | | | body has some specific needs. Not eating enough |
| That number may surprise you. You may | | | | will do you as much harm as overeating. |
| discover that you don't need to eat any less, but | | | | Finally, the one rule that is probably part of every |
| only that you need to eat a bit differently. Instead | | | | successful healthy eating routine - It's okay to |
| of the twenty-eight malted milk balls you had as a | | | | cheat now and then. You should occasionally ditch |
| mid-afternoon snack, you may need to search | | | | the cucumbers and carrot sticks in favor of |
| out some healthier options for the snack times. | | | | malted milk balls. Life is more than careful |
| Another key to evaluating your eating habits is to | | | | attention to diet and if you lose sight of the joys, |
| divide the caloric intake up over the entire day. | | | | you're also going to lose sight of your goals for |
| One problem many people face is the tendency | | | | eating healthy. |
| to eat nothing for breakfast, nothing at lunchtime, | | | | |