| 1. Food should not be wastedWe have learnt not | | | | Naturally slim people simply move around more |
| to leave food even though we don't really want it. | | | | during the course of the day even if they don't |
| If we cooked it, bought it, served it up on a plate | | | | take regular exercise. They're forever on the go. |
| or ordered it in a restaurant it has to be eaten | | | | They're up and down more. And they fidget |
| because "it's a sin to throw away good food". So | | | | more. Studies have shown that they use up more |
| we use our bodies as a kind of human waste | | | | calories than others in that way.If you eat and |
| disposal unit and pile unwanted pounds onto our | | | | move like your slim friends you will have little to |
| hips.We learnt to clean our plates when we were | | | | envy.4. Healthy food doesn't make you fatYou |
| kids, mostly from well-meaning parents who | | | | can get fat eating anything - although, granted, it |
| wanted to make sure we got enough | | | | would be difficult to overeat lettuce. But some |
| nourishment and tried to make us feel guilty | | | | natural foods are high in calories - in particular nuts |
| about all the starving people in the world. We | | | | and seeds - so you can easily take in too many |
| learnt to eat stuff we didn't really want or need | | | | calories with these. And fruit juices, smoothies and |
| to please our parents and sometimes we got | | | | shakes can really pile on the pounds. Too many |
| more food as a reward ("Eat your dinner or you | | | | complex carbohydrates, whole grain though they |
| won't get dessert").Now you're an adult you can | | | | are, will go straight to your hips too. Healthy |
| take a different approach. Buy less, cook less, | | | | foods are great but they still have to be eaten in |
| serve up less and order less but if it's still more | | | | moderation.Having said that, true healthy natural |
| food than you need, throw it out rather than | | | | real foods are not generally the real problem. The |
| down your throat. It's a greater waste to over | | | | main culprit here are those foods which are |
| feed your body than it is to throw out excess | | | | branded as healthy by food manufacturers - the |
| food.2. Food equals loveWe learn from birth to link | | | | foods that are "full of goodness" or low in fat or |
| love and comfort from our mother with being fed | | | | carbs or whatever. They offer so-called healthy |
| and that feeling is reinforced throughout childhood. | | | | options for cookies, cakes and pies that you could |
| We equate food with being cared for. So it's | | | | do well without eating. They just tempt you to |
| often the first thing we turn to when we want to | | | | eat more because you think they are healthy or |
| experience those feelings of love and comfort | | | | low in calories. Check the labels and give them a |
| again.But food is not love. A double-chocolate chip | | | | miss.5. Only unhealthy food tastes goodYou may |
| cookie or plateful of fries will never love you back. | | | | have spent years assaulting your taste-buds with |
| Only people can do that.If you need love, you | | | | fat and sugar confectionary, salty snacks and |
| need contact with other living breathing humans. | | | | fried foods and that is what they have learnt to |
| Call up a friend and talk, don't eat.3. Slim people | | | | know and love. But actually many foods that you |
| can eat as much food as they likeThis one is | | | | eat have sugar and salt added to give them |
| actually true but not in the way we often believe | | | | appeal they wouldn't otherwise have. Once you |
| it. Slim people eat as much as they like but they | | | | start tasting quality natural foods and delicious |
| don't live for food. They like to eat as much as | | | | healthy recipes you will never look back. Become |
| they need and they do. Sometimes they overeat. | | | | a true gourmet and learn to love good natural |
| That's when you see them eating chocolate cake | | | | food in moderation. Take the time to prepare and |
| and pizza and you think they have it made. But | | | | enjoy it properly and you will find your taste buds |
| other times (more likely when you're not seeing | | | | dancing with delight.Copyright 2005, Janice |
| them on an evening out) they're satisfied with | | | | Elizabeth SmallJanice Elizabeth is a weight loss |
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