The 5 Beliefs About Food That Keep You Fat

1. Food should not be wastedWe have learnt notNaturally 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 platetake regular exercise. They're forever on the go.
or ordered it in a restaurant it has to be eatenThey're up and down more. And they fidget
because "it's a sin to throw away good food". Somore. Studies have shown that they use up more
we use our bodies as a kind of human wastecalories than others in that way.If you eat and
disposal unit and pile unwanted pounds onto ourmove like your slim friends you will have little to
hips.We learnt to clean our plates when we wereenvy.4. Healthy food doesn't make you fatYou
kids, mostly from well-meaning parents whocan get fat eating anything - although, granted, it
wanted to make sure we got enoughwould be difficult to overeat lettuce. But some
nourishment and tried to make us feel guiltynatural foods are high in calories - in particular nuts
about all the starving people in the world. Weand seeds - so you can easily take in too many
learnt to eat stuff we didn't really want or needcalories with these. And fruit juices, smoothies and
to please our parents and sometimes we gotshakes can really pile on the pounds. Too many
more food as a reward ("Eat your dinner or youcomplex carbohydrates, whole grain though they
won't get dessert").Now you're an adult you canare, 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 moremoderation.Having said that, true healthy natural
food than you need, throw it out rather thanreal foods are not generally the real problem. The
down your throat. It's a greater waste to overmain culprit here are those foods which are
feed your body than it is to throw out excessbranded as healthy by food manufacturers - the
food.2. Food equals loveWe learn from birth to linkfoods that are "full of goodness" or low in fat or
love and comfort from our mother with being fedcarbs 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'sdo well without eating. They just tempt you to
often the first thing we turn to when we want toeat more because you think they are healthy or
experience those feelings of love and comfortlow in calories. Check the labels and give them a
again.But food is not love. A double-chocolate chipmiss.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, youfat 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 peopleknow and love. But actually many foods that you
can eat as much food as they likeThis one iseat have sugar and salt added to give them
actually true but not in the way we often believeappeal they wouldn't otherwise have. Once you
it. Slim people eat as much as they like but theystart tasting quality natural foods and delicious
don't live for food. They like to eat as much ashealthy 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 cakefood in moderation. Take the time to prepare and
and pizza and you think they have it made. Butenjoy it properly and you will find your taste buds
other times (more likely when you're not seeingdancing with delight.Copyright 2005, Janice
them on an evening out) they're satisfied withElizabeth SmallJanice Elizabeth is a weight loss
soup and a salad. It's a balance thing. If slim peoplecoach, slimming club owner and author of "The
ate too much all the time they would beDiet Exit Plan", an 8 week coaching program for
overweight too!Even so, you may find that yourautomatic permanent weight loss. Request her
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