Recently, I
was reading about a diet plan where you throw everything out of your pantry. Although this sounds like great news for the
supermarkets, over the short-term, this leaves very few choices for you to
actually eat.
Can you
exist on salad, topped with Flax seed oil dressing, for the rest of your life?
People
believe that they must pay penance for their eating sins. Dietary and exercise torture seems to be good
for the conscience and the prescription of the day. How else can we explain “off the wall” diets
and “extreme” exercise programs?
Whatever
happened to eating in moderation and using common sense? Even if you are eating a “diet cookie,” you
can’t have all you want.
When you
eat, you shouldn’t feel stuffed after a meal.
This slows down your digestive system, similar to the principle of a
“log jam,” and you may not eat for six hours or more, depending upon the amount
of food consumed. This is a time when
your body is crying to go for a walk.
You should
feel comfortably full every time you leave the table, and you should eat five
or six times a day; three moderately-sized meals and at least two healthy
snacks.
Sorry to
say, diet cookies are rarely healthy. If
they were of nutritional value, I would live on the Chocolate Chip Cookie Diet.
If you
travel, or eat in restaurants frequently, you have to eat in moderation, space
your meals out, carry healthy snacks, or visit the salad bar at your local
supermarket. There are plenty of good
choices, and it won’t cost you an “arm and a leg.”
Now back to
reality, if you love dessert, you can’t give it up for life.
Depending
on the state your health, you may have to seriously cut back.
Therefore, consult
with your family doctor, get a diet that makes sense, and please walk, swim, or
exercise regularly.