What's your body weight lifestyle? Carolyn Classick-Kohn,MS,RD
After
reviewing the eating habits of thousands of people,
some very consistent patterns separate people who
are near their ideal
weight and those who need to lose more than 20
pounds. Clearly,
those who are within 10-15 pounds of their ideal
weight are practicing a lifestyle, or a series of
routines that keeps them from gaining extra weight.
The difference between ?dieting? and developing a
new lifestyle is huge - but it?s the step that
people who want to reach their desirable weight
must
make.
There is a lifestyle associated with a healthy body weight.
Regardless of age, sex, body differences, and any other factors
like work, school, stress, and personal relationships, people who
maintain a healthy body weight have very similar
habits:
1.
They
don’t “diet” in the traditional sense. They
just “do”- they tend to eat the right amount of food
for their body weight.
2.The
foods they choose tend to be lower in fat and
calories.
3.
They
tend to eat normal food. They don’t eliminate or
drastically reduce carbohydrates or other nutrients (like many
diets do). People around the world have been able to maintain
healthy body weights by eating a variety of real foods, not diet
foods, and they don’t have to take special supplements,
pills, or packaged foods to do this.
4.
They're not spending their whole day at the gym but they
do exercise more. And, in general, they move more than their
overweight counterparts. They walk instead of ride, stand instead
of sit, take the stairs instead of elevators, and enjoy physical
activities as hobbies.
These are habits, not diets.
And the habits that lead to healthy
body weight are not all that drastic!
New Habits
There are also some very distinct habits of overweight people.
These habits, practiced over time, lead to weight gain.
Some of the most common habits are:
Often eating without being hungry (using food as a substitute for
other things, emotions, etc,)
Choosing dense, calorie rich foods (yes they make you feel full,
but it's a matter of when to stop eating them)
Eating beyond a sense of comfortable fullness
Spending more time being sedentary than moving
The more “weight gain” habits a person has and the
longer they have been practiced, the more overweight the person
is. Think about your
?weight gain? habits and how often you practice them. The habits that lead to
good weight control are also developed over time - they take practice, too!
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and helps you to build on those habits.
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