Life---Health---Loving our bodies!

I have to share with you a lot more information, before I go on to the "No Diet" Diet,  I'd like to just remind you that I am a Doctor--what's my Speciality is not really of importance here. So if you have any doubts regarding the medical aspects of my topic, you can relax. 

  First of all, I believe in loving our bodies the way it is- fat, thin, short, tall, whatever. The one thing we all have in common is- we all want what we don't have or what someone else has-  If we have curly hair, we want it straight, if the hair is brown, we want it black/blond/platinum- anything but brown, if we are flat chested, you know what we want and if we have that, we want to get it in the perfect size- whatever that is, and the list is long- the grass is greener and all that...and when and if we actually get to the other side of the fence, we may still not like what we have. Of course we all have parts of our bodies that we love and don't want to change and parts we want to.We must take responsibility for our bodies- own it, love it.

 Ideally the focus of eating should be health consciousness mixed with the joy of food. There is no right weight, there is only good health. People go on these huge diets which become a big part of your daily routine that it affects your ability to enjoy life. Only you know why you hold on to weight and bad eating habits.The real goals of our life are happiness, health, comfort and so on. Thin isn't really a goal, we just get convinced that it is the means to the end. Teri Hatcher touches on all this in her book "Burnt Toast"

  When you make plans for the week, include meals, don't let food be an after thought. When you include meals in your day, you won't let that hunger make you reach for that bag of potato chips. Just like you plan your finances, schedule, plan your nutritional life too.

  Empty your refrigerator and refill it with thing you want to eat.  Not just fat free stuff but think about your lifestyle. Stock raw Almonds, Walnuts- good fats, snack on them, they are good for you, low fat cheese and whole wheat/ multi grain bread- which some people may call cardboard- there are tons of other good stuff which I'll tell you all about soon.

  In the meantime create a meal that is a healthy, positive experience.  the guilt goes away and that is just the beginning.

  Talk to you in my next blog.  Bye for now.