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Tuesday, March 4. 2008

10 Point Checklist for Mindful Eating

By Diana Fletcher

Many of us do not pay attention when we are eating. We are too busy doing other things. We are e-mailing, watching television, driving or reading. These things lead to trouble. Many people suffer from heartburn or other stomach ailments because of rushed eating. Many people gain weight because they do not realize how much they are eating when they are doing too many activities at the same time.

We have to eat to live, so why not enjoy it? Why not make this something special instead of something we do in a hurry? Eating in a mindful way will lend itself to healthier eating, a healthy weight, and feeling really, really good.

1) Slow down. Savor. Enjoy. Put your fork or spoon down after every bite you take. (Really.) Chew slowly. Give yourself time to taste what you are eating and for your body to give you the proper signals when it is full.

2) Use pretty dishes. What are you saving the china for? Use it and enjoy eating from something special.

3) Use smaller plates. Many of you have heard this advice, but have you tried it? Try. The results may surprise you.

4) TURN OFF THE T.V. Nothing good can come of eating and watching television at the same time.

5) Put down the book, newspaper, or magazine. I know. I am a person who wants to read every chance I get. But this can be just as bad as watching television if you are not paying attention to your food.


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Thursday, November 29. 2007

Supremely Fit at Age 48

Tosca Reno is supremely fit at age 48. Tosca's heaviest weight was 204 and this was when she was in the middle of divorce and after having three children. She gained the weight at that time by turning to comfort foods. Today she weighs 75 pounds less.

She initially lost the weight by regular workouts on a treadmill. But her body lacked any muscle definition though she was now very slim.
That's when she started weight training.

See her fitness story here.

Tuesday, September 11. 2007

Weight Loss Minus the Hunger

Weight loss minus the hunger

FOODS that fill you up without packing a ton of calories can help in the battle of the bulge, results of a new study suggest.

In the study, obese women who reduced the “energy density” of their diet by cutting their intake of fats and adding more fruits and vegetables lost more weight over a 12-month period, and felt less hungry, than did those who simply reduced their fat intake.

“Incorporating low caloriedense foods into the diet is an effective strategy for lowering calories and reducing hunger when you’re trying to lose weight,” study co-author Dr Julia A. Ello-Martin, of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania said.

“This is an approach that allows you to focus on the foods that you should be eating rather than focusing on restricting calories,” she added.

One of the reasons people don’t stick to a weight-loss diet is hunger. Ello-Martin and her colleagues speculated that a diet that controls hunger by encouraging dieters to fill up on low energy-density foods may improve adherence as well as increase weight loss.


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