This is an interesting and fun quiz on healthy eating!! Some of the answers are surprising. And there are other quizzes to take too.
We are all bombarded with food information every day, and it is had to sort out the valuable food messages from all this confusion.
When we are trying to control our weight, we are automatically routed to think about dieting. But most people who go on diets end up putting weight on. Why is this. The cycle of Diet Deprive and Deny makes us even more interested in food. We get food-obsessed. And we start believing silly things. One of my clients the other day recounted this overheard conversation:
Mmm, this chocolate bar contains 150 calories....
Well, try the Weight Watchers one, it is only 113.
Changing your way of eating so that you maintain a good weight and good health is not about just saving a few calories here and there. Hypnotherapy will help you identify your problem habits, work out a way to overcome them and then support your motivation, so that you automatically make positive choices. Much easier.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Showing posts with label automatic eating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label automatic eating. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
New Rule! Use Cutlery!
One of the big changes in our lifetime compared to our mother's or grandmother's time, is eating with our hands. In those days, they didn't really have access to much handfood, and they ate their meals with cutlery sitting at the table. They weighed on average 10lbs less than we do now.
Of course it is not just about cutlery, but going through the ritual of laying a table for your meal makes you more aware of your eating. It becomes a planned event. Compare that with eating out of the packet, on the hoof etc. Mindless eating, automatic eating is one of the ways in which we are getting heavier. Think of the things that we eat without thinking, and you will realise that these are handfoods rather than sitting-at-a-table-with-cutlery foods - pizzas, burgers, pies, sweets, chocolate, cakes, popcorn, crisps. And these foods are full of fat and salt or full of fat and sugar - the fastest way to gain weight.
So a simple rule is Always Eat with Cutlery. And you will find that you are easily giving up the most calorie-packed foods.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Of course it is not just about cutlery, but going through the ritual of laying a table for your meal makes you more aware of your eating. It becomes a planned event. Compare that with eating out of the packet, on the hoof etc. Mindless eating, automatic eating is one of the ways in which we are getting heavier. Think of the things that we eat without thinking, and you will realise that these are handfoods rather than sitting-at-a-table-with-cutlery foods - pizzas, burgers, pies, sweets, chocolate, cakes, popcorn, crisps. And these foods are full of fat and salt or full of fat and sugar - the fastest way to gain weight.
So a simple rule is Always Eat with Cutlery. And you will find that you are easily giving up the most calorie-packed foods.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Monday, 25 January 2010
How much are you are eating - really?
When you ask someone what they ate over the last 2 days, they will tell you what they had for each of the 3 formal meals.
They will not mention the automatic eating or mindless munching that takes place outwith a formal meal. But this is the stuff that piles on the weight for most of us.
We only have a limited amount of willpower. Use it to limit your access to the foods eaten outside of mealtimes. This trend to constant munching is pretty new. I remember a sweet advertised many moons ago as one "you can eat between meals without spoiling your appetite". Now we are encouraged to eat as a displacement activity, when there is nothing else to do. In the past we might have had hobbies, or spent time with our friends going to the pictures or for a walk. Now we go and eat. What are your outside of mealtimes eating habits?
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
They will not mention the automatic eating or mindless munching that takes place outwith a formal meal. But this is the stuff that piles on the weight for most of us.
We only have a limited amount of willpower. Use it to limit your access to the foods eaten outside of mealtimes. This trend to constant munching is pretty new. I remember a sweet advertised many moons ago as one "you can eat between meals without spoiling your appetite". Now we are encouraged to eat as a displacement activity, when there is nothing else to do. In the past we might have had hobbies, or spent time with our friends going to the pictures or for a walk. Now we go and eat. What are your outside of mealtimes eating habits?
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
To control your weight, cut down 150 calories a day
Just eating an extra 150 calories a day will increase steady state weight by 10 pounds.
What does 150 calories look like? Well, a 35g bag of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps is 184 calories. Cadbury Cream Eggs come in at 173.6 calories.
It is the snacks that are making us fat. Cut them out. A hypnotherapist can make avoiding snacks completely automatic. Make healthy eating your automatic eating style.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
What does 150 calories look like? Well, a 35g bag of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps is 184 calories. Cadbury Cream Eggs come in at 173.6 calories.
It is the snacks that are making us fat. Cut them out. A hypnotherapist can make avoiding snacks completely automatic. Make healthy eating your automatic eating style.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
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