Category — New Year's Resolution

Throughout the holidays many people have consumed more rich, fatty, sugary foods than they should have in a matter of two weeks. To bring in the New Year, many people have resolved to go on yet another diet. Are you one of those people? Those extra holiday pounds added to the rest of the weight you want to lose could make dieting seem like an overwhelming task. Which diet will you chose: Vegetarian, Atkins, The Cookie Diet, Fit for Life, The Zone, Weight Watchers, Raw Foods, Juicing, or Cabbage Soup?   

Usually we declare we are going on a diet with an anguished moan. But weight loss doesn’t have to be a chore. We can make it much easier to lose weight and keep it off when we shift our perception about dieting. The most important shift is the realization that dieting doesn’t have to be about deprivation. You don’t have to live on bland salads, eating only soups or prepackaged, frozen diet plan meals, or go on controversial induction or crash diets to induce rapid lose weight. In fact, Chinese Medicine advises quite the opposite.

Even western nutritionists agree with the Chinese viewpoint. We advise balance, not deprivation, as the best way to achieve and maintain a healthy body. Dr. Dean Ornish, author of Eat More, Weigh Less comments on risky high protein diets, “You can lose weight from fen-phen, too, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you.” Likewise, Katherine Tallmadge, nutritionist and author of Diet Simple states “I’ve found the biggest cause of overeating is under-eating. Most overeating is due to poor planning. It is amazing what a well-stocked refrigerator full of delicious prepared foods does for preventing that stop to the fast food joint. Most of your cravings and uncontrolled overeating will be conquered when you feed your body what it needs regularly during the day and have the food at your fingertips when you need it. Studies show that you are most likely to eat whatever is in your environment. If you surround yourself with delicious, healthy, wholesome foods, that’s what you’ll end up eating.” 

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