How to diet without becoming obsessed? Pleaseee help?
I can’t lose enough weight without counting calories. Every time I count calories, I get obsessed, and start constantly thinking about food and planning out meals, and it drives me insane. Anyway I can still lose weight from Dieting (I am exercising a lot already) without it taking over my mind? Like, little things?
Throw away your scale, start following a healthy lifestyle plan - I really like Dr. Oz’s - no need to measure proportions or count calories. If this Obsession is taking over impeding other aspects of your life talk to a counselor to prevent you from developing a full blown eating disorder
"The first ingredient to avoid is hydrogenated oil, which often masquerades as partially hydrogenated oil. Dr. Roizen says we should also eliminate sugar and high fructose corn syrup from our foods. "We eat 63 pounds of [high fructose corn syrup] a year, which puts 33 pounds on the typical American," he says.
Enriched flour is the fourth ingredient to avoid. "[Enriched] means they took all the good stuff out and put a little back," Dr. Roizen says. In 1960, Americans didn’t use enriched flour, but today we consume 63 pounds a year, he says.
The fifth offenders are white foods—including bleached flour. The only white items you should have in your fridge are egg whites, cauliflower and fish, Dr. Roizen says.
Your favorite snack foods won’t advertise their artificial ingredients—Oprah’s medical experts say you have to read the small print for yourself!"
August 16th, 2010 at 2:18 am
eat tons of vegetables.
you’ll be full and you won’t have eaten that many calories, so you won’t even worry about it.
have you ever tried eating a whole bag of baby carrots with hummus? it’s exhausting, and its >200 calories. not that you should be counting.
my point is that it’s hard to diet when all your foods seem to have hidden, scary calories. stick to stuff that comes from the ground and you’ll be ok. also, shifting your focus from quantity to quality will make a huge difference. you can obsess over eating organic, natural foods instead. eat until you’re full. you’ll be fine.
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August 16th, 2010 at 3:01 am
Throw away your scale, start following a healthy lifestyle plan - I really like Dr. Oz’s - no need to measure proportions or count calories. If this Obsession is taking over impeding other aspects of your life talk to a counselor to prevent you from developing a full blown eating disorder
"The first ingredient to avoid is hydrogenated oil, which often masquerades as partially hydrogenated oil. Dr. Roizen says we should also eliminate sugar and high fructose corn syrup from our foods. "We eat 63 pounds of [high fructose corn syrup] a year, which puts 33 pounds on the typical American," he says.
Enriched flour is the fourth ingredient to avoid. "[Enriched] means they took all the good stuff out and put a little back," Dr. Roizen says. In 1960, Americans didn’t use enriched flour, but today we consume 63 pounds a year, he says.
The fifth offenders are white foods—including bleached flour. The only white items you should have in your fridge are egg whites, cauliflower and fish, Dr. Roizen says.
Your favorite snack foods won’t advertise their artificial ingredients—Oprah’s medical experts say you have to read the small print for yourself!"
References :
http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/slideshow2_ss_yourbody_20061102
http://ask.doctoroz.com/