Tips to Help You Reach Your Goals Right now, starting today, Im giving you your freedom back. Its your decision and your responsibility to find the eating approach that works best for you. Throw away your magazines and start fresh by making your approach to food all about you. Here are some tips to get you started: Look at your skin, hair, nails. Our outer appearance can tell us a lot about whats going on inside. When your skin and hair are dry and your nails brittle, it can be a sign that you arent getting the nutrients you need. This may be because you arent fitting these nutrients into your diet or because your body isnt digesting them properly. How do you feel after eating? Pay attention to how you feel right after you eat a meal. Do you feel sick, stuffed, or tired? Are you satisfied? Still hungry? You can gain a lot of information in the hour after youve eaten a meal. Keep a food journal and look for patterns. If you find that certain foods are making you feel badly, avoid them. How do your clothes fit? Even when people arent worried about their weight, they tend to lose weight when they begin to eat in a way that complements their bodies. I have a friend who simply cut sugar from his diet to get more energy, and he ended up losing four inches around his waist. Often when we are eating sugar daily (even just a little) or eating another type of food that we are sensitive to, our bodies can hold onto extra weight. And once we remove that food, the weight falls off without doing anything else. Reassess snacking. I generally recommend three meals and two snacks a day (each with some form of protein) because Im often helping women who have hormonal or adrenal imbalances. Frequent small snacks and meals help to keep the body supported during periods of imbalance. However, for women with digestive issues or different kinds of metabolisms, snacking may not be necessary or helpful. Assess your health situation and base your snacking decision around how you feel. Find your favorite three. Once you begin to find foods that work for your body, pick three breakfasts, three lunches, and three dinners you love and use those to fall back on when youre overwhelmed or feel like youre getting off track. Check in regularly. Mark Hyman just wrote a great article on reaching goals, and he refers to symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, sugar cravings, irritability, and fatigue as his friends. These signals are indeed your friends because they remind you very clearly that something is wrong in your body. Check in with how you feel each day. Are you tired? Irritable? Craving sugar? Or do you feel energetic, even-keeled and satisfied? Can you connect the way you feel with any of your food choices? Ive seen some women take gluten and sugar out of their diets and see incredible results. Some women just add protein to each meal and snack and find a renewed energy they thought theyd lost in their 20s. Some feel better on a Mediterranean diet, while others enjoy a vegetarian or a low-fat diet. The point is that you are the only one who can tell which way to eat is best. Once you find foods you love (and the ones that love you back), youll be amazed at how good you can feel!
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 02:38:31 +0000
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