{"product_id":"2940014077217","title":"43 Nutrition Secrets Revealed","description":"How does one go about breaking years and\u003cbr\u003eyears of bad eating habits? What is the\u003cbr\u003estarting point for someone who wants to start\u003cbr\u003eeating healthier?\u003cbr\u003eIf there were an easy answer to the question we wouldn’t have\u003cbr\u003ethe problems we have today like obesity. Right now in the US\u003cbr\u003e60% of the population has a weight problem. “Morbidly Obese” is\u003cbr\u003eclinically defined as being 100 pounds or more overweight. In\u003cbr\u003eour population, the number of people being morbidly obese is\u003cbr\u003eincreasing year after year.\u003cbr\u003eChanging a person’s perception of food starts at an early age.\u003cbr\u003eYou can show a person in black and white what foods are good\u003cbr\u003efor them and what isn’t and it pretty much comes down to a\u003cbr\u003econscious decision to consume healthy foods or not.\u003cbr\u003eIt certainly helps to have a mentor or life coach or fitness trainer\u003cbr\u003eor just a friend where there is some kind of relationship when it\u003cbr\u003ecomes to dealing with eating healthily.\u003cbr\u003eThe fact is that you need support and one of the reasons there\u003cbr\u003eare so many weight loss programs is that they do something a\u003cbr\u003elittle different, they have meetings and people get together and\u003cbr\u003esupport each other.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you gauge how much weight people lose on weight loss\u003cbr\u003eprograms like Optifast or Atkins and whether they keep it off, all\u003cbr\u003eof those people probably within a 5 year period have gained all\u003cbr\u003ethat weight back because they have lost their support group.\u003cbr\u003eIt speaks volumes to me that if people are going to lose weight\u003cbr\u003eand keep it off they need a support group. You should not be on a\u003cbr\u003ediet to lose weight, you need to be making a lifestyle change.\u003cbr\u003eIt means finding new ways of eating and develop new habits even\u003cbr\u003efor your everyday activities so that the new way you are eating\u003cbr\u003ebecomes your new lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003eThe Best Way To Change Bad Eating Habits\u003cbr\u003eThe best way to change your bad eating habits is to do it very\u003cbr\u003eslowly. If you try to change everything all at once, it will seem\u003cbr\u003etoo hard to maintain. Try changing one thing at a time. For\u003cbr\u003eexample, perhaps you like a morning cappuccino. Decide to stop\u003cbr\u003edrinking your morning cappuccino and drink bottled water\u003cbr\u003einstead. Don’t change anything else about your eating habits\u003cbr\u003euntil you feel totally comfortable about that dietary change.\u003cbr\u003eThen move on to something else, like healthy snacks. Instead of\u003cbr\u003ethat chocolate energy bar, pack a piece of fruit and a small tub of\u003cbr\u003eyogurt. Essentially fruit is natures snack food, it’s also cheaper.\u003cbr\u003eOnce you’re comfortable with this change, then move onto\u003cbr\u003esomething else. You get the picture. When you’ve got your diet\u003cbr\u003esorted out, then you can move on to getting some exercise into\u003cbr\u003eyour lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003eSo it doesn’t have to be an abrupt change you just need to\u003cbr\u003eunderstand more about what you are eating and what the energy\u003cbr\u003evalue is and the nutrient value of the foods you are consuming,\u003cbr\u003eand make slow but sure changes to your lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you think overweight children come\u003cbr\u003efrom families with parents who are also\u003cbr\u003eoverweight?\u003cbr\u003eIn a way it is endorsement to the children that their eating habits\u003cbr\u003eand lifestyle habits are acceptable. Just like any of us what better\u003cbr\u003erole models than your parents. If they snack and eat unhealthily\u003cbr\u003ethen the children will as well.\u003cbr\u003eHowever having said this, there are other considerations to take\u003cbr\u003einto account. For example there is some tentative evidence that\u003cbr\u003epeople who are obese are genetically pre-disposed to it. So if\u003cbr\u003ethis were the case, these families may have an underlying reason\u003cbr\u003efor their weight problems. This does not necessarily mean that\u003cbr\u003ethere is nothing that they can do to lose weight. Families who\u003cbr\u003emay have these genes who eat eat wisely and exercise will be\u003cbr\u003eshowing their children how to eat, how much fun it is to exercise,\u003cbr\u003eand can maintain normal weights. So while genes don’t excuse\u003cbr\u003ebad lifestyle choices, it may be a reason why they are more likely\u003cbr\u003eto become overweight.\u003cbr\u003eAre much of our lifestyle habits linked to\u003cbr\u003eemotions?\u003cbr\u003eSure. Emotions and stress - all those things get factored into it.\u003cbr\u003eEverybody has times of emotional need.\u003cbr\u003eI know from watching myself. When I get depressed and\u003cbr\u003eoverworked, I lose sleep because I’m trying to get work done, or\u003cbr\u003esomething has happened that I feel bad about. When I get into\u003cbr\u003ethese situations, I definitely end up simply eating more than I\u003cbr\u003ewould have normally, partly to try and make myself feel better\u003cbr\u003eand partly because I’m so tired, that my body is craving more\u003cbr\u003eenergy (food).\u003cbr\u003eThe way to avoid allowing yourself to be controlled by emotional\u003cbr\u003eeating is knowing what to eat, how much to eat, what is healthy\u003cbr\u003eand maintaining enough down time and sleep. These all factor\u003cbr\u003einto just having a healthy lifestyle.","brand":"7th floor 2012","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145912205552,"sku":"2940014077217","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014077217_p0.jpg?v=1763600245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014077217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}