Let us get excited about lettuce!

I’ve never understood diets.  As soon as I deprive myself of something I want it even more. I also enjoy food to much to put myself on a strict regimen of anything.  Never could count calories, or points.  That takes the fun out of eating.

Jennifer LaRue Huget from the Washington Post says in her article, Dieting vs. newer approaches to losing weight, “Instead of prescribing eating regimens, many weight-loss experts are suggesting that we reevaluate our relationship with food, focus on eating healthful whole foods and use psychology to aid our efforts to shed pounds.”  She goes on to say that although the dieting industry is still earning big bucks (more than $55 billion in 2006 and going up) that more than 72 million dieters are try to lose weight without Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers. 

I help my clients to figure out what works best for their bodies, to focus on the quality of the food they’re eating and to understand how what they’re eating affects their energy levels, mental clarity and cravings. The problem is that American’s have gotten so busy and there are so many choices out there that people eat mindlessly or rely on prepackaged food that has so many preservatives and highly processed ingredients that it’s just now real food anymore and they hunger for something real. Or, people feel tired or depressed, or just bored and they eat to fill their void.

So cheers to whole foods and a new way of thinking about our menus!  See Jennifer’s full article at:

Eat, Drink & Be Healthy: Dieting vs. newer approaches to losing weight