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Posted on Jan 8th 2007 4:00PM by Bethany SandersFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss
Everyone has different reasons for over eating. Some people react to stress with snacking, others eat for emotional reasons. Still others just enjoy the feel and taste of food in their mouths and eating is sheer entertainment.
According to this article, digging deep into the hows and whys of your bad eating habits is crucial to losing weight. Calling them the Fernstrom Fundamentals, the author lists a series of questions to help you determine your eating tempermant. For instance, I already knew I had a sweet tooth, but when I saw her description of a "fat tooth," I couldn't deny that I had that too! Knowing where your diet pitfalls lie before choosing an eating plan is an important part of starting out on the right foot.
Toward the end of the article, she makes a very important point. Losing weight is hard work. Surgery, pills, special diets -- they can all ease the way, but in the end it comes down to eating less and moving more. To lose 5, 50, or 100 pounds, you have to be ready to face the fact that with weight lose comes a major lifestyle change. Knowing that hard work is ahead of you and being mentally prepared will help you find the right mindset before choosing how to begin. Check out the questions, then come back and let me know what you learned about your own eating personality!
According to this article, digging deep into the hows and whys of your bad eating habits is crucial to losing weight. Calling them the Fernstrom Fundamentals, the author lists a series of questions to help you determine your eating tempermant. For instance, I already knew I had a sweet tooth, but when I saw her description of a "fat tooth," I couldn't deny that I had that too! Knowing where your diet pitfalls lie before choosing an eating plan is an important part of starting out on the right foot.
Toward the end of the article, she makes a very important point. Losing weight is hard work. Surgery, pills, special diets -- they can all ease the way, but in the end it comes down to eating less and moving more. To lose 5, 50, or 100 pounds, you have to be ready to face the fact that with weight lose comes a major lifestyle change. Knowing that hard work is ahead of you and being mentally prepared will help you find the right mindset before choosing how to begin. Check out the questions, then come back and let me know what you learned about your own eating personality!
