What you gonna cut?

What you gonna cut?

When it comes to weight management you have to learn to eat healthy food and exercise, but that is not the only thing you have to do. At some point you have to suck it up and cut some thing bad out. The question of what you are going to cut out of your diet is totally up to you, as well as how you choose to cut that bad food out.

Some popular approaches are cutting out entire foods groups such as no meat, no fat or no carbs. Some people choose to eat any and every thing and cut down on portions.

The problem with the above approaches for me, is that cutting out entire foods groups makes me feel too deprived and not in the candy counts as a food group sort of way, I actually feel like I am starving my body and psychologically I just can't go on a starvation plan, even if what I am doing is starving myself of a particular nutrient, I need fat, carbs and protein to function and that is just the way it is.

As far as the eat any and every thing approach as long as you only eat a little, well all I can say is if that worked for me, then I would have never had a weight problem to begin with! Some foods cannot be eaten in moderation for me. You have heard the popular commercial for Pringles, "Once you pop, you just can't stop," well that statement could not be more true for me.

The real question is, "Why would I want to start eating a food, that I know good and well I will not be able to stop eating?" That just sound like a recipe for fat.

I have gotten to the point in my health journey were I now understand that a big part of weight loss is not only starting good behaviors and habits, but breaking or stopping bad behaviors and habits. I will say that it is much easier to start good habits like drinking water, eating a healthy breakfast or walking than to stop a bad behavior like cutting out junk foods.

So to answer the question,"What Am I Gonna Cut?"

I am gonna cut, cheese, chocolate, chips and crackers, cookies, cake, pies and other desserts besides pudding, hummus, peanut butter and jelly, salted nuts, dried fruit and all forms of candy!

CLM