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Virginia Bola - ArticlesThe Chefs Are Coming, The Chefs Are Coming . . .It was in the late 1980s and 1990s that we started to balloon to what is now epic proportions. Yes, that correlates with the growth spurt of the fast food outlets and the soft drink industry. It also quietly parallels 85 million of us falling in love with Making It Through A Diet DayLike the alcoholic who faces the urge to drink at every turn, the overweight fataholic must also steer a narrow passageway through the shoals of temptation and the deadly barrage of food advertisements, ubiquitous drive-throughs, social occasions, and off I'm Not Fat -- I'm Fluffy!No matter our weight, our body image frequently fails to reflect what is in the mirror but represents what is held in our mind's eye. The closer we can approach to the differing views being compatible, the more comfortable we will be in ourselves and the Food: The Proof Is In The PortionWhere did we get the idea that bigger is better? Is it the national legacy of the depression when we swore we'd never "do without" again? Is it the speed and stress of our competitive lives that logically leads to our attacking our food with the same disr Self-Criticism Is A Female FlawIf we women could only learn to look at ourselves as uncritically as men do! We look in a full length mirror and instead of appreciating our assets, we groan with horror at our shortcomings. Were Cave Dwellers Ever Fat?What did our cavemen forbears bequeath as their legacy? Underfed and overactive, they willed us a body that still thinks we dwell in the primordial forest. Suddenly cut back on our intake of food and the alert is sounded through the nervous system and org How To Cop An Attitude With An Overzealous HostessWe all encounter those hosts and hostesses who feel it is their duty to make us eat whatever their specialty is and generate a sense of guilt if we do not flatter their creation by stuffing ourselves with it, regardless of our weight control plans and wei Weight Control: Operationalizing Your PlansBefore you run off, filled with enthusiasm for your latest, greatest, and final (you swear) weight control plans, slow down and take the time to operationalize your goals and the likelihood of your success will increase exponentially. Life Is One Damn Diet After AnotherAllowing ourselves to think of a diet as a delineated, restricted period within our total life span is a sure avenue back to tent city (that refers to what we wear, not where we live). To have any hope of attaining permanent weight control, we must approa Dieting: I Can't Afford To Lose Weight!When it comes to our weight, our emotions reign supreme. We so desperately want to be more attractive, more respected, and more desirable. We will even subject ourselves to painful and sometimes dangerous surgery to bring our reality closer to our ideal.
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