A facile glance at the recent newspaper or television show would tell us that indeed, we live in the time of the Diet. Bodies are no longer just bodies, but public property meant to be scrutinized for excess fat and poor skin. Diets abound, and diet programs are all promising salvation for those who can "walk the walk" and "talk the talk".
In the United Kingdom alone, a very old and yet still wildly popular diet from the United States has caught the fancy of more than 3 million Britons. Fashion trends and eating patterns are not likely to change in the coming years, so we had better brace ourselves.
But the question that begs to be asked in our hectic, modern, diet-driven times is: do we still have a healthy and beneficial relationship with food? It seems that in our haste to lose weight and "look the look", we forgot all about nutrition and eating balanced, holistic diets.
Macrobiotics
Macrobiotics is just one approach to losing weight. There are literally thousands of diets out there just begging to be tried, but it seems that this one is the least commercialized and therefore one of the most believable. If something is too common-sense to be commercialized and marketed, then it must be examined whether it speaks the truth.
Essentially, macrobiotics is a simple avoidance of polar extremes. For example, if we can choose between red meat and lean or light meats, of course we go for the lean, light meats.
Avoidance is not really deprivation- because you always choose the lesser evil. Another example is between wheat bread and plain bread, which would you choose? If you are to examine their caloric content, then the choice would be quite easy: we drop the wheat-based bread and chomp on the flour-based one.
The approach sounds sensible and doable because it does not really require you to spend more money on food, nor does it emphasize any particular brand of food or weight loss plan.
Simply put, the macrobiotics approach emphasizes control and the importance of decision-making in what we eat. Eating lighter foods means we will end up being lighter. More fiber means we have a better excretory system and our bowel movements would be much more efficient.
On dieting
Since this approach is just one of many that you can choose from, then perhaps now would be a great time to remind ourselves that eating should primarily be a joyful activity- because there is pleasure involved.
Eating is actually pleasurable, which makes many people overdo it. Overdoing it causes problems- more problems than the human frame can actually handle.
If you really want to go into dieting, then now would be the time to evaluate the real reasons behind your weight gain. If it's genetic, then you should consult with a doctor.
But if the weight gain is linked to something deeper, something that you wouldn't want to talk about with family or your family doctor, then perhaps you should get the appropriate help for that immediately.
You never know, addressing your hidden anxieties might be the key to truly trimming your fat and getting that wonderful figure.
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