What is Good Eating, and is it Good For You?

Author: Graham Fitton

Article:
Good eating does not mean bad tasting, but it also mean that you
shouldn't indulge yourself with everything that tastes good.
Truly good eating is about finding a balance and being
conservative so that you can have that occasional calorie-loaded
treat.

Good eating habits doesn't mean that you have to deprive
yourself of anything that tastes good again or that everything
you eat has to fit the textbook definition of healthy. However,
good eating does mean that you monitor how much food you eat and
what kinds of foods you eat most of the time.

Everyone at some point experiences food cravings, although the
hunger is indiscriminate, meaning that what they eat is not as
important as eating something. Various diet plans will ask you
to ignore nutrition and good diet habits and avoid all
carbohydrates, or say that fruits contain too much sugar to help
you, but these diets are designed to work rapidly on a system
that is out of balance. True good diet guidelines consider good
diet habits and are balanced and can be maintained. When hunger
strikes, you need to quell your hunger with a meal that is
healthy overall and follows good diet guidelines. This allows
you to have the occasional greasy hamburger or sugar-loaded
desert while being reasonable about what you eat.

Good diet guidelines are one way to keep things in balance and
you can practice by making some healthy homemade meals. Although
making a meal at home sounds like a lot of work, it can be very
rewarding and taste far better and provide better nutrition and
good diet food than what you can get at a fast food restaurant.
One cooking tool that has enabled many people to easily prepare
healthy meals is the George Foreman Grill. The Foreman Grill
makes it easy to cook things evenly since it is heated from two
sides, and it is healthy because the excess grease is allowed to
run off into a drip tray, removing it from your food.

If you are having troubles controlling your appetite, then you
may find exercise a good alternative. When you exercise
regularly and get into better shape, your metabolism increases
and burns energy more quickly. A faster metabolism means that
you can eat more without gaining weight. Fast metabolisms are
what allow some people to eat everything in sight, but remain
thin. A fast metabolism is also one way that farmers are able to
eat a diet primarily composed of meat, potatoes, eggs, and whole
milk without becoming obese.

A good eating regime doesn't mean the end of good food. It
doesn't mean that you have to write down everything you eat
either. Good eating means that you have to think about what you
are eating and how this food is going to affect you.

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About the author:
Hi, my name is Graham and I believe in living life in a healthy
and happy way.

A few more before and afters :)

Now, I know these are just headshots, but I think you can tell just from my face that I have lost weight. I think the weight loss makes me look younger too. What do you think? Please leave your comments!


Before: (me at 141 pounds)





AFTER: (me at 123 pounds)

A nice surprise!

Whoa. Ok. My husband went to weigh himself yesterday and he was like "oh my gosh, is that right?" I said it should be. He said that he lost a few pounds (not that he wants to or is trying) So he said "you get on and let me see if this scale is right" ummm.."no, no thanks!" I said.

Truthfully, I was scared because I haven't weighed myself in about a week and I am used to weighing in every day, so I would have like died if I got on the scale and it said I weighed 200 pounds or something (slight exageration).

So when he gave up on me and went upstairs, I sneaked over to the scale and took a peek at my pounds. To my surprise, I lost another couple pounds! And that is eating what I want now (in moderation and responsibility)

There are a few things that I haven't changed and wont change as long as they are working for me. Like, Raisin bran is a God-send so I am still eating that. I drink more water than anything else, other than that, I eat what I want without over indulging and I am still losing!

Ok ok, so you are curious how much I weigh, right? I weigh 123 now. Yea! I'm so proud of myself. And now I am encorporating exercise into my new lifestyle since now I got the pounds off I have the energy, and just from jogging and walking a couple times this week, I can see that I have toned up a bit and only anticipate greater results as I keep at it.

The days are finally gone that I am embarassed to wear something, or that it makes me look fat. I am not fat anymore, and I will continue to keep you updated. It helps me stay in check and makes me feel like I am being accountable to someone.

Thanks for reading and good luck on your dieting journey!

Check this out! ha ha

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Here it goes!

Ok... I know you are probably wondering why there are no pictures of the new me... well I have been reluctant because my before picture is pretty bad, but here it goes. I will show you some before and afters. Can you tell the difference?

Before:




After:

2 months later

It has been 2 months and thought I should update you. I weight 125 pounds still... all in all I have lost 16 pounds. Not bad. And I have gone to a more regular eating schedule and have not gained any of it back, which is great.

I am still eating raisin bran every day and other than that I have been eating what I want in moderation. Now I have enough energy I have been exercising, but the only thing I seem to want to do is run. But, that is at least good for you. It feels good to be able to run, and pick up my 3 year old without the pain I had just a few months ago.

I told my doctor what I did and he laughed and said that was great, of course. If I hadn't lost the weight, they would be doing more tests on me. Isn't it amazing that a lot of problems we have can be resolved just by losing a couple of pounds. You might be surprised at how much strain it puts on your spine to carry that extra weight, apparently, even just a little too much.

And remember that the longer you stay over weight, the harder it will be to get it off. Our body's start to think the extra weight is needed for survival if we leave it there for too long, and if you are not careful, when you do try to diet your body is going to scream NO! Im not going anywhere! How dare you starve me!

So start now. I waited 3 years and I was still able to lose the bulk of my weight in 2 weeks, so chances are its not too late for you.

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