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If only it were true!
Well, here's some good news. It is! Yes, you can manage your
health and weight successfully and eat what you want. In fact,
at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we firmly believe that eating
what you want is a critical step to putting an end to what
for many of us has been a lifelong struggle with food, eating
and weight.
But, you say, if I eat what I want, I'll eat nothing but
candy bars and French fries. Maybe that sounds good
at first, but if you examine your real "wants," you'll see
that you really do desire more than just the pleasure you
get from the tastes of rich foods. You want well-being,
too. And consistently overeating rich food doesn't feel
good.
The trouble is, if you don't let yourself have what you want
when it comes to getting pleasure from food, your desire for
well-being gets buried under feelings of deprivation.
If you're faced with the urge to eat a candy bar, but you
feel like you can't or shouldn't have it, then that's all
you can think about. You can't move to the next step
and think about whether you really do want the candy bar in
light of your health and weight goals.
It's important to be clear, too, that when you eat what you
want, your decision won't always be to forgo the candy bar
(or whatever food or beverage or amount it is that you previously
felt like you shouldn't be eating). You will still sometimes
want the candy bar. That's normal - managing your weight
and health doesn't require elimination. Instead, it's
moderation in all things, and realizing that what's "good"
for you varies from situation to situation. Sometimes
the best choice is the candy bar. Other times, it may
not be. But that's for you to decide...not some diet
or other regimen that dictates what's right for you.
If all this sounds good, but you're not quite sure how to
start putting it into practice, join us for a week or more
at Green Mountain. Our program focuses on helping you
put the joy back into food, eating and life while successfully
managing your health and weight.
If you've already been to Green Mountain, let this serve
as a reminder that you are the best judge of what's right
for you at any one time. but to judge effectively, you
may need to put the challenge of letting yourself eat what
you want tat the top to the list of obstacles you need to
overcome.
Because, as many of us know too well, deprivation leads to
overeating, whether it be the amount of a food you eat at
any one time, or the frequency with which you eat certain
foods that may be counterproductive to reaching your goals.
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