Overeating "Healthy Food" as taken from the Eating Coach
This is a post I took off the other forum I participate in (Over Fifty (as in the age)), but I thought it good, particularly for those of us further out. . .
This article was taken from the Eating Coach
Recently, I have had a number of conversations with people about "healthy food". It seems we all understand the concept of not overeating when we crack open that box of Twinkies -- it might not stop us...but we understand that it isn't such a good choice to eat Twinkies until we are stuffed.
Often, though, people seem to think that it is okay to overeat on "healthy" food. Like the calories you get from baked chicken, brown rice and a garden salad are going to be processed differently than the calories you get from a Twinkie -- they' re not.
The definition of overeating is eating any time you are not physically hungry. ANYTIME...no matter what your food choice...when you are eating in the absence of your body's signal that you need calories to continue doing what you're doing (hunger signals)....you are overeating and those calories will be stored as fat. Period.
All right -- we overeat all the time -- that is true. A little here and a little there -- that piece of birthday cake in the break room you just can't pass up. The dinner you're not hungry for but the family is ready to eat. It happens and it is not a problem.
The problem is when people justify their overeating because it is "healthy" food. Like having nutrients is going to make it okay -- you don't need the nutrients right then -- you aren't hungry. Therefore, even the "healthy food" isn't all that healthy since it is just getting turned into fat for storage --- it that the kind of health you're looking for???
This article was taken from the Eating Coach
Recently, I have had a number of conversations with people about "healthy food". It seems we all understand the concept of not overeating when we crack open that box of Twinkies -- it might not stop us...but we understand that it isn't such a good choice to eat Twinkies until we are stuffed.
Often, though, people seem to think that it is okay to overeat on "healthy" food. Like the calories you get from baked chicken, brown rice and a garden salad are going to be processed differently than the calories you get from a Twinkie -- they' re not.
The definition of overeating is eating any time you are not physically hungry. ANYTIME...no matter what your food choice...when you are eating in the absence of your body's signal that you need calories to continue doing what you're doing (hunger signals)....you are overeating and those calories will be stored as fat. Period.
All right -- we overeat all the time -- that is true. A little here and a little there -- that piece of birthday cake in the break room you just can't pass up. The dinner you're not hungry for but the family is ready to eat. It happens and it is not a problem.
The problem is when people justify their overeating because it is "healthy" food. Like having nutrients is going to make it okay -- you don't need the nutrients right then -- you aren't hungry. Therefore, even the "healthy food" isn't all that healthy since it is just getting turned into fat for storage --- it that the kind of health you're looking for???
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
That was my thinking exactly and I feel that no matter what stage you are at in this journey of ours, awareness is a big part of what we need in order to maintain the "successing" part of things.
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My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
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