Successful Healthy Eating - a good definition

I know - this blog is either feast or famine (pardon the pun).  No posts for weeks and two posts today.  But this was sent to me by a client (shout out to N who is recovering from surgery - get well soon).  She received the words of wisdom from Sally Symonds, who works as a health mentor.

"Successful healthy eating

Successful healthy eating is about being able to eat well most of the time with very little effort. It’s about being able to choose foods that fill you up and that are good for you.

 It’s about empowering yourself with the knowledge to make healthy choices. It’s about having a range of options – foods for when you’re in a hurry, foods to satisfy your hankering for sweet and crunchy or salty and sloppy. It means you can use healthy frozen meals when you need to, order healthy fast foods when you have to, and not be bored by what you eat

Successful healthy eating is about being able to eat rubbish sometimes and not feel guilty about it. It means that when you eat a chocolate biscuit it just means you've eaten a chocolate biscuit – there’s no emotional baggage. It means that sometimes you snack on things just because they’re there and not because you’re really hungry. It’s about occasionally over-stuffing yourself, and knowing when you’re full – but not too full.

Successful healthy eating means having your brain connected to your stomach so that you can distinguish between feeling hungry and feeling bored, depressed or tired. It means enjoying what you eat and not letting your relationship with food detract from your enjoyment of life, be it physically, socially or emotionally. It means accepting that food is not the enemy.

Successful healthy eating lets you to cross “lose weight” off your to do list. It means you can have a new New Year’s resolution. It means you no longer need to spend the time and energy obsessing over what you eat and how much you weigh. It frees you to redirect your efforts into much more fulfilling and rewarding endeavours … like living your life to the fullest.

I’m sorry if you’re disappointed. I’m sorry if you were expecting something more complicated. That’s it. The “keep it simple, stupid” approach works because we can all be a bit stupid now and then – the 825 million Australian dollars spent on weight loss programs and products in 2012 are testament to that!"

SO THROW OUT THAT ALL OR NOTHING MENTALITY AND EMBRACE SUCCESS!

YOU DESERVE IT!