Beating Obesity by Eating Less
Anyone who has ever been on a diet will know there are hundreds of pills, products and powders available which the manufacturers say will help you beat obesity.
Starting and failing with so many diets made me realize only a belief in myself has ever helped me to lose weight.
‘The Obesity Epidemic’ is a phrase which seems to be everywhere now. Is it an epidemic or not?
When I hear of an epidemic, an immediate panic grips my mind. I’m thinking I will walk outside my home and contract some disease sweeping through my community at that point in time.
The actual issue is we have never noticed obesity in our communities because it has never interested us.
It is the same as we never notice things, such as a certain model of a vehicle, until we buy that model of the vehicle. Then it seems every second person is driving the car.
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In my mind, for something to be curable, it must exist as a disease in society. Is obesity a disease?
Many people look at obesity as a disease but we need to differentiate between something which I believe is a mindset battle, rather than a disease.
Is there a cure for obesity? This a question I am working on and you’ll see my progress toward an answer as the number of posts increases on this blog.
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Having now stuck to a diet for a few days, I realise something which makes perfect sense.
If it weren’t a choice, why am I now able to eat healthy food and not crave all the rubbish I was shovelling into my body? There must have been something within me which was causing the excessive and unnecessary food intake.
I accept there may be a genetic disposition to obesity and a host of other medical issues at play here, but the reality is we teach ourselves to eat too much.
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