Enjoy eating to lose weight

A central cause of the current epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes relates directly to our eating habits.  We eat too much of the wrong food.  End of story.  We then need to lose weight to restore our health. 

A study of type 2 diabetics who were overweight/obese found 93 percent got too many calories from fat, 85 percent ate too much saturated fat and 92 percent ate too much salt.  Fewer than half ate enough fruit, vegetables, diary and grains.

Reference: M.Z. Vitolins  et al, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, August, 2009.

The challenge is to replace the high fat food we enjoy with other healthier food we enjoy as much or more.  This will require effort to start with but over a short time you can train yourself onto tasty food that will support your weight loss efforts.  

What is clear is that merely being aware you are overweight or finding out you have diabetes is often not enough to trigger a change in eating habits.  I suspect this is because an attractive path to better health is not presented in a format that is compelling.   The book Enjoy Losing Weight could be renamed Enjoy Eating Great Food That Will Help You To Lose Weight.  Don’t see the need to lose weight condeming you to eating boring food. Improve your enjoyment of food and lose weight at the same time.

Happy and healthy eating, Keith