Intuitive Eating Habits

only enough that will not cause them to gain weight. Bread and starchy foods will always be

Ever since a young boy, I was known for my crazy eating habits. I had an abnormally large sweet tooth and stomach. There would be days I would eat a whole bag of candy and still have a taste for more sweets. I had a fairly thin physique with some muscle tone. Everybody told me that one day, I’ll become obese and regret all these “bad” decisions; I disregarded every comment and lived by the motto, “ As long as I don’t get fat, I’m fine.”

Today eating has made a major impact on what choices we make when making a meal or choosing where we go out. Many people seem to think that dieting is the answer or cutting out things that have too much fat content or too high of sugar. Others on the other hand seem to have other solutions to how this issue can be controlled. In the essay, Escaping from the Western Diet, by Michael Pollan has an interesting way to dieting and it's not your typical way you would think. The other essay, Food for Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating, by Mary Maxfield mentions, “Trust yourself. Trust your body. Meet your needs. “(Maxfield 446). She thinks that we shouldn’t really care but still meet your needs. The way we look at dieting

The influences of underlying health conditions can result in the need for specific nutrients as well as influencing what people are or aren’t able to eat.

There are many underlying health conditions that result in an individual having to alternate their dietary intake. It’s always important that an individual eats healthy, but because of not being

Altered nutrition, more than the body requirements related to consumption of excess calories as evidence by the

When I was younger at age 8, is when my family would say “You will not always be so skinny, enjoy it while you can” Being 8 years old, I thought my family was crazy and was just trying to scare me. As I got older I ate whatever I wanted, assuming I will always have a fast metabolism. Little did I know, it was about to go down hill. At age 16, I realized my weight started to increase. The higher the scale went, the more depressed I became. I did not like how

David Zinczenko’s essay, “Don’t Blame the Eater,” explains the similarities between obese children and fast-food restaurants. In Zinczenko’s childhood, he had certain foods he could eat also as seen as limited food choices, both at home and in public or other such places. By consuming food, twice a day, at fast-food places, David was now obese. He knows that by participating in the health and fitness corporation, his life was starting to turn around.

A new year, a fresh start, an opportunity to overhaul the habits we fall into. Year after year, folks reevaluate their lives and desire a change in how they about their day. Some decide to change their diets and eat healthier, while others decide make it to gym more frequently. Whatever the person’s attempted alteration may be, the common theme that everyone experiences a process of change. Along with this attempt at change, individuals making the change will often be challenged to return back to old habits. Although persistence shines for some, others will fall back into old habits once they experience the trade-off to abandoning a habit. Simply denoted as behavioral change, this process by which an individual

Many have actually embraced this healthier eating option and reported all-round benefits. Some of the health

During this beginning part of the process I ate a lot of food, especially a lot of foods that I don’t eat anymore. I ate a Big Mac’s for dinner, Oreo’s for breakfast, a loooootttt of peanut butter, ice cream, and chocolate. At this stage I was focused on healing my relationship with food so I was consuming a lot of foods that were nourishing to my soul.

I wanted pizza, so I went to look for it. I found it, but I didn’t find a plate. Ashamed from standing around without a direction, I quickly sat back down. I looked around at my fellow classmate’s meals and felt contemptuous. My classmates, that never had to mind what they ate, were pigging out on plates stacked with burgers, fried chicken, and fries. Their food portions next to their other greasy empty plates, signaled large quantities of their consumption. It made me sick. They’ve not struggled through the same problem I’ve endured. I wanted to be free of regret from what I chose to eat; I was tired of being obese. I went back to the buffet and got a cup of lemonade to sip on. That was all I had because I didn’t want to eat just because others were eating. It felt great not feeling guilty since I didn’t eat. Learning to control my food consumption was the first real step. That summer I started to eat salads daily along with pears and plenty of water. I learned to love eating healthy and didn’t need to force myself

“By eating healthy you are boosting your energy levels, improving your bodily Functions and helping to improve your immune. By eating a healthy diet and combining this with exercise you could end up living a longer more vibrant life” (Bruton, 2009.p1). When people eat healthy it helps them have more energy, and having more energy will

•     energy intake adjustments when the weight goal is reached in order to maintain optimal weight.

This means changing the way you eat, exercise, and the way that you do everyday activities.