Yo-Yo Dieting 08/22/2010
 
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Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight through the right balance and forms of energy in and energy out, should be fun, not harm our body and be maintainable for life.

Self abuse extremes cannot be maintained and there is almost always an opposite reaction causing the yo-yo weight problem most dieters are plagued with.
 
LOVE yourself slim, live for life, don't diet just care for yourself, NOW, in this moment of time. How will you love yourself TODAY?


Extreme obsession with weight loss and low calorie dieting and exercising to the point of frequent injury is the opposite of the self-neglect of overeating and a sedentary lifestyle. Both are forms of self-abuse and neither solves the problem or achieves weight management long term.  I have often expressed my concern that dieting can be as much an eating disorder as overeating and cause long term body harm.  I am seeing extreme exercise amongst people who are not conditioned athletes also creating havoc with their bodies and I know there is an internal struggle amongst all of us to find the middle ground that will work for our body and also satisfy our emotional desire to to feel fulfilled.
I have a friend with who will not put pictures of herself in digital frame because she is embarrassed by her yo yo dieting. I am trying to encourage her to realize she is beautiful at any size and to stop dieting and just eat and move in a way we do when we love ourselves.

I could write another blog about yo-you dieting, but my good friend, Carol Willis, has beaten me to it In her own great Modern Women's Guide, Blog, in this post about:-

What yo-yo dieting really does to your body  
 
Hope you find the blog interesting. :-).
 I have certainly known those times of extreme hunger or food cravings that follow deprivation dieting. 

The balanced healthy moderate eating plan I enjoy,satisfies all my body's needs for nutrition creating an  energy balance and weight management. Striving now to work out within my body's ability and so build healthy muscle and  protecting my bone density and this in helps me improve my metabolism also. This is my slow and steady way of reducing excess fat.

I have also been a yo-yo dieter and it is only in this more recent weigh release effort of three and a half years ago, where I released a lot of weight by NOT dieting, just taking very good care of myself and learning to nurture my emotional needs in ways that did not involve food, making myself step outside my comfort zone and become more active, that I learned to get rid the excess weight and be able to KEEP IT OFF.
 
I REFUSE to think, ' DIET'.
 
I do think, 'healthy, enjoyable,  satisfying, eating plan'
I do not want to set weight loss goals anymore, My extreme excess weight is gone and the bathroom scales do not measure my muscle or bone density, strong muscles and bone density, is  more important to me than BMI .

I DO want to achieve FITNESS goals and maintain and improve on great health, through a BALANCED lifestyle of delicious, nutritious, portion controlled eating, a mix of cardio, strength training and flexibility exercise, emotional satisfaction of positive thought, creativity, nature/Eco therapy and social activities. That, rather than dieting is how I succeeded in the size and health improvements I have made so far and how I intend to achieve the remainder of my fitness improvements.

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Carol Willis
08/22/2010 11:55pm

Oh thanks for the punt! :D
I love this blog, it speaks of a person that has learned the best kept secret by skinny people...keeping your body fit and healthy and slim is acutally hard work and requires listening to your body when you would rather do something self-abusive. Well written Kathy!

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