Rules We Eat By

We all have our own set of rules we eat by. Some make sense: Always eat breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day. And some don’t: It’s noon, it’s time for lunch.

Most of the rules we eat by, the rules that affect our diet and our health, we learned growing up and just became habit. Some are comforting habits. Think about it… when you fell down and hurt yourself, did your mom offer you a cookie to “make it all better”? Some habits are ingrained through culture. Did your mom always offer food to visitors and hardly gave them a chance to say no or leave without eating something – whether they were hungry or not? And some habits you continue to follow because they were a routine at home. Was dinner served promptly at 6pm at your house because that’s when your Dad came home from work?

To ensure success on a weight loss program, look at your eating habits and find their root causes. Only then can you change them. If you still take comfort in a cookie to make you feel better when you’re sad or tired or stressed, then find something else that works. Yes, I know you’ve probably heard this argument many times before, and yes, I know it’s not easy to change old habits, but you will appreciate the results. Honest… you will.

Comments for "Rules We Eat By"

1. My wife and I started Stax a few months ago and we fell off the wagon. We’re wanting to start up again but need some help. We bought the Stax system and from what we’ve read in the book, we fill our containers to our weight line and eat those portions throughout the day. If we are doing this same thing everyday, where do the high and low days come from? We’re eating the same amount everyday. What are we suppsoed to be doing? Please help! We want to get going on this again but want to be doing it right.

   Posted by Nick from Camano Island on 12/17 at 03:28 PM

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