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randome

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19. Part of it is to stop seeing food as a pleasure or part of a reward system.
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:05 PM
Feb 2013

There are other pleasures in life. Not trying to sound smarmy, just pointing out that if you see food as more of a mechanical necessity instead of a 'pleasure', that's a good first step to ridding yourself of the 'allure' of food.

It's a mindset as much as anything else. 'Embrace the hunger' has been my motto. That doesn't mean starve yourself or take chances with your health if you have any cardiovascular conditions, it means seeing hunger -when you KNOW you aren't going to starve to death or collapse- as a good thing.

And don't forget JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #1
Low scale inflammation is responsible for a number of ills aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #2
Your welcome JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #3
Funny - my family also comes from Marseille aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #6
seriously? JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #7
I used to counsel patients for a Geriatrician in how to eat on a Mediterranean Hestia Feb 2013 #4
So can eating less, exercising more and refusing to 'reward' yourself with food. randome Feb 2013 #5
Exercise is essential for good health. But as to eating less junk? Well yes, closeupready Feb 2013 #8
I think pasta (also bread and potatoes) is only fattening when wordpix Feb 2013 #9
Wow, that's amazing. Good for you. closeupready Feb 2013 #11
For Those of You RobinA Feb 2013 #12
Boredom? Are you serious? athena Feb 2013 #13
I follow my own souped-up version of the Dukan/Atkins diets - closeupready Feb 2013 #15
Part of it is to stop seeing food as a pleasure or part of a reward system. randome Feb 2013 #19
There's tons of variety in the Med diet, and it's all tasty stuff Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #20
NO JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #10
thanks for the post otherone Feb 2013 #24
actually, that is EXACTLY what I do (including rewarding myself with junk food) Skittles Feb 2013 #16
You are very lucky JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #25
Don't forget the mediterranean wine... brooklynite Feb 2013 #14
please summarize / describe the mediterranean diet Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #17
Here is the Mediterranean food pyramid... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #18
Heart Disease Not a Fan Feb 2013 #21
Hmmm... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #22
To be perfectly honest, bmbmd Feb 2013 #26
Thank you for sharing this. nt DeschutesRiver Feb 2013 #23
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