Welcome to our next weekly feature, "From the Kitchen Friday." Stacey and I spend time each week preparing food but we also enjoy discussing food and health related hot topics we encounter during the week over a nice hot cup of tea. As a chef and dietitian we LOVE food. As human beings, we LOVE food and also LOVE our pants to fit.
As a registered dietitian, the nutrition expert, I like to tackle anything related to my profession that helps individuals obtain the truth and live a healthy life. There is not a one-size-fits-all and I am a dietitian who is real. Every day, hundreds of articles and televised health information is released and it's hard to decipher what is truthful.
This is why Stacey and I will "weigh-in" from the kitchen on these topics, in a real human way. We do not want to take anything away from you or tell you what not to eat. Our mantra is anything in moderation, as long as we still fit in our pants (and we are not talking yoga pants, we are talking legit pants with buttons and a zipper). We want you to happily fit into your pants as well!
Which brings us to an article we read today from ABC News on 8 Weight Loss Myths to Lose Today: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/weight-loss-myths-lose-today/story?id=24302880#
Weight loss always catches a readers eye because there is over 1 billion people in the world that are obese. A few of the "myths" really caught our attention. The first one that was interesting was never to weigh yourself. Don't get me wrong, I wish we lived in a world that we didn't need to weigh ourselves, but we do. Get yourself on the scale, at least once a week, because the scale doesn't lie. The more honest you are with yourself, the easier it is to keep your health in check.
The other myth that caught our eyes was blaming your genes for your ability to lose or not lose weight. As a dietitian, I hear this quite often and I do believe genes play a role, but they are not to blame. You either feed those genes or you control those genes. Genes are 10% of the puzzle, physical activity is 10% and food is 80%. You are what you eat, no matter what ma and pa gave you.
The other myth we had some conversation about was losing weight slowly and using fad diets. Sometimes we just need a little motivation and a confidence booster and fad diets do this. I am a firm believer that "whatever it takes" to get you going, is just fine. If you find something that helps you lose a few pounds fast and encourages you, go for it! But we both agree, it's not a long term fix. Fad diets are hard to maintain so it is still important to find something that works for a lifetime (yes I said lifetime, no one wants to buy 10 different sizes of pants, are you sensing our theme yet?)
Well, it's time to finish our tea and start our day...looking forward to our next "From the Kitchen Friday" chat. Have a great weekend!
-Crazy
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