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7 Strategies To Stop Eating Junk Food !
by Jenny Mathers
FACT: Obesity accounts for 300,000 deaths in the U.S. alone.
Research into junk food and fast food restaurants have found that there is a
direct relationship between the number of fast food restaurants located within
your local area and obesity rates.
The way in which we eat, and what we eat, is of vital importance to our state of
health. The convenience and habitual nature of the problem mean that fast food
consumption is so in-grained, that healthy eating is near impossible.
There are no easy ways to fix junk food habits and make them into healthy
habits, but I do have 7 quick strategies that you can easily put into place to
start into motion your new lifestyle without junk food. I recommend
implementing these one at a time, to ensure that you don't overload and burn
yourself out.
1. Do your shopping every week. Make it a regular habit to do your groceries
every single week on the same day.
2. Make a shopping list on the computer with all the regular foods that you buy,
to ensure that you aren't going to run out of food at the end of the week,
tempting you to reach for the fast food pamphlet, running out for take-away or
buying unnecessary food items.
3. Don't starve yourself !!!!!!! Eat 6 small meals instead of 3 large ones,
snacking on healthy foods such as a fat burning apple, protein packed,
metabolism raising light salad with boiled eggs and flaxseed oil dressing.
4. Make food your hobby. Join a cookery class. There are often many community
classes that you can enrol in inexpensively to learn how to prepare interesting
food.
5. Unplug the TV at the point. You will be less likely to sit there and watch it
aimlessly if you have to make a conscious effort to turn it on. Particularly
around 6-8 pm, the junk food restaurants will advertise, watch a DVD during
these times. A recent review of childhood obesity research, has, not
surprisingly found that the amount of time you spend watching TV has a direct
affect on being overweight.
6. Try this recipe when you are feeling peckish to curb your need to buy junk
food, or feeling the urge to have a smoke.
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2 eggs beaten
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1 Chopped lean bacon rasher - no fat.
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1 chopped canned tomato
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1/4 cup soy milk/low fat milk
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1 finely chopped leaf spinach/frozen spinach
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Sprinkling of low fat cheese
Mix ingredients together in mixing bowl. Transfer into a microwave safe bowl and
cook on high for 2 minutes or until eggs have solidified. Eat with a low GI
bread. You'll find that depending on the quantity eaten, it can be a filling
snack or light dinner.
7. When eating out. Avoid the restaurants with the all-you-can-eat option. These
restaurants unfortunately encourage people to eat until they are bloated.
Researchers found that 20% of weight gain among freshman University students
could be attributed to their eating in the all-you-can-eat student dining
halls.
References:
Caroli M, Argentieri L, Cardone M, Masi A. Role of television in childhood
obesity prevention. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004 Nov;28 Suppl 3:S104-8.
Levitsky DA, Halbmaier CA, Mrdjenovic G. The freshman weight gain: a model for
the study of the epidemic of obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004
Nov;28(11):1435-42.
Maddock J. The relationship between obesity and the prevalence of fast food
restaurants: state-level analysis. Am J Health Promot. 2004
Nov-Dec;19(2):137-43.
Copyright © 2004 Jenny Mathers. All Rights Reserved.
About The Author
Jenny Mathers writes for
Savvy Fat Burning Foods and has created a research resource to educate
and inform about what REALLY is fat burning food.
Link to this page
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