Daily nutrition and diet. How do you maintain a healthy regimen?
Aha! This hit a sore spot with me as I have always been struggling with diet and nutrition. Ok, so I admit that I am fat. The weighing scale and the BMI charts say that I need to lose somewhere around 50 pounds... and I notice that whenever I go on a diet and count my calories, I feel deprived and end up gaining more weight! So I just stop stressing myself and just eat what I can, when I can and just avoid the evil food...
My mother read about the alkaline diet and how it addresses all the health problems I am experiencing - bloatedness, burping, bone and teeth problems, etc. Sounds like a cure-all and how food can be your medicine. I googled images on alkaline foods and I am sharing here some useful images that I found to guide eating habits:
In general, I try not to restrict myself and just try to select food choices that are alkaline. When we have buffet, I generally stick to the salad bar and sashimi station.
One habit that I am able to follow is to drink 5 freshly squeezed calamansi first thing in the morning. I even planted calamansi in our garden in the hopes of growing them myself. If you want alkaline water, Dr Willie Ong says adding calamansi to a liter of water will do just as well as lemon water, as is usually served in restaurants.
I probably am the last person to tell you about how to diet, but these are the tips that I think I can personally follow. I've tried different diets to lose weight, but most are not sustainable, expensive and stressful. So basically I don't think about eating to lose weight, but eating healthy to maintain general health.
Helen Madamba, struggling dieter.
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