adminSiba Guzha Body Focus
HELLO, gentle readers. I hope I find you well!
I know what you are thinking. How can something that is healthy possibly make me fat?Food choice and quality, above all other aspects of nutrition are the first thing I teach my clients; what you eat is initially far more important than the timing or the quantity of consumption. Often the first step is helping clients make the switch from sandwich heavy lunches to big hunks of protein and copious amounts of organic veggies.
But at some point, quantity does matter
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
The truth is, just because it’s “healthy” doesn’t mean that it will promote optimal health. Not to mention, over consumption is certainly not going to promote fat loss; too much of anything is going to throw you off balance. Binging on healthy food is not a habit that you want to cultivate, regardless of how harmless the food itself might seem. So that leads me to the question, what is the healthy food that is actually making you fat?
Well, simply put, it’s the one that you eat too much of. The one that you can’t stop eating. The one you eat in excess, all the while convincing yourself it’s okay because it’s “healthy.” You know exactly what I’m talking about. For some, it’s almond butter. For others it’s protein pancakes, Kind bars, trail mix, or dates.
I’ve run the gamut on trigger foods. For instance Dried Mango. Now, of course I buy organic dried fruit with no added sugar, sulfur, or preservatives–you know, the real stuff, where the label simply states “mangoes.” I throw it in my shopping cart primarily. Dried mangoes are sabotaging my nutrition. I am sabotaging myself.
Why? Well, it’s pretty simple: CAN’T. STOP. EATING. No matter what I do, I end up binging on these succulent yellow slices of deliciousness. I just can’t.
There are two significant problems with this seemingly innocent dried fruit obsession: The first of these problems is lack of satiety. Because it’s dehydrated, all the water content of fresh fruit is not present, subsequently not making you feel full. So, you just keep going back for more (and more, and more) because you’re not sated. Oh, and because it’s delicious. So very delicious.
(To be continued)
Siba Guzha is a fitness trainer at Body Focus Gym Executive. 1st Floor Meikles; 79 Herbert Chitepo Street, Mutare. Tel: 020-6417 ext 218, cell: 0772 789 110, e-mail: [email protected]
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