Tailoring Your Diet

If you have been diagnosed with a particular disease or at high risk for a specific disease then take the time to have a sit down with your doctor. You can also really consider sitting down with a nutritionist for a more detailed idea of what you should or should not be eating.

Certain diseases require that you add or eliminate certain foods or ingredients from your diet. If your doctor or nutritionist tells you that you can not have something, then forget everything that I told you about moderation and listen to them. They know best! For example, I know someone that has some sort of disease that prevents her from eating vegetables. If that isn't a shocker, I don't know what is!

When you have this conversation take a food journal that you have kept for a while so that they are educated on what you actually consume on a normal basis. This is their profession, let them lead you. You should also take a notebook with questions and a pen to write answers. You often have limited time with them so use it wisely.

Put your flesh under subjection and do what you are instructed to do for your health.

Food Journal 101

Eating a well balanced diet is something that just about everybody struggles with on a daily basis. Some of us have more difficulty than others and need help in determining what we should and should not be eating. The mass media does not help in any way with all of the contradictory information. It seems to change all of the time. I found a great book by Dr. Bob Greene The Best Life Diet Daily Journal

However some of you, know that what you put in your mouth the majority of the time is is flat out bad for you. Now you have made the promise before God that you are going to improve your eating habits.

Here is what I want you to do first. I want you to record what you put in your mouth everyday for two weeks. I says two weeks, because the first week you may waver or not write everything down.

Make it a chart that is easy to understand, you must know where you need improvement before you can begin to make the change. Remember not to do it all at once, if you take something away, you must replace it with something healthier. Do it slowly over time for the best success.

If necessary seek assistance from a nutritionist. However, there are some reputable sources online or at the library. I don't personally recommend couting everything, because then it becomes cumbersome and difficult. Follow the direction of your nutritionist if you use one otherwise, just stay within the food pyrmaid guidelines.

How Do Completely Change My Eating Habits

It is important to realize that exercising is wonderful, but your food intake is also just as vitally important. So you already know that you need to make some major improvements on your eating habits. If you try to change everything at once, I promise you that you will fail. It is much better to make several small changes over a period of time. God has already told us what he wants us to eat. Maria Treben provides a excellent intrepretation in God's Pharmacy

First, either get or create a journal on where you can track what you eat. Keep eating what you normally do and write it down.

Second, determine the smallest problem area. I say the smallest, because they will be the easiest to change and it is important to see the small victories before you can get to the big victory.

Slowly decrease your intake of that particular area over a couple of weeks. For example, if you drink too much pop and not enough water then slowly replace water for pop. If you drink 3 pops a day, drink 2 pops and 1 water for a week, then drink 1 pop and 2 waters a week, and then no pops and 3 waters. This does not mean that you can no longer drink pop, it just means that it is no longer the norm.

Then when you feel confident on your success of the first area, move on to the second problem area. It is important that you don't move on until you are completely confident that first area is no longer a problem.

Studies have shown that something becomes habitual after about 21 days. So after that time what were once problem areas will no longer be a problem. Remember to make small changes and they will have a lasting effect.