The inability to adhere to a healthy diet in the face of food seems like the immediately worst one, since it seems liable to cause me to die early.
Presumably there are many others, but being blind spots, they’re hard to think of. No doubt I’ll go “Oh yes, that’s me too” to a lot of the other comments.
Not very sure. I’ve heard all sorts of assertions. I’m pretty sure that sugar and other carbs are a bad idea, since I’ve been diagnosed as diabetic. Also that too much animal fat and salt are bad—but thinking that things are bad doesn’t always stop me indulging :(
The UK government recommends five portions (handful-sized) of different fruit and vegetables per day, but I don’t even manage to do that, most days.
Sadly, the last time I got an appointment to talk about my diet, the nurse I had an appointment with turned out to be fatter than I am, and absolutely everything she said has slipped my memory, perhaps because I fail to believe the dieting advice of a fat nurse.
I think if I were given a few simple “doctor’s orders” about food, I might be able to follow them, but don’t think I can possibly hold dozens or hundreds of rules about food in my head—which is what all the stuff I recall reading consists of.
When trying to form a dietary habit it may be useful to eat (close to) the same foods everyday for a week or two. Or add a food to eat everyday one at a time, slowly replacing bad foods with better ones.
The inability to adhere to a healthy diet in the face of food seems like the immediately worst one, since it seems liable to cause me to die early.
Presumably there are many others, but being blind spots, they’re hard to think of. No doubt I’ll go “Oh yes, that’s me too” to a lot of the other comments.
How sure are you that you know what healthy food is?
This being said, I find that my appetite is much better regulated if I eat little or no sugar. I think this is fairly common.
Not very sure. I’ve heard all sorts of assertions. I’m pretty sure that sugar and other carbs are a bad idea, since I’ve been diagnosed as diabetic. Also that too much animal fat and salt are bad—but thinking that things are bad doesn’t always stop me indulging :(
The UK government recommends five portions (handful-sized) of different fruit and vegetables per day, but I don’t even manage to do that, most days.
Sadly, the last time I got an appointment to talk about my diet, the nurse I had an appointment with turned out to be fatter than I am, and absolutely everything she said has slipped my memory, perhaps because I fail to believe the dieting advice of a fat nurse.
I think if I were given a few simple “doctor’s orders” about food, I might be able to follow them, but don’t think I can possibly hold dozens or hundreds of rules about food in my head—which is what all the stuff I recall reading consists of.
When trying to form a dietary habit it may be useful to eat (close to) the same foods everyday for a week or two. Or add a food to eat everyday one at a time, slowly replacing bad foods with better ones.