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JULY 26, 2009
Swimsuit follies!

Alright already...I give up. How can my computer know? It's almost eerie and if I didn't know better I'd wonder who was watching. You see, it's that time of year again. The time when I try to fit my size 10 body into my size 8 bathing suit. Well, you know how it is, the results are, to say the least, disheartening. So how is it that the very day of my last bathing suit try on, I open my email and the fun site of the day from Smart Computing is one that reminds me what 200 calories of food looks like. Somehow the 8 Hershey kisses don't look as filling as what has to constitute approx. 2 1/2 apples, but I ask you, do apples taste as good as those sweet chocolate pieces? Alas, the site is a good visual reminder that I could be making better food choices.; 1/2 of a honeydew melon vs. a handful of those yummy gummy bears or a bazillion baby carrots vs. a rice krispies marshmallow treat.

Several years ago when I decided to lose some weight, my initial encouragement and help came from Eat more, weigh less : Dr. Dean Ornish's life choice program for losing weight safely while eating abundantly. This book clearly pointed out to me the quantity of food I could eat to help the full feeling if I changed my food choices. Later, another book reinforced this concept. Dr. Shapiro's picture perfect weight loss 30 day plan / Howard M. Shapiro. This one seems to have gone missing from our library but could be interlibrary loaned Dr. Shapiro asks "One measly muffin or a tableful of breads and fresh fruit?" Recently a series of books in the Eat this not that! supermarket survival guide : the no-diet weight loss solution / by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding provide a similar approach to choosing our food. Take the book as a guide to "scour the aisles to help you pick the most nutrient-packed produce, the leanest, tastiest cuts of meat, exotic cheeses that double as healthy snacks, and the best contaminant-free fish the ocean has to offer".

All great books but none quite address the issues of satiety or why I eat. Looking to those library shelves again I found these recent books which might help with the psychology of eating:

Mindless eating : why we eat more than we think / Brian Wansink.
Eating the moment : 141 mindful practices to overcome overeating one meal at a time / Pavel G. Somov.
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite David Kessler

If back to the books doesn't help it may be back to the swimsuit racks for me. Wish me luck!

                                       

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Staca said, on Jul. 28 at 3:17PM
I am going to bookmark the 200 calorie site you talked about. That is an AMAZING amount of fruits and veggies you can eat! Your blogs are VERY WELL written! :)

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CarolK said, on Jul. 28 at 4:17PM
Blush, blush, thank you Staca! Glad you are enjoying the blog and finding the info helpful.

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Joe said, on Aug. 12 at 4:52AM
I just read your blog. I'm a little too late for this season's bathing suit, but a good time to start for next year. It is an ongoing battle anyway.

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CarolK said, on Aug. 12 at 11:20AM
Ah, you mean there's hope! I like the idea of getting started now for next year.

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