Introduction to Developing a Relationship with Food Going for the 3 Increases: Increase in Health, I

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Introduction to Developing a Relationship with
Food Going for the 3 Increases Increase in
Health, Increase in Happiness Increase in Energy

• Strategies for Success in Weight Management
• By James J. Messina, Ph.D.

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Developing New Relationship with Food

• Identifying a Food Plan which suited for you
• Identifying a Food Plan which can be implemented
  easily and fit into your current lifestyle
• Eating to Live not Living to Eat
• Eating to be stay healthy, not eating to stuff
  emotions
• Eating plan which works while eating out
• Understanding the Nutrition of Food
• Keeping up on What is new in the Food arena

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1. Overcoming Myths Related to Weight and Food

• Myth 1 Being overweight is due to bad metabolism
  - its your behaviors not metabolism
• Myth 2 Being overweight is due to bad genes
  its your behaviors not your genes
• Myth 3 Being overweight is due a thyroid problem
  - its your behaviors not your thyroid
• Myth 4 Fat-free and low-fat foods are good for
  my food program - fat-free is not calorie free

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2. Overcoming Myths Related to Weight and Food

• Myth 5 Some people just cant lose weight it
  takes a lifestyle change which anyone can do
• Myth 6 Fat people are fit there are health
  problems which stem from obesity such as
  diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, stroke,
  cancer
• Myth 7 Bodies plateau and it is impossible to
  lose weight after that efforts to lose weight
  plateau not bodies

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3. Overcoming Myths Related to Weight and Food

• Myth 8 Bodies want to be the weight they get to
  bodies do not want to be overweight
• Myth 9 Big Boned People are overweight due to
  their Bones skeletal size of average man or
  woman does not differ much
• Myth 10 Obesity can be result of being too
  muscular that weight could be marbleized fat
• Myth 11 How can be gaining weight, since I do
  not eat? increased body weight come from
  increased eating

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4. Overcoming Myths Related to Weight and Food

• Myth 12 It is not good to weigh yourself the
  scale does not lie and is not in denial
• Myth 13 Dieting five days a week is a good plan
  weight loss comes from a caloric deficit and
  requires a 7 day a week effort
• Weight loss calories in minus calories out