| During the course of the day,I often pay | | | | 48…which by the way…is what I weighed in |
| attention to the number of times certain | | | | high school. Sometimes I can’t help but |
| people…be it co-workers…family members and | | | | wonder if there is something being put in the food |
| friends and foes alike, are in the conscious habit | | | | to make us want to eat more…and thus…buy |
| of eating more often... than not. Whether it be a | | | | more. |
| snack of potatoes chips, a ham sandwich or a | | | | People ask me all the time…How do you stay so |
| Chicken Cesar Salad…too much food can’t | | | | fit and small? How do you stay so young looking? |
| possibly be good for anyone. Nevertheless, I am | | | | I have to tell you that after the birth of two |
| told that the best rule of thumb is to eat three | | | | children and many years of living life and never |
| meals a day…breakfast…lunch…and dinner and | | | | having to exercise (not that…that’s a good |
| Lord only knows…the many snacks in between. | | | | thing) I believe that I am still very small and in |
| Truth is told…I am definitely a snacker! I am one | | | | shape because of my genes and the good and |
| to take a snack over a full course meal…any | | | | nourishing foods that I generally like to eat. I |
| day. I get lost in the world of potato chips, | | | | don’t know about being all that healthy and |
| pretzels and chocolates…but I know how to | | | | fit…although I feel just fine and my regular visits |
| honor it…get past it…and move on to what is | | | | to the doctors have been all but perfect, of late. I |
| best and better for me….never allowing myself | | | | will say this though…I am a firm believer that it |
| to stay in the fantasy world of junk food, too | | | | is all in ones mind that one needs to have three |
| long. It’s no wonder…that most of us…are | | | | meals a day. I have never eaten just three meals |
| over-weight. Its all around us? | | | | a day in my entire life! I eat when I get hungry |
| While many nutrition experts agree that too | | | | and I stop eating when I feel my body getting |
| many missed meals and irregular eating habits can | | | | heavy with food. I know when to stop eating |
| make it impossible to stay healthy and fit…there | | | | because I am in the habit of listening and tuning in |
| is no real proof that eating three meals a day can | | | | to my body. Yes…I do have a personal |
| cause one to be any more healthier and /or fit. I | | | | relationship with my body! I don’t eat the |
| believe that we should train ourselves to eat only | | | | foods that make me want to fall asleep or feel |
| when we are hungry…forgetting the-so | | | | lazy and lethargic. I eat mostly raw vegetables |
| called-law of the land…that one has to eat three | | | | and lots of fruits and sometimes an assortment |
| meals a day…in order to be healthy; for surely, | | | | of nuts. I drink many different kinds of teas and |
| it doesn’t make one fit. You might | | | | bottled water…mostly. I don’t use sugar, but |
| ask…How would I know? | | | | I do use lots of honey…after all…sweet stuff |
| Although I believe that genetics play a larger part | | | | seems to be my weakness and we all have |
| in weight gain or lost…than experts want to | | | | those…don’t we? I don’t eat much |
| admit…I also believe that a lot of the weight | | | | meat…mostly turkey, chicken and fish and I try |
| gain, as well as, sicknesses in the body… may | | | | not to eat fried foods…ever! I don’t trust |
| possibly be coming from the chemicals in the food | | | | red meat because it makes my body feel heavy |
| that we eat. (For surely there are lots of men | | | | and I have trouble ridding my body of it. |
| going bald at a younger age and women with | | | | However, there are times when I may have a |
| such vices as breast cancer, fibroid tumors | | | | taste for a good steak…never more than once |
| …etc…then ever before). I don’t | | | | a year. Anything done in moderation…I |
| necessarily mean the types of food, such as junk | | | | figure…can’t be that bad for you. |
| foods like cakes and greasy hamburgers…but | | | | There you have it! Who said that you had to eat |
| more so… the quality of the food. I am a | | | | three meals a day? I say…stop listening to all of |
| believer of eating organic foods and it may be | | | | those …man-made laws and listen to your body |
| why I have never really had to diet or exercise | | | | because it will never tell you anything wrong. |
| to stay a mere 110 pounds at the age of | | | | |