200 decisions (from Jill)

I read a really interesting article this past week and I wanted to share the main point with you. People often lament how hard it is to eat healthy all the time and they say they feel like a "failure" if they can't "stick to a diet". First, let me say that you really want to look at eating as a healthy lifestyle, not a diet. But, beyond that, i thought this article was very interesting because it said that we are faced with, on average, about 200 decisions about food each day. You know you have decisions to make for meals and snacks but this article was also pointing out that every time we see a commercial, an ad in the newspaper or pass by a yummy-smelling bakery, we are constantly bombarded with food images and make split-second decisions right then and there if this is something we are going to eat or not - even if we aren't hungry. So, my point is that, yes it IS hard and you are NOT a failure if you can't "stick to it". What you need are the skills to help you make healthy decisions 200 times a day and working one-on-one with your own dietitian can do that for you :-)