Nagging Diet Question!?

Question

I have heard that, if one is trying to diet, it is not advisable to eat while in front of the TV. If that is so, is it also harmful or counter-productive to dieting to read while eating?

Answer 1

it's bad to watch tv, read, or basically do anything but eat while you are eating, lol. you get distracted and don't pay attention to how much or how quickly you're eating. it takes about 20 minutes to feel full, and when you're doing something else besides eating, you tend to eat quickly and not really "savor" your food, which leaves you wanting more.

Answer 2

When you eat while distracted you will eat more than you would normally. In one experiment people going to the movies were given different sizes of popcorn, small, medium and large. And each group ate all the popcorn and the extra large group was even give stale popcorn and they ate it anyway. All of it. The trick is be have good quality foods that take a while for your body to process and it keeps you from being hungry. See the following, use it as a guide not a bible

· It is important to maintain a good diet so you don't compromise your health. Damage done because of lack of nutrition is not worth a nice body. Some diet damage cannot be fixed.
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· When you deprive your brain, the brain will take other body cells to convert to the elements that it needs. And the cells it takes are BRAIN cells. OOPS. I don't want to lose brain cells to have thin legs. But I would like to have both.

Also, a quick weight loss is usually a water loss and that loss will come back ASAP. You cannot loose FAT more than 2 to 3 pounds a week. Any more than that and you are loosing water and muscle mass (not good)

AND DON'T GO ON A DIET. DECIDE TO MAKE A LIFE CHANGE TO A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.

1) fruits and veggies, all you want, organic, raw, vine-ripe if possible. Steamed is OK, sautéed is OK even canned or frozen is OK, but lots of them.
2) limited or no meat.
3) nothing fried
4) no FAST FOOD- is junk, no nutrition, empty calories
5) NO PROCESSED FOOD. if you can't pronounce it don't eat it.
6) nothing white, salt, sugar, mayo, milk, (or at least in moderation.
7) NO DAIRY-dairy is great for baby cows, your body does not even digest it properly. check out www.notmilk.com
8) EXERCISE- and be sure to refresh your body with water and fresh fruit
9) NO PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS. Muscle is made from water, replace the water. You get enough protein from the food you eat, You get more protein from spinach than the supplements you take and your body does not get toxic on food protein the way it will with supplements. Supplements can really tax you liver.
10) Good supplement would be Omega 3, and B-12 and Juice Plus+
http://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/pages/Home....
11) NO CARBONATED DRINKS, or at least limited. They actually dissolve the calcium in your bones.
12) Calories in calories out.

AND DON'T GO NUTS, MODERATION.

And the spell check would not work, so if I messed up please forgive.

Answer 3

No, basically you aren't supposed to eat in front of the TV or conduct another activity when you are supposed to be focused on your meals. The reasoning is that if you eat in front of the tv, etc., you will lose track of what you are eating and overeat. As long as you are paying attention to what you are eating and how much, don't worry about it.

Answer 4

when you eat in front of the TV you don't pay attention to how much you eat or how fast you eat it. A diet isn't just eating healthy foods, it's the portioning as well.

Answer 5

It's only not advisable to eat in front of the tv because you tend to eat more.

Answer 6

its usually benificial, when eating while reading you usually only eat small portions or nibble while doing so cause you don't want to lose your place... in contrast, eating while watching t.v. allows you to do both at the same time and gourge yourself.