If you are reading this blogspot, I know you have thought about how hard loosing weight can be. It's the only substance that we can't totally steer clear of. Alcoholics have their battle but they don't have to drink. Drug addicts have a hard time but it is not necessary to take drugs every day in order to stay alive (in most cases). Food, however, is another animal all together. We HAVE to eat! We can't just abstain from it like other vices. This is absolutely the hardest addiction to conquer simply because we have to continue using.
The only way we can conquer our "problem" is to modify the use. That means we have to reframe the way we think about food in general.
Just for starters, go through your cabinet and check out what you are starting with. Is there anything in there that meets your nutritional needs without making your hips grow? Then, think about what you will need in the cabinet to be successful and go get it! While you are in the grocery store, do some people watching. Look at those huge folks with all the potato chips and fatty foods in their cart and ask yourself, "do I want this to be me?"
TIP: Don't simply look at calorie content on food items. It's a mixture of calories, fat from calories and fiber content that matters. Of course the lower number of calories the better and certainly the number of FAT calories needs to be as low as possible. The higher the fiber, the better.