This is a great post! I've been working with a health and weight loss coach (Billie Blake) and she shares that for weight loss, the diet industry tries to change WHAT we eat. But she works with me on HOW I eat. The goal is to have a meal-agnostic approach to healthy eating and weight loss. I'd love your thoughts on this!!!
First off fi fyza kahani thank you for responding. I appreciate that and I’m glad you found the post helpful. I’m a fan of getting help in the form of therapists/coaches/nutritionists when it comes to healthy functioning and eating right is near the top of the list. So I commend you for using someone who helps you stay on track so to speak. It also helps to have a way to stay motivated along the path.
I like Billie’s approach to food in that she clearly states everyone is different when it comes to food - and that in essence we all need to find out what works for us and what doesn’t. For most of us, myself included, that takes some doing.
I rather like the HOW we eat approach but I do find WHAT we eat to be rather important. How contains so much psychology. While I’m not big on the diet industry on the whole, I ldo ike to find one or two products that contain real food with vitamin and mineral supplements for when I’m in a pinch. Having said that I try to eat 90% of my meals without processed foods and ones that are heathy for me.
I try to help my clients combine the two ways you mention around finding foods, habits and timeframes that speaks to them. I can tell people what to do but the real art is helping them find what works for them sticking to healthy foods and including movement and rest.
Thank you Dr. Rice for this thoughtful post. It helps. I believe most of us know what is good for our health but practice very poorly. In my Indian Ayurvedic system, a deep intelligence built in on our eating habits, rituals before eating and our preparing our mental state(by reciting vedic texts) before consuming vegetarian food. I do practice these things in daily life.
Arvind - thank you for your response! I have heard a little bit about the Indian Ayurvedic system. It makes a lot of intuitive sense and I'd love for you to share more about it here. It is important that we have daily life practices that resonate with what is good for us.
Thank you Arvind these all look wonderful - and please call me Bronce. I particularly like 8. Having gratitude as It is so helpful to bringing our wellbeing into existence. I look forward to your additions :)
Hi Dr. Rice! I'm really glad you found me, and I loved this post of yours. It's wonderful to connect with others who recognize the value in organic food. We seem to have that in common.
Hi Amy! I'm glad we found each other :) Thank you for responding. Please call me Bronce Amy. I Iook forward to connecting around organic food and things health and wellness.
This is timely advice. I’ve heard contradicting advice about eating before bedtime - I’m taking a protein shake 1-2 hours before bed - apparently it helps with sleep quality and muscle recovery among others
I’m glad my advice is helpful Kuriakin. I’d air on the “side of being conserviate” and take the protein shake 2 hours before your bedtime. Anything that helps with sleep quality and muscle recovery simultaneously is a huge help.
Feel free to post what you are doing here. I’m always open to hearing and learning more about what helps us function as humans.
Thank you for replying Kuriakin. You have a new follower :)
Sue no question. Put a piece of leftover pizza or dessert in the fridge and it won’t last the night in my house. I can’t buy chocolate and put it in the house either. Dark chocolate is “good for you”. Sure as long as you don’t et the whole bag!
Absolutely! Glad the tips are healthy. Yeah those two are my tells when I know I’ve eaten something I should’nt have or in a way I shouldn’t have. A short constitutional after dinner usually fixes this for me.
This is a great post! I've been working with a health and weight loss coach (Billie Blake) and she shares that for weight loss, the diet industry tries to change WHAT we eat. But she works with me on HOW I eat. The goal is to have a meal-agnostic approach to healthy eating and weight loss. I'd love your thoughts on this!!!
First off fi fyza kahani thank you for responding. I appreciate that and I’m glad you found the post helpful. I’m a fan of getting help in the form of therapists/coaches/nutritionists when it comes to healthy functioning and eating right is near the top of the list. So I commend you for using someone who helps you stay on track so to speak. It also helps to have a way to stay motivated along the path.
I like Billie’s approach to food in that she clearly states everyone is different when it comes to food - and that in essence we all need to find out what works for us and what doesn’t. For most of us, myself included, that takes some doing.
I rather like the HOW we eat approach but I do find WHAT we eat to be rather important. How contains so much psychology. While I’m not big on the diet industry on the whole, I ldo ike to find one or two products that contain real food with vitamin and mineral supplements for when I’m in a pinch. Having said that I try to eat 90% of my meals without processed foods and ones that are heathy for me.
I try to help my clients combine the two ways you mention around finding foods, habits and timeframes that speaks to them. I can tell people what to do but the real art is helping them find what works for them sticking to healthy foods and including movement and rest.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply! I completely understand what you're saying. And I do think that food is medicine ✨
Thank you Dr. Rice for this thoughtful post. It helps. I believe most of us know what is good for our health but practice very poorly. In my Indian Ayurvedic system, a deep intelligence built in on our eating habits, rituals before eating and our preparing our mental state(by reciting vedic texts) before consuming vegetarian food. I do practice these things in daily life.
Arvind - thank you for your response! I have heard a little bit about the Indian Ayurvedic system. It makes a lot of intuitive sense and I'd love for you to share more about it here. It is important that we have daily life practices that resonate with what is good for us.
Thanks Dr. Rice. Few practices that I have inherited from ancestors and great sages. I will try to list down few things
1. Eat warm food, not very hot nor cold.
2. Eat food with in 1 hr once it is ready to serve
3.Drink little bit water (like 25%), then 50% food and remains 25% should be free / empty
4. Drink water after 1-2 hours, post consumption of the food
5. Eat fruits in empty stomach
6. Eat vegetables first (build a foundational layer) then Rice or Breads etc
7.Drink hot / Luke warm water before going to bed
8. Have a gratitude, prey silently to God for providing the food and thank farmer's for growing food for us
9. Offer food to God before consuming
There are so many...I will write a long post on this later. Thanks.
Thank you Arvind these all look wonderful - and please call me Bronce. I particularly like 8. Having gratitude as It is so helpful to bringing our wellbeing into existence. I look forward to your additions :)
Hi Dr. Rice! I'm really glad you found me, and I loved this post of yours. It's wonderful to connect with others who recognize the value in organic food. We seem to have that in common.
Hi Amy! I'm glad we found each other :) Thank you for responding. Please call me Bronce Amy. I Iook forward to connecting around organic food and things health and wellness.
This is timely advice. I’ve heard contradicting advice about eating before bedtime - I’m taking a protein shake 1-2 hours before bed - apparently it helps with sleep quality and muscle recovery among others
I’m glad my advice is helpful Kuriakin. I’d air on the “side of being conserviate” and take the protein shake 2 hours before your bedtime. Anything that helps with sleep quality and muscle recovery simultaneously is a huge help.
Feel free to post what you are doing here. I’m always open to hearing and learning more about what helps us function as humans.
Thank you for replying Kuriakin. You have a new follower :)
Your tip#5 has been the most critical step for me - to just stop having that stuff around the house makes a world of difference.
Sue no question. Put a piece of leftover pizza or dessert in the fridge and it won’t last the night in my house. I can’t buy chocolate and put it in the house either. Dark chocolate is “good for you”. Sure as long as you don’t et the whole bag!
Thank you for this reminder. The holidays I was bloated and sleepy and yes overeating is the culprit..Love the healthy tips☺️
Absolutely! Glad the tips are healthy. Yeah those two are my tells when I know I’ve eaten something I should’nt have or in a way I shouldn’t have. A short constitutional after dinner usually fixes this for me.