On 22 Aug 2004 17:38:41 GMT, (D0RAJARR) wrote:

I think you need to decide what 'diet' you are trying to follow, and then
decide accordingly what things are allowed, allowed in moderation, and
'banned'. Since I have no idea what you're trying to achieve or how you're
trying to achieve it, I can't really say more than this.

Of course, conditions like diabetes affect what one can eat. But,
apart from this, I hate to think that one has to "ban" particular
foods from one's menu entirely in order to lose weight -- particularly
healthy things like fruit. It certainly worked for me to just limit
my intake of the things that are high in calories relative to
nutritional value. (I don't consider fruits in this category, but
rather things like cookies and pastries.) I have eaten just about
everything at some time or another in the course of losing over 120
lbs. I guess one thing I have pretty much "banned" is non-diet soda,
though I've had it a couple of times. It just seems like something I
can do without. But I will occasionally eat sweets and other treat
foods -- just infrequently and in moderation. I know some people have
foods that trigger eating binges, and perhaps it's better to avoid
those entirely. One thing that works for me is to avoid bringing
sweets and junk foods into my house, so that if I indulge I just do it
when eating out and then only in moderation. There's no temptation to
finish the whole package :-).

Chris
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