Listen to your Cave Sense
November 19th, 2009 § 1 Comment
CAVE SENSE OF SELF
How much should you consume?
Don’t listen to all the mindless articles and “well-researched” advice on portions and all of that nonsense, if we may be so eloquent. Our bodies were designed to eat and drink an optimal amount that is different for everybody. Translation – no set amounts work for everybody.
S o when Jenny Craig tells you to eat 3 portions of this and 2 portions of that before they try to get you to buy, guess what – it might, or might not, work for you. Here at Cave Chow we don’t care what you weigh or how much you eat, all we care about is are you LISTENING to your body when you eat?
The cave generations didn’t have heart rate monitors, diet plans, and body fat indicators, and they weren’t treated like babies by the media either. The pathetic way people in this country are addressed by advertising and the media in regards to their health is absolutely shameful, and we have no-one to blame but oursleves.
So let’s snap out of it – and listen to our bodies for a change. Some simple rules that are all you need:
- Don’t eat unless you are hungry, and you will know if you are hungry! Given the same amount of food, active people will need more food than non active people. If you weigh 160 but are doing 2 a day workouts, you’ll be consuming more food than your 200 lb couch-bound peer, because your body needs it, and it will tell you.
- Do NOT overeat – the great sin of many Americans today. Food is fuel, it is sustenance – but if you aren’t doing anything that requires much energy (i.e. get up, go sit at a desk, come home, sit on your couch, go to bed), you don’t need a lot of food. Discipline yourself to eat only when you are hungry, until you feel full, then stop. Its an acquired sense, so pay attention to the body. Learn to listen to it and it will take care of you. A shortcut – if it’s hard to take a deep breath, stop eating.
You don’t need diets, eating plans, or specialized food to be a healthy person in great shape. You need common sense and you need to be adverse to laziness.
Don’t be wasteful – eat as your life energy requires.
Cave Cook
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