What are the habits of thin people anyway? And why don't
they have issues with weight gain like most of us?
Or do they and we need to find out more...
Or do they and we need to find out more...
It turns out they do have a few secrets up their sleeves!
And after asking a few different people that were considered
"thin" this is what I learned.
Thin people only eat when they are hungry. This is an issue
for many people who eat when they are stressed or bored. This poor habit can be
a game changer in a person's weight loss goals for sure. Simple solution, eat
if you are hungry and if you do not feel hungry, don't eat!
Thin people are mindful of what they put on their plates,
most eat minimal meat products and rarely eat processed foods. They also watch
their portions, if they feel like having more then they will add it to their
plate after finishing the first serving.
When snacking they all said they pour the amount they are
going to eat into a bowl and they never eat out of the bag, which keeps the
portion and calories down. This is always a smart approach to snacking. Most
chose almonds, fruit and whole food snacks when they snacked. I am not a fan of
processed so called "healthy" or "all natural" snack bars
and was happy that none of them were either.
They were active, exercised 3-5 times per week, did
weight training and some of the daily habits they practice are simple,
such as parking away from stores to walk more, always taking the steps and
every one I asked had a dog and walked everyday with their dog, which made me
very happy since I am such a huge dog lover!
They enjoyed life, family and seemed to have a
good group of friends. The one thing I realized is they took life day by day,
they did not stress out as much as most of us do, they all seemed to
live in the present and did not have that crazy go, go,
go high energy. In a world where this is the normal way of life it was
refreshing to experience in people. If our goal is trying to live a
healthy, fit life then maybe we all need to evaluate the way we are living.
Just a thought :)
Thank you to the fabulous "thin" people that
helped me with their input on this blog. If together we can help just one
person we have served our purpose!
