Comments on: If You are What you Eat, Why do You still Crave Chocolate?

By: Arvind

Arvind — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:40 +0000

Dear Sharon,

Great to finally have you comment on one of my articles!

Thanks for sharing about your lunch and how you failed to notice your scratchy throat. Suffice to say that a lot of people tend to just gulp down their food without being very present to what they are eating and how.

As I said in my article, the key is to adopt one new eating habit each week e.g. do not read or watch tv whilst eating, and instead be fully present to what you are eating.

Finally, thanks for your encouragement – I certainly plan to continue blogging for a long time:-)

By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:10:50 +0000

Walter, I have learnt that it does get easier to maintain a healthy eating habit after a time. So keep at it:-)

By: arvind

arvind — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:14:09 +0000

Thanks Zoltan for pointing out the apparent contradiction in the post headline – maybe I should have used the concept of junk food instead of chocolate.

Not to say that I think chocolate is junk food!

I just believe it should be eaten in moderation.

As for a Big Mac, I know some people who look like Big Macs!!!

Incidentally I gave up eating meat almost 10 years ago whilst I was having a chicken burger in Macdonalds. I hated it and chucked it away – and that was a life-defining moment:-)

By: arvind

arvind — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:09:34 +0000

Jeffrey – thanks for making the distinction between simply taking some sensible precautions and not getting entrapped in a tough unrelenting regime which ultimately one may resent and then of course give up on.

As I say to my coaching clients, change your mindset, your habits and change your life.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:25:24 +0000

It’s hard to maintain a healthy eating habits. Convenience is my number one enemy like what you’ve stated above.

I’m aware of the impact of being irresponsible in my eating habits, that’s why I try hard.

By: arvind

arvind — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:25:00 +0000

Patrick – I agree with you that the last thing one wants is to add extra pressure and stress about what to eat and what not to eat.

It is about moderation in all areas of your life.

Adequate and quality sleep is a must – and on that note I am calling it a night and off to get some sleep. I must get my 7 hours in tonight:-)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:47:25 +0000

Thanks Arvind, healthy eating has for a long time been a problem when I have been under pressure from several projects (beside lack of sleep). I found the necessity to listen to my bodies reaction essential for maintaining a good diet. At the same time I found it necessary to be flexible with my approach and not create any additional pressure with a diet.

By: Kaizan

Kaizan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:15:49 +0000

Interesting post. I recently tried a new eating regime, that had less to do with what I ate, but actually why I ate. I realized that a lot of my eating was for non-hunger reasons, e.g. boredom, habit, finishing everything on my plate, stress. Just being aware of this, meant I cut down my eating significantly.

By: arvind

arvind — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:18:15 +0000

Thanks for sharing that link Marilyn.

Great idea to replace processed sugar with carob and jaggery sugar.

I myself hardly eat any chocolat or sweets now – the worst drinks are all those cheap “tropical” fruit drinks we get in supermarkets.

I look forward to tasting your cakes and cookies one day soon:-)

By: Marilyn Rixon

Marilyn Rixon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:12:45 +0000

Also, Arvind it sounds like you are detoxing!

Leslie Kenton has a wonderful booklet “The 10 day clean out plan” – miraculous, and yes the only way not to have cravings is not to eat sugar, none, except Jaggery! but of course in moderation.

I bake all my lovely cakes and cookies with carob and jaggery sugar.

http://www.maharishi.co.uk/acatalog/Maharishi_Ayur_Veda__Sugar_59.html

I am no longer addicted to sugar and chocolat!

Wishing you the best of health,
Marilyn

By: Marilyn Rixon

Marilyn Rixon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:10:56 +0000

Hi Arvind,

Many thanks for this wonderful breakfast recipe.
If you like Furikake you might like Gomasio! Can be bought at the Health Store.
Bon appétit!

Cheers,
Marilyn

By: arvind

arvind — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:05:16 +0000

Justin, better to be a “health nut” than obese or worse still, dead!

You have hit it on the nail – if you make healthy food tasy, then you are more likely to stick to it.

As for getting rid of the TV, it is one of the best things I have ever done.

A lot of my friends still ask me what I do in my “spare” time. I tell them I don’t have any spare time – life is too short to be sitting in front of the box!