It is raining in the D.C. area today and this reminds me to bring up a seemingly common sense issue. When we are either snowed in, rained in or otherwise prevented from doing outdoor activities, we tend to sometimes reach for food sources in the house that somehow alleviate our boredom. These foods tend to be the chips, popcorn, homemade cookies and other high-caloric items that tend to thwart our mission to lose weight.
Solution: we cannot change the weather patterns (and if you can, please start working on gas prices) but we certainly can change the food sources that are available in our household.
This seems simplistic, but it sometimes escapes us: Do NOT have the food sources around the house that would tend to sabotage our weight loss efforts. If the chips, dips, popcorn, nuts, cookies, etc. are not around the house, you would have to get in the car and drive in the rain or snow to the local 7/11 to pick them up. Little chance of you doing that, right? However, if the food sources are in your kitchen cabinets, much easier to obtain that food source.
Another issue: great series of articles in the Washington Post this week about childhood obesity. I believe you can probably read this on their website: www.washingtonpost.com . This is a very big problem in America. I am devoted an entie chapter to this subject in my weight loss book that is coming out in January.
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