My 9 Year old daughter has fallen in love with Soccer.\u00a0the sneaky reason we overeat psychology of eating
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She just started her Spring league, andI made a mistake at her first practice last night. I got to the field, and brought <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the wrong sized soccer ball!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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See, at home we have a full size soccer ball that I show off my skills with to prove that Dad used to be an athlete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Then she says I\u2019m \u201cCringe\u201d)
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When my ball was next to the age-specific sized ball that all the other girls brought it looked silly.
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\u00a0It was like a giant beach ball or something\u2026 I kept looking at it and thinking how strange it felt that THAT was the <\/p>\n\n\n\n
normal size soccer ball.\u00a0
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…This goes to show the power of relativity in our everyday lives. In relation to the group of smaller size Soccer balls, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
mine looked HUGE!\u00a0
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This brings me to a very important lesson for today\u2019s post.\u00a0
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Look at the image below, and tell me which ORANGE circle looks bigger?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The one on the Right?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth is that both of these orange circles are exactly the same size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This illusion is called the Ebbinghaus Illusion, and it shows us that our perception is skewed based on our surrounding environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s how this leads to over-eating. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In America, serving sizes are massive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact since the 1950s the average serving size for meals has grown over 50%! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Everywhere we go, we\u2019re seeing BIG serving sizes around us\u2026 At restaurants, at convenience stores, in our cafeterias, and even in our own meals at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In America, BIG is normal when it comes to eating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem is that BIG while eating tends to lead to weight gain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When people gain weight, they start to diet. They want to make changes to their health to decrease their waist-line, <\/p>\n\n\n\n but what happens is that when they make a healthy meal following specific serving sizes, they say \u201cThat\u2019s it!? There\u2019s no way that\u2019s enough\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like my daughters Soccer ball, when we are so used to seeing BIG things around us it makes the smaller ones <\/p>\n\n\n\n seem comically small.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Studies show that when Americans estimate their daily calorie intake (based on feel or look) they eat, on average, <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1,000 MORE than they thought they were!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, when you think you\u2019re following a 1500 calorie diet, the odds are that you are eating closer to 2500 calories per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The solution to this problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For 1 week I want you to weigh, measure and track everything you eat using the app My Fitness Pal. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes- <\/strong>It\u2019s a lot of work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n No,<\/strong> this is not usually a sustainable approach to dieting and I am ALL About sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tracking your calories is all about 1 thing: Awareness. And Awareness is the first step to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are 3 reasons why this experiment of committing to tracking for 1 week works: <\/p>\n\n\n\n We are HORRIBLE at estimating serving sizes and calories when we eye-ball it. In order to get a TRUE gauge on <\/p>\n\n\n\n serving sizes, you have to weight, measure and track everything you eat. When clients do this, 9\/10 of them report <\/p>\n\n\n\n back at how surprising the numbers were and how much BIGGER their servings were than they should be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Repetition:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We tend to eat the same foods ALL OF THE TIME. When I meet with clients and ask them what they eat in a day it <\/p>\n\n\n\n usually sounds like this \u201cFor breakfast I eat X,Y or Z. Lunch is always X or Y, Dinner is either X, Y, Z\u2026 Sometimes <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pizza and Beer\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s not usually a HUGE variety of foods in our everyday diet, and what that means is that when you track your <\/p>\n\n\n\n calories and serving sizes of ONE week you can usually cover everything that you eat\u2026 Then you will leave that <\/p>\n\n\n\n experiment with a new guage of serving sizes and what they consist of!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Mindless Eating:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you are relentless about tracking your calories for 1 week, you\u2019ll be shocked at the \u201cMindless Eating\u201d that <\/p>\n\n\n\n takes place. You\u2019ll see the handfuls of M+Ms you grab at the office, or the fries you steal off of your childs\u2019 plate\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n All of this usually leads to a couple hundred calories throughout the day which might be enough to stall your <\/p>\n\n\n\n progress toward your goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of this week of eating, you\u2019ll have shined a light on serving sizes, hidden calories and your mindless <\/p>\n\n\n\n eating habits\u2026 You\u2019ll also realize how skewed our perception of serving sizes is because of the world around us!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t recommend calorie tracking as a long term solution. I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s a way to life life<\/strong>, but once you <\/p>\n\n\n\n get a new frame of reference for those serving sizes, you\u2019ll have a better idea going forward so when you stop <\/p>\n\n\n\n tracking, you\u2019ll be eating in line with your goals!<\/p>\n\n\n\n This exercise in awareness is the first step in our weight loss program in West Chester, PA. Are you looking for a <\/p>\n\n\n\n workout and nutrition program in West Chester?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My 9 Year old daughter has fallen in love with Soccer.\u00a0the sneaky reason we overeat psychology of eating She just started her Spring league, andI made a mistake at her first practice last night. I got to the field, and brought the wrong sized soccer ball! 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