You can have sugar in moderation. Eating fast food is fine in Moderation. Having icecream is ok as long as it’s in MODERATION. Those vitamins you’re taking are ok in MODERATION. MODERATION, MODERATION, MODERATION … AHHHH! What is moderation?!?!
You hear it all the time when looking up information on losing weight but what does it really mean? How do you really know when you’ve crossed the line from moderation to excess? To be honest I don’t know that there is a definitive line that is the same for everyone but I’m going to give my thoughts on the matter.
How I define moderation for myself is this: If I am still meeting all of my stated weight loss / healthy eating goals, then I am still eating in moderation. This kind of goes back to my You’re Going To Fail philosopy in a way. You need to set up reasonable goals for yourself and stick to them. I created my Diet Modification Plan as a set of goals and stuck to it.
Did I eat pizza and sugar and fatty food? YOU BET! But I didnt do it to the point that I failed at my defined goals. Some days I came close to failing at meeting those goals and that is when I realized that I was eating too many things that were not good for me. If I eat half a pizza I know that I’m going to have to watch my sodium and saturated fats closely for the rest of the week. That doesn’t mean I dont have it, it just means I don’t have it again that week.
This is why keeping track of your daily intakes is so important. I use an excel sheet but you could use anything as long as you know what you are eating. None of the this, “Oh, I don’t need to write it down I know what I eat.” garbage. It doesn’t work the same and it is so much easier when you take little steps and record it in your food journal every day.
After reading so many articles talking about “in moderation”, I just had to put my 2 cents into it..
