 When Steven Hawks finds himself tempted by such things as ice cream bars, M & Ms and toffee covered almonds at the grocery market, he does not pass the items by. He fills up his cart. He calls it the no-diet diet. The Brigham Young University health science professor used the regimen to lose fifty pounds and was able to keep it off for five years. Hawk calls his eating program "intuitive eating" and thinks the rest of the world would be far better off if they stopped counting calories and started paying attention to hunger pangs and ate whatever they wanted. Hawks surrounds himself with unhealthy foods that he finds himself craving. He believes that having an overabundance of what is taboo in the way of food helps him to loose his desire to gorge. Of course, there is a catch to the no-diet diet. Intuitive eaters eat only when they are hungry and they stop eating when they are full. This means that a person should not eat a box of chocolates when he or she is feeling blue or eating nachos just because everyone else is eating. The trade off is to eat whatever you want when you truly are hungry. |
