Rethinking your Resolutions
I, like many people today have thought about what changes I would like to see for the next year, and over the past few weeks have discussed with many of my patients changes that they would like to see in their lives as well. While good intentions abound, commonly we are too strict, too drastic about what we would like to see from ourselves in coming up with these resolutions. I would like to see your (and my!) resolutions work, so perhaps it is time to think about what is possible from yourself and what you can truly achieve.
If Chinese Medicine has taught me anything, it is that moderation in all things is necessary and the key to a long, healthy life. Aristotle is first credited with the phrasing of "everything in moderation" and this is truly the key to lasting, life-changing resolutions. Perhaps that resolution of cutting a food or food group out of your life or going on a crash diet isn't necessary.
The key to the chocolate/cheese/carb/food (or whatever you have decided to cut out of your life) dilemma is to eat enough of what you are craving and then stop when you are no longer craving the item. It sounds simple, right? I know that such a concept is so simple that you perhaps would not even consider it. But try this- the next time you are sitting down with a big bar of…