Eat Slowly and Lose Weight

When you lose weight, you want to keep those pounds off for good. Dieting and exercising are a good way to start, but to create lasting change in your body you must also change your mind. Your current state of health and body weight are the result of many factors including heredity, habits and environment. Emotional upsets and life changes also affect your body.

Your thoughts and emotions influence your metabolic rate. Take a moment to think about the habitual way you eat a meal. If you are feeding kids who are all on a different schedule, all with different nutritional tastes, it's likely that you are racing through your meals. Adults often emulate the patterns their parents created. Think about mealtime when you were a kid. Were meals relaxed, where each person took a moment to reflect on the day, or share a