If you want to be able to function at your Optimal ability, Enjoy all areas of your life. Love of your food, that not only tastes great but is great for you is an absolute necessity.
There is so much written these days about diet, the way we should look, the weight we should be and so it just keeps going on. To the point where many people come to me not knowing what to do or what to eat.
Look I love my food, I am very social and love eating out and having people over for dinner so I do understand the dilemma.
It is vitally important to our health and weight management to what I call be Mindful of what we are putting into our bodies, and as Anthony Robbins puts it, to change our mindset to "Eating to Live: Not Living to Eat:"
On my blog page under Mindful Nutrition I have quite a number of articles supporting various digestive issues that you may be facing. However if you would just like a great place to start go to read my blog "Steps to Alkalize Your System for Vital Health". The reason this is so good is that if we have 75% Alkalizing forming foods and only 25% Acid forming foods each day this will support our body for great health for nutrition, as well as supporting immune function and prevention of disease, not to mention to help us maintain a healthy weight.
The other thing that can be tricky is when we are Eating Out what foods to choose on the menu follow the link and here is the support you have been looking for and what about those "Special Occasions". So you also would like to lose some weight, so here is how you can "Celebrate Life whilst not gaining weight