Volumetrics

21.10.03 in Health by Carleen Huxley | 4 comments

I’ve suffered from binge eating problems since I was a teenager. I was active enough then that I could get away with it, but my body’s changing now and so is my activity level. This bothers me only because it represents an inability to be disciplined and have control of myself. I think that’s the main reason I quit smoking because I realized one day how much it controlled my life. I had to work my day around when I was going to have a cigarette and I didn’t like that. My health is important to me and I want being healthy to be a natural thing, not something I constantly think about all day every day. Here lately, it has been. I’ve already mentioned my intolorence for fad diets. I don’t believe in deprivation and I will not be on a diet that makes me feel deprived. I think I’ve found an answer. I discovered in my “back issues” of health magazines at home an article on something called Volumetrics. I will not even attempt to explain what it because I’ll probably get it all wrong, but instead I’ll just provide some links at the end of this entry. Most important, I can eat chocolate, I can eat potatoes, I can eat meat, there aren’t any crazy ratio’s to remember or any calorie counting involved. It’s basic philosophy seems to be based around eating until your full. However, it doesn’t seem to deal with the issue of emotional eating which I think is one of the major causes for binge eating in this day and age. I’ve checked out a book so I can read up on it some more. It’s called Volumetrics by Barbara Rolls.

Volumetrics
study conducted by Barbara Rolls
Shape magazine survey

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24.10.03 at 23:24:18

MitchNo Gravatar

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Interesting…it kind of contradicts the “traditional” Japanese idea of Hara Hachibun me or (eat until you are 80% full) which many famous Japanese figures insist is the reason they lived to be a thousand years old.

30.10.03 at 17:39:19

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I hope volumetrics proves useful for you. I had no idea you’ve had to deal with an eating disorder, I always think of you as extremely healthy. Hang in there!

31.10.03 at 08:25:39

CarleenNo Gravatar

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I guess I better clarify before I start scarying people. I don’t think I should have used the word “binge” since it is so often associated with eating disorders now. I feel pretty confident that I’m not suffering from anything serious here. I just have a tendency to “over eat” (maybe pig out is a better word) every once and a while, especially with chocolate :)

11.03.05 at 17:59:01

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I just read a magazine article about volumetrics, and I also just read “Fit for Life”. You might say in the last 2 days I have combined them. I ate fruit all morning (apple, banana, 20 grapes) then I ate some raw veges, a large bowl of soup, and 2 thick slices of homemade bread for lunch. For supper I ate a huge bowl of oatmeal, and 2 cookies. A bag of popcorn for a snack. That was the first day I tried it. Just for kicks I recorded it all on Fitday.com and found that I had only eaten about 1500 calories, which is very low for me. I still had to keep myself from snacking. I like to eat. But I can honestly say that I ate to my fill. The second day I again recorded everything I ate at the end of the day and found that I had not reached 1400 calories. I went over and over in my head what I had eaten thinking that I must have forgotten to record something! I think volumetrics is a concept that might work real well for me. Time will tell!!