My Road Block

Everywhere I look, there are articles, ads, commercials - you name it - geared towards weight loss. 

It seems that any time I click to Yahoo there is always some new weight loss article that catches my eye.  "Five Ways to Boost Your Metabolism", "Try These Moves For Perfect Abs", "Fitness Myths De-Bunked"...and the list goes on.

Of course, I do tend to click into the article (just to browse the bullet points), take a look at the exercises or tips for weight loss success, then click back out, more convinced than ever that nobody really knows how to lose weight - it's one big guessing game! 

Some suggestions you hear only once, while others keep resurfacing, making you believe (or want to believe) that there is some credibility to their claim. 

One such "friendly weight loss tip" that I always seem to come across is that eating more frequently is a good way to find success.  WHAT?!?!?!?!  Eating more to lose weight???  You want me to increase the amount of food I eat and expect to drop the pounds?  Are you insane?!?!?!?!

I literally hit a mental block with that one.  Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to believe that if I eat more food that I'll lose weight.  I just can't wrap my head around it.  Yes, I realize that they don't mean that you can eat junk and expect to get thinner, but nevertheless, I don't get it! 

Growing up, we had 3 meals a day, maybe a snack after school, and that was it.  There was no junk food before dinner, no snacking in the evenings.  3 meals, and if you didn't eat, then you went hungry. 

Sure, snacking throughout the day would be loads of fun, but who has that kind of time?  Unless it's pre-packaged, pre-cooked, pre-sliced, or handed right to me in a ready-to-eat fashion, I simply won't do it.  I have enough other things happening during the day, the idea of taking time to eat something (nutritious) is just overwhelming.  

Maybe I've been pre-programmed to the "3 meals a day" protocol.  Maybe I just don't get it.  Maybe I'm just too terrified that if I eat (even healthy things) throughout the day that I'll gain weight. 

In any case, it's a road block that I haven't been able to overcome.